ARM_2015_LFS_v01_M DDI_ARM_2015_LFS_v01_M_WB Development Economics Data Group Poverty - GP 2017-02-10 Nesstar Publisher Version 01 (February 2017) Labor Force Survey 2015 LFS 2015 ARM_2015_LFS_v01_M National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia Nesstar Publisher Poverty - GP Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] The first Labour Force Survey in Armenia was carried out in 1996-1998 within the framwork of UNDP. On a regular basis it started to be implemented since 2001 together with Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS). Each year an ad-hoc module is added to LFS (child labor module, informal employment, etc.) Version 01 The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a statistical study of the households selected by the appropriate method. The objective of the survey is providing information on not only well-known employment and unemployment as well as providing comprehensive information on other standard indicators characterizing the country labour market. Armenia National Sample survey data [ssd] Face-to-face [f2f] The design of the questionnaire, used concepts, set of indicators and calculation methodology, sampling method basically comply with the definitions and concepts recommended by the ILO and Eurostat, while taking into account the peculiarities of their application in Armenia to the extent possible, at the same time, by providing the comparability with the international similar indicators. LFS_2015-s.NSDstat 29662 119 Nesstar 200801 Questionnaire number 29662 0 1 649 Marz 29662 0 1 Yerevan 4572 2 Aragatsotn 2105 3 Ararat 3700 4 Armavir 2268 5 Gegharquniq 2041 6 Lory 3383 7 Kotayq 3812 8 Shirak 2190 9 Syuniq 1611 10 Vayoc Dzor 1913 11 Tavush 2067 Urban / Rural 29662 0 1 Urban 17075 2 Rural 12587 Surveyed month 29662 0 1 2558 2 2504 3 2416 4 2539 5 2491 6 2548 7 2419 8 2444 9 2426 10 2452 11 2475 12 2390 Surveyed year 29662 0 2015 29662 H/H members 29662 0 1 1055 2 2560 3 3417 4 6256 5 6045 6 5544 7 2653 8 944 9 513 10 350 11 187 12 96 13 26 16 16 H/H members aged 15-75 29662 0 0 762 1 2319 2 6658 3 7115 4 7975 5 3369 6 1128 7 270 8 55 9 11 Age 29662 0 0 109 Sequence number of H/H member 29662 0 1 7788 2 6733 3 5453 4 4314 5 2750 6 1541 7 617 8 238 9 120 10 63 11 28 12 11 13 3 14 1 15 1 16 1 Sex 29662 0 1 Male 14468 2 Female 15194 Relationship to H/H head 29662 0 1 H/H’s first registered member 7787 2 Wife / Husband / Spouse 5010 3 Daughter / Son 8936 4 Mother / Father 599 5 Sister / Brother 212 6 Daughter- in-law / Son- in-law 2354 7 Mother-in-law / Father-in-law 77 8 Grandmother / Grandfather 23 9 Grandchild 4316 10 Other relative (eg. great-grandchild) 216 11 Non-relative (eg. grandchild’s / great grandchild’s husband / wife) 132 29662 0 1 3710 2 2392 3 2383 4 2326 5 2417 6 2651 7 2334 8 2450 9 2310 10 2512 11 2128 12 2049 29662 0 1905 2015 Educational level 27235 2427 1 Illiterate 265 2 No primary 1206 3 Primary 1955 4 Basic 2529 5 Secondary 11375 6 Vocational 677 7 Secondary specialized 4536 8 Tertiary 4647 9 Post-graduate 45 Sysmiss 2427 Marital status 24059 5603 1 Never married 5660 2 Married 15166 3 Widowed 2663 4 Divorced / Separated 570 Sysmiss 5603 Is there an absent member in your household? Is there an absent member in your household? 29662 0 1 Less than 3 months 178 2 3 - 12 months 1222 3 1 - 3 years 713 4 3 and more years 266 5 No 27283 What is the main reason for the absence? What is the main reason for the absence? 2379 27283 1 Job 1588 2 Family circumstances 91 3 Permanent residence 174 4 Education / vocational study 115 5 Other 411 Sysmiss 27283 Which region or country did he / she go to? Which region or country did he / she go to? 2379 27283 1 Yerevan 213 2 Aragatsotn 5 3 Ararat 17 4 Armavir 16 5 Gegharkunik 17 6 Lori 21 7 Kotayk 11 8 Shirak 7 9 Syunik 28 10 14 11 Tavush 34 12 nkr 243 13 Russia 1601 14 Other CIS country 40 15 Europe 73 16 USA and Canada 8 17 Other 31 Sysmiss 27283 Indicate “1”in case there is a disabled member in your household Indicate “1”in case there is a disabled member in your H/H 1638 28024 1 Yes 1638 Sysmiss 28024 Indicate “1” if there is a 10-14 aged child working or helping you/ other H/H member in your/their work Indicate “1” if there is a 10-14 aged child working or helping you/ other H/H member in your/their work 55 29607 1 Yes 55 Sysmiss 29607 Indicate “1” if there is a 10-14 aged child working or helping you / other H/H member in your / their work During the last week did you do any of the activities listed below at least for an hour, even if you are a student or an unemployed, a housekeeper or a pensioner? During the last week did you do any of the activities listed below at least for an hour, even if you are a student or an unemployed, a housekeeper or a pensioner? 