Rwanda - Rwanda Labour Force survey 2019
Reference ID | RWA-NISR-RLFS-2019-v0.1 |
Year | 2019 |
Country | Rwanda |
Producer(s) | National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning |
Sponsor(s) | Government of Rwanda - GoR - Funding |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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Jan 11, 2021
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Jan 11, 2021
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Data Collection
Data Collection Dates
Start | End | Cycle |
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2019-02-01 | 2019-02-28 | First Quarter |
2019-05-01 | 2019-05-31 | Second Quarter |
2019-08-01 | 2019-08-30 | Third Quarter |
2019-12-01 | 2019-12-31 | Fourth Quarter |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Data Collection Notes
The main pre-survey activities conducted in preparation for the field operations included the establishment of the field organization, the recruitment and training of interviewers and the preparation of Tablets. The field work consisted of 2 coordinators, coordinating the work of 12 supervisors, 24 team leaders and 96 interviewers. So altogether the survey interviewing was carried out by a total of 120 interviewers. Interviews were conducted in both English and Kinyarwanda depending on the respondents
Questionnaires
The questionnaire of the Rwanda Labour Force Survey 2018 in its present form contains a total of 149 questions organized into 9 sections and a cover page, dealing with following topics:
A Household roster (All Household member)
B Education (Person with 14 years and above)
C Identification of employed, time-related underemployed, unemployed and potential labour force (Person with 14 years and above)
D Characteristics of main job/activity (Person with 14 years and above)
E Characteristics of secondary job/activity (Person with 14 years and above)
F Past employment (Person with 14 years and above)
G Own-use production of goods and services (Person with 14 years and above)
H Subsistence foodstuff production (Person with 14 years and above & Household)
I Housing and household assets (Household)
Not all questions are addressed to every household member. For children below 14 years of age, a minimum number of questions are asked. For older youngsters and adults 14 years of age and above, the number of questions depends on the situation and activities of the person during the reference period. The basic reference period is the last 7 days prior to the date of the interview. For certain questions, however, other reference periods are used. In each case, the relevant reference period is indicated in the text of the question.
Data Collectors
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda | NISR | Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning |
Supervision
The field work consisted of 2 coordinators, coordinating the work of 12 supervisors, 24 team leaders and 96 interviewers. So altogether the survey interviewing was carried out by a total of 120 interviewers. To complement and verify these quality control measures, NISR and Ministry of Public Service and Labour conducted independent field visits to verify field teams' implementation of the survey methodology and the interviewing process. Checks were also carried out to assess completeness and logical consistency of interview data.