Rwanda Labour Force Survery 2024

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RWA-NISR-RLFS-2024-v0.1

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)

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Data file: RW_LFS2024

Cases:	102562
Variables:	197

Variables

PSU_NO

Primary Sampling Unit

QH_NO

QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER

HHID

Household identification

pid

province

Code_UR

code_dis

lfs_strata

LFS_year

LFS data collection year

weight2

A01

A02

A03M

Date of birth Month

A03Y

date of birth year

A04

Age at last birthday

A05

Present marital status

A06

Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?

A07

Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid?

A08

Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps?

A09

Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?

A10

Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing?

A11

Using your usual language, do you have difficulty communicating, mple understand

A12

What is nationality?

A13

Residential Status in Rwanda

A14A

Country/Area of birth

A14B

District of birth

A15

Has usual place of residence always been in this district?

A16Y

The period of usual place of residence( last move)-Years

A17A

District or foreign country did he/she live.

A17B

A19

How long did he/she live in the previous location prior to arriving here?

A20

Reason to move away from previous location

B01

IS [NAME] currently studying?

B02A

What is the Highest educational level is/ have [NAME] attending / attended?

B02B

How many years have you completed in that level of education?

B07

Currently attending any trade or technical Skills school

B08

Did you learn any Trade or Technical vocational course (TVET)?

B09

How long will/did this Training take?

B10

Type of technical skills learned?

B13

Did [NAME] complete the course?

B14

What happened after you completed the course?

C01

During the last 7 days,did he/she do any work for wage, salary, commission, tips

C02

During the past 7 days, did (NAME) run or do any kind of business, farming or ot

C03

During the past 7 days, did (NAME) help unpaid in a business owned by a househol

C05

In general, are the products obtained from this activity for sale or for family

C06

During the last 7 days, did (NAME) have a paid job or a business from which he/s

C07

What was the main reason (NAME) was absent from work during the last 7 days?

C08

What is the expected total absence from work for (NAME)?

C09

Does (NAME) continue receiving an income from his/her job during absence?

C09A

Among the following categories, which correspond to the (NAME)'s situation

C10

Did [NAME] have any other paid job or business or performed any secondary activi

C10A

How many jobs other than main job do(you/name) posess?

C11A

How many hours does [NAME] usually work per week?Main job/activity

C11B

How many hours does [NAME] usually work per week?Secondary job/activity

C12A

During the past 7 days, how many days did (NAME) actually work?Main job/activity

C12B

During the past 7 days, how many days did (NAME) actually work?Secondary job/act

C13A

During the past 7 days, how many hours per day did (NAME) actually worked?Main j

C13B

During the past 7 days, how many hours per day did (NAME) actually worked?second

C14

How many hours did [NAME) usually worked at all jobs combined during the last 7

C15

What was the main reason (NAME) usually worked long hours per week?

C16

During the last 4 weeks, did (NAME) look for additional or other work?

C17

Would want to work more hours per week than usualy worked provided the extra hou

C18

If an opportunity for additional work became available, could (NAME) start worki

C19

During the last 4 weeks, did [NAME] look for any kind of paid job or try to star

C19A

During the last 4 weeks did(name) try to start a business?

C20

Has [NAME] already found a job or arranged to start a business in the next 4 wee

C20A

How soon Does [NAME] expect to start working in this new job or business ?

C21

what did [NAME] do in the last 4 weeks to find a paid job or start a business?

C21A

Apply to prospective Employers

C21B

Place or Answer Job Advertisement

C21C

Post/Update resume on professional/Social networking sites online

C21D

Register with Employment center(Public/private)

C21E

Take a test or Interview

C21F

Seek help from Relatives,friends,Others

C21G

Check at Factories worksite

C21H

Wait on the street to be recruited

C21I

Seek Financial help to start a business

C21J

Look for land,building,equipment,Materials to start a business

C21K

Apply for permit or licence to start a business street to be recruited

C21L

C21M

C22

For how long has [NAME] been without work and trying to find a paid job or start

C23

Would [NAME] want to work if a paid job or business opportunity became availabl

C24

What was the main reason (NAME) did not try to find a paid job or start a busine

C25

If a paid job or business opportunity become available, could [NAME] have starte

C26

What is the mean reason why (NAME) could not start working in the last 7 days o

D03A

What is the name of (NAME)?s workplace?

D04

Does (Name) work in....

D05

In this job, is [NAME] working as??