20316 9346 1 Yes 10126 2 No 10189 99 Refused to answer 1 Sysmiss 9346 During the last week did you have any gainful activity at least for an hour, even if you are a student or an unemployed, a housekeeper or a pensioner? Even though you did not do any of these activities in the last week, do you have any paid work or a business that you were absent from and will definitely return to? Even though you did not do any of these activities in the last week, do you have any paid work or a business that you were absent from and will definitely return to? 10189 19473 1 Yes 871 2 No 9318 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 19473 Even though you did not have any gainful activity in the last week, do you have any paid work or a business that you were absent from and will definitely return to? What was the main reason for your temporarily absence? What was the main reason for your temporarily absence? 871 28791 1 Illness / injury / care of a sick family member 15 2 Vacation 104 3 Pregnancy / maternity/ paternity leave / parental leave 64 4 Education leave/ vocational training 1 5 Work spesificity (i.e. shift work) 13 6 Child-care leave (up to 3 years) 72 7 Paid temporarily lay-off 7 8 Unpaid temporarliy lay-off 13 9 End of a seasonal work 430 10 Lack of clients / customers/ suppliers 83 11 Reorganization/ suspension of work(bad weather, mechanical, electrical breakdown, shortage of raw materials, fuel, etc.) 46 12 Going abroad 17 13 Other 6 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 28791 What will be the total duration of your absence from your job? What will be the total duration of your absence from your job? 674 28988 1 Less than 3 months 147 2 3 - 6 months 290 3 6 months or more 146 4 It is difficult to answer 91 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 28988 What kind of work do you usually do in the main job/activity? What kind of work do you usually do in the main job/activity? 10760 18902 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 670 2 Professionals 1253 3 Technicians professionals 967 4 Clerks 317 5 Service & sales workers 1223 6 Skilled agricultural workers 3976 7 Craft workers 1003 8 Operators & assemblers 573 9 Elementary occupations 778 Sysmiss 18902 What kind of work do you usually do in the main job / activity that you had last week? Describe your main tasks, duties, position (ISCO-88) What kind of industry, business, service or activity is carried out at your place of work? What kind of industry, business, service or activity is carried out at your place of work? 10760 18902 1 a 4110 2 b 104 3 c 857 4 d 246 5 e 47 6 f 494 7 g 1040 8 h 347 9 i 185 10 j 124 11 k 132 12 l 13 13 m 85 14 n 45 15 o 976 16 p 1132 17 q 454 18 r 117 19 s 199 20 t 35 21 u 18 Sysmiss 18902 What kind of industry, business, service or activity is carried out at your place of work? Describe the the main goods / services produced at your place of work or its main functions (NACE rev. 2) Profession in Primary Job by 9 Groups (ISCO-88) Specify your main profession/ qualification acquired via formal education. 10760 18902 1 Top Managers 0 2 Professionals 2672 3 Technicians professionals 1993 4 Clerks 121 5 Service and sales workers 163 6 Skilled agricultural workers 16 7 Craft workers 272 8 Operators and assemblers 473 9 Unskilled 5050 Sysmiss 18902 Which of the following best describes your working status? Which of the following best describes your working status? 10760 18902 1 Employee with a written contract 5021 2 Employee with a verbal agreement 759 3 Employer (owner with permanent employees) 103 4 Own-account worker on a farm 3208 5 Other own-account worker 930 6 Unpaid family worker 737 7 Member of a producers’, consumers’ cooperative 0 8 Other 2 Sysmiss 18902 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 4632 2 No 1106 3 It is difficult to answer 42 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Paid leave What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 5001 2 No 716 3 It is difficult to answer 63 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Income tax What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 4264 2 No 1420 3 It is difficult to answer 96 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Paid sick leave What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your woking place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your woking place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 3258 2 No 1916 3 It is difficult to answer 606 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your woking place? Severance pay / redundancy pay What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 383 2 No 5266 3 It is difficult to answer 131 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Premium pay for overtime and holiday work What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 1627 2 No 4019 3 It is difficult to answer 134 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Medical insurance provided by the employer What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 4118 2 No 1228 3 It is difficult to answer 434 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 130 2 No 5587 3 It is difficult to answer 63 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Child-care facilities What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? 