Rwanda Labour Force Survery 2025

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RWA-NISR-RLFS-2025-v0.1

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)

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Data file: RW_LFS2025

Cases:	100852
Variables:	207

Variables

PSU_NO

Primary Sampling Unit

QH_NO

QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER

HHID

Household identification

province

Code_UR

Area of residence

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

Did he/she lived outside this district for at least 6 consecutive months?

A16Y

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

A17A

In which country(Name) live in prior to arrive here?

A17B

A19

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

A20

Reason for moving to the current location

B01

IS [NAME] a student(Is he /she attending school or would be attending one if sch

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?

B13B

In which year did (Name) complete this course?

B14

What happened after you completed the course?

B15

How long did take(Name) to get a job or start own business after completing the

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 activity other

C02A

During the past 7 days, did (NAME) run or do any farming, Rearing farm animals,

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 in Main job/activ

C12B

During the past 7 days, how many days did (NAME) actually work in all Secondary

C13A

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

C13B

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

C14

How many hours did [NAME) usually worked at all jobs combined?

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?

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

Does the place or business where(you/name) work's have a name?

D04

Does (Name) work in....

D05

Status of employment according to ICSE-93

D05A

How many persons including you at your work place?

D05A1

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

D06

(Do/does)(You/Name) have a written contract or oral agreement for the work (You/

D07

Is [NAME]'s contract or agreement :

D08

The duration of the contract or agreement?

D08A

Does [NAME] have a minimum amount of hours or work agreed with his/her employer?

D09A

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

D10

Has [NAME] registered his/her economic activity with the Rwanda Revenue Authorit

D10A

Is (Name) entitled to paid annual leave benefits from employer?

D10B

Is (name) entitled to paid sick leave benefits from employer?

D10C

Is (name) entitled to maternity/paternity leave?

D10D

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

D10_E

Does (name) make contributions to the Ejo Heza scheme?

D12_1

How much money did (Name) earn from his/her main job/business the last time ?

D12_1A

Amount in Rwandan francs

D13_1

How long did it cover?

D14_1

On average, how much money did (NAME) earn from main job/business per month?

D14_1A

Amount in Rwandan francs

D17_1

Would you say that monthly amount earned the last time in (Name) ?s job/busin

D18A

How did (you/name) obtain your current employment?

D18A_OTHER

D18A_ obtain your current employment?

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

Where is the business where [NAME] work located?

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)-Years?

D24B

In your main job or business, how many months do you typically work in a year?

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?

DS07

(Do/Does) (You/Name) work...?

DS08

Who usually makes the decisions about the running of the family/household busine

DS09

Does the business hire/have any paid employees on a regular basis?

DS09AA

Is (NAME)'s business registered with RDB?

DS09AAA

Is (Name)'s business registered as....?

DS09_A

Does more than half of the income from [NAME]?s business/activity come from ?.?

DS09_B

Does [NAME] get customers, clients or buyers through someone else, for example f

DS09_C

In this business /activity Does [NAME]??

DS09_D

In [NAME]?s business/activity does client/company/intermediary/or other person??

DS10A

Which of the following types of pay (do/does) (you/name) receive for this work?

F01A

(Have/Has) (you/name) ever had a paid job or another income-generating activity,

F01B

How long ago was it that(you/name) last stop working?

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 has [NAME] usualy worked in these activities?

H03

How many hours per week does [NAME] usually work 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

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

status1

Labour force status with 14+

indb05

Field of education

wap16

Working age population

employed16

Employment to population ratio

UR1

Unemployment rate

LFPR

Labour force particiaption rate

sub

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 underutilization

disable

person with disability

discourage

Discouraged jobseekers

willing

Willing non seeker and not available

migrant

Recent migration

neetyouth

neetyoung

youngs

icse18A

5 Main categories of Status in employment by type of authority

Prod_unit

Production sector unit

IEV2

Formal and Informal employment for main job

main_sect

Economic sector

indb1

Years of schooling

attained

Level of education completed

age5

Five years age group

age10

Broader age group

usualhrs

Usually working hours

hhsize

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

timegood

Time spent in production of good

timeservice

Time spent in production of services

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

age3

selected age group

TVT

Attended TVT or not

TVT2

General or TVET attainemnt

UD

Unemployment duration

age3_16_30

Youth age groups

YUR1

Youth unemployment rate

intcash

Cash Income interval for employees

cash

Monthly income in cash for employees

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: 207

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