D05A

How many persons including you at your work place?

D05A1

Number of persons including you at your work place,Less than 10

D06

Have [NAME] been employed on the basis of:

D07

Is [NAME]'s contract or agreement :

D08

The duration of the contract or agreement?

D09A

Does employer pay contributions on [NAME]?s behalf to social security fund

D10A

Benefits paid for annual leave

D10B

Benefits paid for sick leave

D10C

Benefits paid for maternity/paternity leave

D10D

Is (Name)'s salary subjected to deduction of taxe (PAYE)

D12

How much did he/she earn at main job last time in cash and in kind, before taxe

D20

Is the business/establishment where [NAME] works registered with the RRA or pay

D21

In order to report to an authority, does the business/establishment where (NAME)

D21A

What kind of accounts or records deos the (busines/farm) keep?

D23

In what type of place does [NAME] usually work?

D23A

What means of transportation do you mainly use to commute to your place of work?

D23B

How long does it normally take you to get to work?

D24

How long have [NAME] been working (total experience)?

D25A

Is this District the same as the District where (Name) performs his/her main job

D25B

In which district do (You/Name) mainly perform this work?

F02

The main reason to stop working in his/her last paid job / business?

F05

What is (Name) main source of income at present?

G01

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend collecting firewood for the

G01A

In the last 7 days, did [NAME] spend time collecting firewood for the household

G02

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend fetching water for the house

G02A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on fetching water for the household?

G03

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend searching for fodder or gra

G03A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on grazing or feeding hiusehold animal

G04

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend manufacturing household good

G04A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on manufacturing of goods for family u

G05

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend constructing your dwelling,

G05A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on construction of own building?

G06

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend doing household chores inclu

G06A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on doing household chores?

G07

In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend looking after children and e

G07A

In the last 7 days, Did [Name] tooktime to look under children or adults

H01

During the last four weeks did he/she do any of the following work mainly for o

H02

How many days per week did [NAME] usually worked in these activities?

H03

How many hours per day has [NAME] usually worked in these activities?

H05

In general, did the household sell or barter any part of the goods obtained from

H06

About how much does the household regularly sell?

H09

Do you regularly or sometimes engage paid employee in the farming activity?

H10

Excluding family members, how many paid employees do you usually engage in thes

status1

Labour force status with 16+

wap16

Working age population

employed16

Employment to population ratio

UR1

Unemployment rate

LFPR

Labour force particiaption rate

sub

Dimunished Subsistance foodstaff producers

TRU

Time related underemployment

PLF

Potential labour force

youth

Youth 16 to 24 years old

young

Young 16 to 30 years old

LUU

Labour underutilisation

LUUR

Labour underulilation rate

disable

person with disability

discourage

Discouraged jobseekers

willing

Willing non seeker and not available

migrant

Recent migration

neetyouth

neetyoung

youngs

main_sect

Economic sector

indb1

Years of schooling

attained

Level of education completed

cash

Monthly income in cash for employees

intcash

Income interval

age5

Five years age group

age10

Broader age group

usualhrs

Usually working hours

timegood

Time spent in production of good

timeservice

Time spent in production of services

hhsize

usual_h

Number of usual hours

act_hrs

Number of actual hours worked

acthrs

Actual hours intervals

YA

hr_own

Total hours in own use

subhrs

Time spent in subsistance activities

hr_cshmain

Hourly wage of employees in main job

hr_cash

Hourly wage of employees

TVT2

General or TVET attainemnt

Prod_unit

Production sector unit

UD

Unemployment duration

IEV2

Formal and Informal employment for main job

head

Head of the household

dG01

dG02

dG03

searching fooder or grazing

dG04

manufacturing household goods

dG05

repairing household

dG06

Cooking and shopping

dG07

Looking after children and aldery

age3

selected age group

TVT

Attended TVT or not

age3_16_30

Youth age groups

YUR1

Youth unemployment rate

indb05

Field of education

indd01

ISCO High level

indd03

ISIC High level

EN01

main source of energy that your household uses for lighting?

EN01_OTHERS

Main source of energy Others

LU2

LU2 - Combined rate of unemployment and time-related underemployment(%)

LU3

LU3 - Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force(%)

LU4

LU4 - Composite measure of labour underutilization(%)

TRUR

Time related underemployment rate(%)

isco2digit

occupation activity at two digit

isic2digitdigit

economic activity at two digit

Total: 197

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