5780 23882 1 Yes 406 2 No 5364 3 It is difficult to answer 10 Sysmiss 23882 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Transport / transport allowance Is your business legally registered? Is your business legally registered? 4978 24684 1 Yes 518 2 Is in the process of being registered 7 3 No 513 4 The activity has been implemented on a farm 3931 5 Do not want to answer 4 6 Do not know 5 Sysmiss 24684 What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? 10760 18902 1 Public / community 2639 2 Non-governmental organization/ religious organization / representative office of an international organization 70 3 Private enterprise (also farms) 8029 4 Private employer (who employs paid domestic workers: babysitter, housemaid, driver etc.) 22 Sysmiss 18902 What is the legal status of your workplace? What is the legal status of your workplace? 8051 21611 1 PLC, LTD, LLC, Private entrepreneur 3454 2 Registered cooperative 1 3 Condominium 3 4 Individual business 554 5 Partnership 7 6 Private household employing domestic staff (babysitter, housemaid, driver, etc.) 22 7 Farm 3984 8 Other 0 9 Do not know 26 Sysmiss 21611 Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services: Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services: 8051 21611 1 Only for own use 1513 2 2255 3 Only for sale / barter 4283 Sysmiss 21611 Percentage of production for own final use in main job Percentage of production for own final use in main job 2255 27407 1 90 How much wage/income did you receive during the last month? 8997 20665 0 25000000 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash (after deductions) How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind 8997 20665 0 3000000 Summary of wage / income information from Question D14 Summary of wage / income information from Q. D14 10760 18902 1 Only cash net wage / income 5451 2 Only in-kind wage / income 1074 3 Refused to answer 578 4 Do not know / it is difficulte to answer 1185 5 Both cash and in-kind wage / income 909 6 Did not receive any wage / income 1563 Sysmiss 18902 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage/ income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions). If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage/ income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions). 1763 27899 1 Up to 45 000 AMD 84 2 45 000 AMD 11 3 605 4 90 001 - 180 000 AMD 512 5 180 001 - 360 000 AMD 128 6 360 001 - 500 000 AMD 28 7 500 001 - 700 000 AMD 24 8 700 000 AMD and more 8 9 Refused to answer 115 10 Do not know / it is difficult to answer 248 Sysmiss 27899 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage / income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions) What period was the wage / income for? What period was the wage / income for? 8834 20828 1 One day 30 2 One week 32 3 Two weeks / half a month 99 4 One month 7975 5 Six months 278 6 One year 357 7 Other 63 Sysmiss 20828 Do you think your education / qualification corresponds with your present job? Do you think your education / qualification corresponds with your present job? 10760 18902 1 Yes, it does 8530 2 No, my qualification is higher 1791 3 No, I need an additional training 423 4 Other 16 Sysmiss 18902 What kind of job / activity do you have? What kind of job / activity do you have? 10760 18902 1 Permanent / unlimited 8625 2 Temporary 293 3 Seasonal 1751 4 Occasional, one-time 91 Sysmiss 18902 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? 10760 18902 1 Engaged in the same job 9837 2 Engaged in another job 297 3 Did not have any job & was looking for one 378 4 Was a student / was taking courses 74 5 Engaged in household chores/ family responsibilities 38 6 Was abroad for work 87 7 Was abroad for another purpose 14 8 35 Sysmiss 18902 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? 10760 18902 1 Up to 6 months 533 2 6 - 12 months 440 3 1 - 3 years 1679 4 3 - 5 years 1235 5 5 years and more 6873 Sysmiss 18902 10760 18902 1 Full-time 5556 2 Overtime 1523 3 Part-time 3681 Sysmiss 18902 Why did you work part-time? Why did you work part-time? 3681 25981 1 Do not want to take a full-time job 115 2 Student / taking courses 34 3 Ilness(own) / disability 81 4 Care of a child / of a sick family member 49 5 Other personal / family circumstances 165 6 Could not find a full-time job 573 7 On the initiative of the employer 191 8 Because of the nature / seasonality of the job 2465 9 Other 8 Sysmiss 25981 Are you a member of a labour union or some other workers’ union at your workplace? Are you a member of a labour union or some other workers’ union at your workplace? 