India
Title of the survey:
Employment and Unemployment Survey
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
Analysis and publication of the results:
SDRD, NSSO.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, time-related underemployment, hours of work, wages, duration of employment and unemployment, occasional workers, industry, occupation, status in employment, educational level and usual activity.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole country except certain interior areas of two states and one UT.
Population groups:
Persons 5 years and above, except the nonhousehold population.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
No.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
Not available.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
An annual survey is carried out on a small sample. The full sample is surveyed every five years, the last one from July 1993 to June 1994.
Publication of results:
Annually for "small" sample, every five years for the large sample.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One week prior to the date of the interview.
Seeking work:
One day and one week prior to the date of the interview.
Availability for work:
One day and one week prior to the date of the interview.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Persons engaged in a gainful activity for at least one hour during the reference week. It includes persons in the armed forces, but excludes retired persons and persons receiving a pension who also worked.
Unemployment:
Persons not engaged in a gainful activity but who had been seeking work or had been available for work (although not seeking) at any time during the reference period. Excluded are retired persons and persons receiving a pension.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Employed persons who, during the reference week, were willing to work additional hours.
Inadequate employment situations:
No information.
Hours of work:
Not available.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
Income from self-employment:
Informal sector:
Usual activity:
Persons engaged in a gainful activity for a longer time during the last 365 days are considered usually employed. Persons either seeking or available for work for a longer time during the last 365 days are considered usually unemployed.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
9.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
31.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-88.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous work experience.
Groups used for classification:
10 groups.
Links to ICSE:
ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Groups used for classification:
5 groups.
Links to ISCED:
Yes.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Households.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
About 40,000 households for the annual survey, and about 125,000 households for five yearly survey.
Overall sampling fraction:
1/5,000.
Sample frame:
List of villages with hamlet formation in rural areas and urban blocks in urban areas.
Updating of the sample:
Once in ten years in the rural areas and every five years in the urban areas.
Rotation:
Scheme:
Half of the sample of the previous subround is rotated.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
50%.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Two.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Three years.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Personal interview.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
4 households for annual survey and ten for the five yearly survey.
Duration of field work:
Total:
One year.
Per sample area:
One year.
Survey organization:
Permanent.
Number of field staff:
About 1,300 enumerators and 400 supervisors.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
Yes, of households.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
Not available.
Adjustment for total non-response:
Yes.
Imputation for item non-response:
Substitution.
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:
Annual survey since May 1955-November 1955, Quinquennial survey since 1972-73.
Significant changes or revisions:
In 1972-73 and in 1977-78 the usual status and the current status approaches were adopted. The latter quinquennial surveys are not comparable.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
Government of India, Department of Statistics, national Sample Survey Organization: "NSSO Journal (Sarvekshana)" quarterly, New Dehli. Mimeographed NSS reports.
Survey methodology:
Idem.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
4 years.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
No.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
Yes.
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