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Rwanda National Manpower Survey 2011-2012

Rwanda, 2011 - 2012
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rwa-nisr-rnms-2011-2012-v1
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    rwa-nisr-rnms-2011-2012-v1
    Title

    Rwanda National Manpower Survey 2011-2012
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    RNMS 2011-2012
    Country
    Name Country code
    Rwanda RWA
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
    Abstract

    The Manpower Survey project was initiated by the Ministry of Public Service and Labour and the National Institute of Statistics following a meeting of Ministers in charge of labour in East Africa Community (EAC) countries that took place in Kampala in 2006. The objective of this meeting was to prepare a protocol of free labour movement in the region and the establishment of the Common Market Protocol (CMP).
    The meeting urged Partner States to undertake a Manpower Survey. The purpose of these surveys is to establish a better understanding of their respective labour markets as essential prerequisite for implementing the CMP in a successful and efficient manner. For reasons of comparability it was agreed to conduct these national manpower surveys in a harmonised way in all EAC member states.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Units of analysis were individuals, and institutions, including schools, public institutions, non-governmental organisations, and private firms in the formal and informal sectors.

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution.
    Version Date

    2014
    Version Notes

    This is version 1 of the dataset, released in March, 2014.

    Scope

    Notes

    The Manpower Survey includes the 3 following modules: Informal sector module, Formal Sector module, Educational institutions module, and a Diaspora module.

    1. The Informal Sector Module:
      1.1 The first sub-module of the Informal sector module is the Employer's sub-Module to collect information on establishments
      1.2 The second sub-module is the Employees' sub-Module which provides detailed information on employees in the informal sector.

    2. The Formal Sector Module:
      This module collected data on employers and employment in public and private establishments of the formal sector. Politicians, military and Police forces were not considered as employees.
      This module comprises two sub-modules:
      2.1 The Employer's sub-module : To collect information on Establishment characteristics , employment characteristics, total number of posts and number of filled posts, total gross remuneration, number and type of vacant posts and future manpower projections and staff development
      2.2 The Employee sub-module: To collect information of employees from the sampled public and private establishments in formal sector.

    3. The Education and training institutions module: To collect information on labour, current and future enrolment and training output. It covers both Public and Private Institutions in Primary and Secondary Schools; Technical and Vocational Training Schools and Tertiary institutions / Universities.

    A Diaspora module was used to collect information on the technical and entrepreneurial skills of Rwandans abroad as well as the likelihood, obstacles and opportunities to harness this potential. However, coverage for this module was not extensive enough to create a useful dataset.

    A further module - an Unemployement for skilled persons module - was planned but not initiated.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage
    Universe

    The universe for the Formal Sector module included four distinct universes:
    Private Business establishments which belong to formal sector; Public and private health facilities; Non-Governmental organizations; and Public/ governmental institutions.
    The Educational institutions module covered Primary and Secondary schools, TVET, Universities and other Tertiary educational institutions.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
    Producers
    Name
    Ministry of Public Service and Labour
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Government of Rwanda GoR Funder
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Role
    Ministry of East African Community (MINEAC) Coordination of the Diaspora module

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    For details on sampling procedures for the survey see the section 2.1 of the National Manpower Survey Report Volume 1, June 2013.
    Response Rate

    Reponse rates are coverd in section 2.2 Table 2.2.1 of the National Manpower Survey Report Volume 1, June 2013.
    Weighting

    For details on weighting of the survey see section 2.1.4: Weighting and Estimation in the National Manpower Survey Report Volume 1, June 2013.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    For information on the questionnaires see Section 2.3 on Questionnaire design and Section and 2.4 Questionnaire validation in the National Manpower Survey Report Volume 1
    Methodology notes

    For information on data entry, see section 2.9 in the National Manpower Report, Volume 1.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2011-10-12 2011-10-28 Education module
    2011 2012-03-03 Other modules
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f], Internet [int]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation Abbreviation
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning NISR
    Ministry of Public Service and Labour Government of Rwanda MIFOTR
    Supervision

    Trainee enumerators were divided into 8 teams, each team was the responsibility of two supervisors.
    Data Collection Notes

    For information on data collection see Section 2.7. of the National Manpower Survey report Volume 1, June 2013.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The data cleaning of the Manpower Survey datasets started on 23 March 2012. The initial data cleaning was in most cases about identifying duplications and wrong codes in ISCO, ISIC and ISCED. The second phase of data cleaning involved checking consistancy between variables during data tabulation.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    For estimates of sampling error see the section on Calculation of Sampling Errors on page 51 of the National Manpower Survey Report
    Data Appraisal

    In the process of metadata creation for this survey the following data issues were raised:

    A Diaspora module was used to collect information on the technical and entrepreneurial skills of Rwandans abroad as well as the likelihood, obstacles and opportunities to harness this potential. However, coverage for this module was not extensive enough to create a useful dataset.

    A further module - an Unemployement for skilled persons module - was planned but not initiated.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Principal Statistician, Research and Dissemination NISR htpp://www.statistics.gov.rw claude.nyirimanzi@statistics.gov.rw
    Data Processing Manager NISR htpp://www.statistics.gov.rw massoud.harerimana@statistics.gov.rw
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes By downloading the data users agree to maintain the confidentiality of the data and data subjects.
    Access conditions

    Public use files, accessible to all
    Citation requirements

    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Rwanda National Manpower Survey 2011-2012 [dataset]. Version 1. Kigali: NISR [producer], 2012.[distributor], 2014.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright

    (c) 2012, National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-rwa-nisr-rphc-2012-v1
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2014-02-21

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1
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