10760 18902 1 Yes 1456 2 No 3875 3 Do not know 744 4 Not applicable 4685 Sysmiss 18902 Are you a member of a labour union or some other workers’ union at your workplace? In addition to your main job/activity did you have any other job/ activity you got/ will get income from (both in cash and in kind) during the last week including those which you were absent from during the surveyed week? In addition to your main job/activity did you have any other job/ activity you got/ will get income from (both in cash and in kind) during the last week including those which you were absent from during the surveyed week? 10760 18902 1 Yes 376 2 No 10384 Sysmiss 18902 In addition to your main job / activity did you have any other job / activity you got / will get income from (both in cash and in kind) during the last week including those which you were absent from during the surveyed week? What kind of work do you usually do in the second job/activity that you had last week. What kind of work do you usually do in the second job/activity that you had last week. 376 29286 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 3 2 Professionals 20 3 Technicians professionals 7 4 Clerks 1 5 Service & sales workers 3 6 Skilled agricultural workers 320 7 Craft workers 9 8 Operators & assemblers 6 9 Elementary occupations 7 Sysmiss 29286 What kind of work do you usually do in the second job / activity that you had last week? Describe the main tasks, duties, position (ISCO-88) What kind of industry, business, service or activity is carried out at your second place of work? 376 29286 1 a 326 2 b 0 3 c 4 4 d 0 5 e 0 6 f 6 7 g 9 8 h 4 9 i 1 10 j 1 11 k 0 12 l 0 13 m 1 14 n 0 15 o 1 16 p 15 17 q 4 18 r 1 19 s 3 20 t 0 21 u 0 Sysmiss 29286 Which of the following best describes your working status? Which of the following best describes your working status? 376 29286 1 Employee with a written contract 16 2 Employee with a verbal agreement 8 3 Employer (owner with permanent employees) 1 4 Own-account worker on a farm 271 5 Other own-account worker 29 6 Unpaid family worker 50 7 Member of a producers’, consumers’ cooperative 0 8 Other 1 Sysmiss 29286 Is your business legally registered? Is your business legally registered? 352 29310 1 Yes 6 2 Is in the process of being registered 1 3 No 26 4 The activity has been implemented on a farm 319 5 Do not want to answer 0 6 Do not know 0 Sysmiss 29310 What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? 376 29286 1 Public / community 10 2 Non-governmental organization/ religious organization/ representative office of an international organization 2 3 Private enterprise (also farms) 364 4 Private employer (who employs paid domestic workers: babysitter, housemaid, driver etc.) 0 Sysmiss 29286 What is the legal status of your workplace? What is the legal status of your workplace? 364 29298 1 PLC, LTD, LLC, Private entrepreneur 11 2 Registered cooperative 0 3 Condominium 0 4 Individual business 28 5 Partnership 0 6 Private household employing domestic staff (babysitter, housemaid, driver, etc.) 0 7 Farm 324 8 Other 0 9 Do not know 1 Sysmiss 29298 Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services: Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services: 364 29298 1 Only for own use 147 2 159 3 Only for sale / barter 58 Sysmiss 29298 Percentage of production for own final use in second job Percentage of production for own final use in second job 157 29505 2 80 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash 361 29301 0 1750000 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash (after deductions) How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind 361 29301 0 2000000 Summary of wage / income information from Question E32 Summary of wage / income information from Q. E32 376 29286 1 Only cash net wage / income 54 2 Only in-kind wage / income 109 3 Refused to answer 4 4 Do not know / it is difficulte to answer 11 5 Both cash and in-kind wage / income 63 6 Did not receive any wage / income 135 Sysmiss 29286 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage/ income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table? If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage/ income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions). 