Indonesia
Title of the survey:
National Labor Force Survey (NLFS).
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
Analysis and publication of the results:
BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, duration of unemployment, industry, occupation, status in employment, educational level, second jobs. (Informal sector employment may be derived from employment status.)
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole country.
Population groups:
All persons 15 years and over, excluding institutional and unsettled populations and persons absent for more than 6 months.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
Not available.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
Not available.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Annually.
Publication of results:
Annually.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One week moving reference period.
Seeking work:
No specific period.
Availability for work:
No specific period.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Activity done at least one hour in the reference week by any person (aged 15 years and over) in order to earn or to help in obtaining income/profit or where the person holds a position but was temporarily not at work, for example on leave. This includes also activities done by unpaid family workers in helping their parents to obtain income/profit.
It also includes:
- persons with a job but temporarily absent due to illness or injury, maternity or paternity leave, parental leave, educational or training
leave, absence without leave, labour management dispute, bad weather, temporary and indefinite lay-off without pay;
- full or part-time workers seeking other work during the reference period;
- persons who performed some work for pay or profit during the reference week but were subject to compulsory schooling, were registered as job seekers at an employment office; d) full and part-time students working full or part-time; e) unpaid family workers at work during the reference week; f) all members of the armed forces.
Unemployment:
All persons aged 15 years and over without work (did not have any job) during the reference week, who are still looking for a job.
It also includes:
- persons without work and currently available for work who had made arrangements to start a new job subsequent to the reference week;
- persons subject to compulsory schooling who were seeking and/or available for work; and full and part-time students seeking full or part-time work;
- persons who were seeking and/or available for work but were retired and receiving a pension.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Not applicable.
Inadequate employment situations:
Persons who work less than 35 hours per week who are still looking for another job(s) or who have any willingness to change their current job(s) if there is any opportunity to do so.
Hours of work:
Actual number of hours worked in the main job and any additional jobs per day during one (the reference) week.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
All income received (including payment in kind and in services) after income taxes. This is measured for the currently active population.
Income from self-employment:
Not applicable.
Informal sector:
This is derived from the employment status of workers; formal sector includes those who work as employers and employees. Informal sector includes those who work as self-employed without help of other people, self-employed assisted by family member(s)/temporary help and unpaid family workers.
Usual activity:
Not applicable.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification (Klui).
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
Up to 1999, groups coded to the 2-digit level, from 2000, up to the 3-digit level.
Links to ISIC:
Links to ISIC-68 up to 1999, and to ISIC-Rev.3 from 2000.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
Indonesian Standard Classification of Occupation (Kji).
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
Up to 1999, groups coded to the 2-digit level, from 2000, up to the 3-digit level.
Links to ISCO:
Links to ISCO-68 up to 1999, and to ISCO-88 from 2000.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
Not available.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed persons.
Groups used for classification:
Five groups: 1. Self-employed, 2. Employers assisted by unpaid family workers, 3. Employers with paid (permanent) workers, 4. Employees, 5. Unpaid family workers.
Links to ICSE:
Yes, links to ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
Not available.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Groups used for classification:
Ten groups: 1. No schooling, 2. Not finished primary school, 3. Primary school, 4. General junior high school, 5. Vocational junior high school, 6. General senior high school, 7. Vocational senior high school, 8. Diploma I/II, 9. Academy/Diploma III, 10. University.
Links to ISCED:
Yes, to ISCED-76.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Household.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
49 thousand households.
Overall sampling fraction:
Varies between provinces and between urban and rural areas.
Sample frame:
The frame is based on the Master file of village files, which consist of lists of the smallest area statistical units (which contain approximately 30 households) by urban and rural areas.
Updating of the sample:
Not available.
Rotation:
Scheme:
Not available.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
Not available.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Not available.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Not available.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Personal interview.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
Not available.
Duration of field work:
Total:
One month (every month of August).
Per sample area:
Not available.
Survey organization:
Permanent staff of Statistics Indonesia.
Number of field staff:
Not available.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
No.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
One per cent.
Adjustment for total non-response:
Yes.
Imputation for item non-response:
No.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
No.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
No.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
No.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
No.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
National Labour Force Survey: Quarterly 1986 - 1993.
Significant changes or revisions:
The Survey became annual from 1994.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
Labour Force Situation in Indonesia; Labourers/Employees’ Situation in Indonesia. (Periodicity: annual).
Survey methodology:
Not available.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
Six months (August 1998 results were released in February 1999.)
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
No.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
The main tabulations are presented through the Internet.
Website:
http://www.bps.go.id/.