Slovakia
Title of the survey:
Labour Force Sample Survey
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
Analysis and publication of the results:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, duration of employment, duration of unemployment, discouraged workers, occasional workers, industry, occupation, status in employment, educational level, second jobs and atypical work.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole country.
Population groups:
All permanent residents aged 15 and above living in households.
Excluded are:
- students living in hostels and schoolchildren living in boarding schools;
- inmates of penal and mental institutions;
- foreign citizens on short-term stays up to 6 months.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
No.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
None.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Continuously.
Publication of results:
Quarterly.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One week (last seven days prior to the date of the interview).
Seeking work:
Four weeks prior to the date of the interview.
Availability for work:
Two weeks following the date of the interview.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Employed are all persons aged 15 years and over who during the reference week did some work at least for one hour, as well as unpaid family workers and persons who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, holiday, labour-management dispute, etc. Excluded are persons on extended maternity (parental) leave.
Also included in the totals are:
- full- and part-time workers seeking other work during the reference period;
- full- and part-time students working full- or part-time;
- persons who performed some work during the reference week while being either retired and receiving a pension; or were registered as job seekers at an employment office or receiving unemployment benefits;
- private domestic servants;
- paid apprentices and trainees.
Excluded are persons engaged in production of goods for their own household (painting, repairing, housework, etc.).
Unemployment:
Unemployed are considered to be persons aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week, did not work for pay or profit, were actively looking for work during the last four weeks prior to the survey and were available to start work in the two weeks following the survey.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Persons who, during the reference week, involuntary worked part-time but would like to work full-time.
Inadequate employment situations:
Persons who were seeking another job in order to improve working conditions (higher income, professional background, better work, etc.).
Hours of work:
Actual and usual hours worked for in the main job.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
Not applicable.
Income from self-employment:
Not applicable.
Informal sector:
Not applicable.
Usual activity:
Not applicable.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous job experience.
Number of groups used for coding:
16 major groups.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3 (2 digit level).
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous work experience.
Number of groups used for coding:
10 main groups.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-88 (3 digit).
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Groups used for classification:
6 groups (employees, employers, own-account worker, members of producers’ co-operatives, contributing family workers, workers not classified by status.
Links to ICSE:
ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
National classification is used.
Population groups classified by education:
all population groups.
Groups used for classification:
12 groups (without school education, primary (1st and 2nd stages), apprenticeship, secondary (without examination), apprenticeship with exam, full secondary general, full secondary vocational, higher, bachelor, university, research qualification.
Links to ISCED:
ISCED-1976.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Dwelling.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
About 10 250.
Overall sampling fraction:
0.6 per cent.
Sample frame:
The sample frame is built on the basis of the municipal population registers and the Population Census conducted in 1991.
Updating of the sample:
Annually.
Rotation:
Scheme:
20 per cent of sampled dwellings are replaced every quarter. One fifth of the panel is rotated every quarter.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
75 per cent.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
No information provided.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Five quarters.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Paper and pencil, telephone and CAPI/CATI where possible.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
250 dwellings continuously per quarter.
Duration of field work:
Total:
30 minutes per household.
Per sample area:
No information provided.
Survey organization:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
Number of field staff:
45 interviewers and 8 supervisors.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
No.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
6 per cent.
Adjustment for total non-response:
No.
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:
Yes.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
Labour Force Sample Survey, December 1992.
Significant changes or revisions:
Beginning the first quarter of 1997, conscripts are included in the sample. Since the first quarter of 1999, a new sample design has been used. Since the first quarter of 2000, transition from seasonal to calendar processing quarters.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
"Labour Force Sample Survey Results" (quarterly).
Survey methodology:
"Labour Force Sample Survey Results" (quarterly).
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
80 days.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
Yes.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
Diskettes, e-mails.
Website:
http://www.statistics.sk/.