15 29647 1 Up to 45 000 AMD 6 2 45 000 AMD 0 3 3 4 90 001 - 180 000 AMD 4 5 180 001 - 360 000 AMD 0 6 360 001 - 500 000 AMD 2 7 500 001 - 700 000 AMD 0 8 700000 AMD and more 0 9 Refused to answer 0 10 Do not know / it is difficult to answer 0 Sysmiss 29647 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage / income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions) What period was the wage / income for? What period was the wage / income for? 240 29422 1 One day 2 2 One week 12 3 Two weeks / half a month 3 4 One month 167 5 Six months 29 6 One year 24 7 Other 3 Sysmiss 29422 How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? 376 29286 1 Up to 6 months 15 2 6 - 12 months 3 3 1 - 3 years 17 4 3 - 5 years 14 5 5 years and more 327 Sysmiss 29286 What kind of job / activity do you have? What kind of job / activity do you have? 376 29286 1 Permanent / unlimited 229 2 Temporary 4 3 Seasonal 126 4 Occasional, one-time 17 Sysmiss 29286 In your second job you usually work In your second job you usually work 376 29286 1 Full-time 6 2 Overtime 6 3 Part-time 364 Sysmiss 29286 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month? At the main job/ activity, hour How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month? At the main job/ activity, hour 10760 18902 2 110 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month at the MAIN job / activity? How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month? At the second job/ activity, hour How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month? At the second job/ activity, hour 10760 18902 0 48 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month at the SECOND job / activity? How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month in Total How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month in TOT Total, hour (line 1 + line 2) 10760 18902 2 110 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month in TOTAL (row 1 + row 2)? How many hours did you actually work during the last week? At the main job/ activity, hour How many hours did you actually work during the last week? At the main job/ activity, hour 10760 18902 0 112 How many hours did you actually work during the last week at the MAIN job / activity? How many hours did you actually work during the last week? At the second job/ activity, hour How many hours did you actually work during the last week? At the second job/ activity, hour 10760 18902 0 48 How many hours did you actually work during the last week at the SECOND job / activity? How many hours did you actually work during the last week? Total, hour (line 1 + line 2) How many hours did you actually work during the last week? Total, hour (line 1 + line 2) 10760 18902 0 112 How many hours did you actually work during the last week in TOTAL (row 1 + row 2)? Why did you work less hours than usually during the last week? Why did you work less hours than usually during the last week? 1374 28288 1 Illness / injury / care of a sick family member 44 2 Vacation (also pregnancy leave / maternity / paternity leave / child-care leave (up to 3 years) ) 184 3 Holiday / day off 24 4 Temporarily lay-off 18 5 Education leave or training 5 6 Work spesificity (i.e. seasonal work, shift work) 698 7 Lack of clients / customers / suppliers 138 8 Reorganization / suspension of work (bad weather, mechanical, electrical breakdown, shortage of raw materials, etc.) 210 9 End of job / new job 51 10 Going abroad 0 11 Other 2 Sysmiss 28288 Would you have liked to work more hours (for additional payment) than you actually worked during the last week? Would you have liked to work more hours (for additional payment) than you actually worked during the last week? 10760 18902 1 Yes, work additional hours at the current workplace 332 2 Yes, find a second job 1279 3 990 4 No 8159 Sysmiss 18902 Would you have liked to work more hours (for additional payment) than you actually worked during the last week? Would you like to change your current working status? Would you like to change your current working status? 10760 18902 1 Yes 3780 2 No 6980 Sysmiss 18902 Why do you want to change your current working status? Why do you want to change your current working status? 3780 25882 1 Forthcoming staff reduction / dissolution of the organization 12 2 Family circumstances 156 3 Present job is temporary 173 4 To have a higher wage / income 3127 5 To work less hours with the respective reduction in wage / income 8 6 To use professional skills in a better way 159 7 To have more convenient / flexible working hours 58 8 Health problems 8 9 To spent less time on the way to the workplace 4 10 To improve working conditions 71 11 Other 4 Sysmiss 25882 Why do you want to change your current working status? Why do you want to change your current working status? 