Albania
Title of the survey:
Household Living Conditions Survey, October 1998.
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT).
Analysis and publication of the results:
Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT).
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, income, employment and unemployment duration, discouraged workers, occasional workers, industry, occupation, education.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole country.
Population groups:
All resident population.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
Not applicable.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
Not applicable.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
First round in 1998.
Publication of results:
In 2001.
Reference periods:
Employment:
The week prior to the date of the interview.
Seeking work:
The week prior to the date of the interview.
Availability for work:
The week prior to the date of the interview.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
All persons, aged 15 years and over who, during the survey week, did any work for at least one hour.
Are included in the employed:
- persons with a job but temporarily absent due to illness or injury, annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, parental leave, educational or training leave, bad weather, mechanical breakdown, etc.;
- full or part-time workers seeking other work during the reference period;
- retired persons receiving a pension, persons registered as jobseekers and those receiving unemployment benefits who have worked for pay or profit during the reference week;
- full-time and part-time students working full or part-time;
- paid apprentices and trainees;
- unpaid family workers at work during the survey week or temporarily absent from work.
Unemployment:
All persons, aged 15 years and over, who have not worked during the last week, were seeking for a job and were available to work.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Not covered.
Inadequate employment situations:
Not covered.
Hours of work:
No information.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
Average monthly wages of employees.
Income from self-employment:
Income from private activity.
Informal sector:
No information.
Usual activity:
Economic status (employed, unemployed, inactive) during the last 12 months.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
National classification based on European industrial classification NACE.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed and unemployed (industry of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
No information.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
ISCO-88 at the 3rd digit level.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed and unemployed (occupation of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
116 minor groups.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-88.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed.
Groups used for classification:
Employees, employers and own-account workers.
Links to ICSE:
No.
Education:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed.
Groups used for classification:
5 groups.
Links to ISCED:
ISCED-1997.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Household.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
11,826 households.
Overall sampling fraction:
No information.
Sample frame:
No information.
Updating of the sample:
No information.
Rotation:
Scheme:
Not applicable.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
Not applicable.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Not applicable.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Not applicable.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Personal interviews.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
No information.
Duration of field work:
Total:
No information.
Per sample area:
No information.
Survey organization:
Ad hoc organization.
Number of field staff:
No information.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
No.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
No information.
Adjustment for total non-response:
No information.
Imputation for item non-response:
No information.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
No information.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
No information.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
No information.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
No.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.
Significant changes or revisions:
Not applicable.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
General Results of Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.
Survey methodology:
General Results of Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
About three years.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
Yes.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
No.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
No.
Website:
http://www.instat.gov.al/.