1022 28640 1 Forthcoming staff reduction / dissolution of the organization 0 2 Family circumstances 31 3 Present job is temporary 8 4 To have a higher wage/ income 277 5 To work less hours with the respective reduction in wage/ income 7 6 To use professional skills in a better way 275 7 To have more convenient/ flexible working hours 82 8 Health problems 56 9 To spent less time on the way to the workplace 30 10 To improve working conditions 251 11 Other 5 Sysmiss 28640 Are you ready to change your current working status if there is an appropriate job offer? Are you ready to change your current working status if there is an appropriate job offer? 3780 25882 1 Yes 3370 2 No 48 3 It is difficult to answer 362 Sysmiss 25882 Are you ready to change your current working status if there is an appropriate job offer? Are you ready to move to another place in order to find a job / a better job? Are you ready to move to another place in order to find a job / a better job? 20316 9346 1 Yes, another place in Armenia 474 2 Yes, abroad 3218 3 Yes, any place 2142 4 No 12788 5 Do not want to work 28 6 It is difficult to answer 1665 99 1 Sysmiss 9346 Do you think your education / qualification (both formal and informal) is useful in your job/ in finding a job? Do you think your education / qualification (both formal and informal) is useful in your job/ in finding a job? 20316 9346 1 Very useful 5562 2 Relatively useful 8412 3 Not useful 5301 4 Do not get any professional education 44 5 It is difficult to answer 996 99 1 Sysmiss 9346 Do you think your education / qualification (both formal and informal) is useful in your job / in finding a job? Did you take any course / vocational training during the last year? Did you take any course / vocational training during the last year? 20316 9346 1 Yes, connected with my present job / activity 736 2 Yes, other 648 3 No 18890 4 Do not know 41 99 1 Sysmiss 9346 Do you plan to continue your education / training in the future? Do you plan to continue your education / training in the future? 20316 9346 1 Yes 1617 2 No 18088 3 It is difficult to answer 610 99 1 Sysmiss 9346 Why didn’t you have any job/ activity during the last week? Why didn’t you have any job/ activity during the last week? 9555 20107 1 Pupil / Student (full-time) 1496 2 Household chores / family responsibilities 2796 3 Pensioner 1700 4 Do not have a job by various reasons 3563 Sysmiss 20107 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? 9555 20107 1 Was an employee 617 2 Was an own-account worker 94 3 Was an unpaid family worker 33 4 Did not have any job & was looking for one 1266 5 Was a student / was taking courses 1704 6 Engaged in household chores/ family responsibilities 2831 7 Other reasons 3010 Sysmiss 20107 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last year? Have you ever had a paid job / activity? (refers solely to the work in Armenia) Have you ever had a paid job / activity? (refers solely to the work in Armenia) 8811 20851 1 Yes 3718 2 No 5093 Sysmiss 20851 How long have you been out of work? How long have you been out of work? 4462 25200 1 Less than 3 months 269 2 3 - 12 months 611 3 1 - 2 years 401 4 2 - 3 years 405 5 3 years and more 2776 Sysmiss 25200 What is the main reason for quitting your job / activity? What is the main reason for quitting your job / activity? 4462 25200 1 Staff reduction / dissolution of the organization / lack of client / customer / temporarily lay-off 1848 2 End of a temporary / seasonal / one-time job 345 3 Retirement 430 4 llness / disability / care of a sick family member 559 5 Education 14 6 Household chores / family circumstances 445 7 Low wage / income 309 8 Quitted job on my own initiative 395 10 Going abroad 70 11 Other reason 47 Sysmiss 25200 What kind of work did you do in the job/activity that you had at your last place of work? 4462 25200 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 237 2 Professionals 482 3 Technicians professionals 657 4 Clerks 239 5 Service & sales workers 657 6 Skilled agricultural workers 340 7 Craft workers 1017 8 Operators & assemblers 300 9 Elementary occupations 533 Sysmiss 25200 What kind of industry, business, service or activity had been carried out at your last place of work? 4462 25200 1 a 410 2 b 22 3 c 1136 4 d 106 5 e 33 6 f 430 7 g 539 8 h 192 9 i 113 10 j 73 11 k 58 12 l 10 13 m 95 14 n 23 15 o 308 16 p 521 17 q 208 18 r 66 19 s 96 20 t 16 21 u 7 Sysmiss 25200 Professions of Jobless Population by 9 Groups (ISCO-88) Specify your profession/ qualification acquired via formal education. In case of not having a profession/ qualification, indicate “1”. 9555 20107 1 Top Managers 0 2 Professionals 1376 3 Technicians professionals 1613 4 Clerks 93 5 Service and sales workers 140 6 Skilled agricultural workers 3 7 Craft workers 192 8 Operators and assemblers 63 9 Unskilled 6075 Sysmiss 20107 Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last month? Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last month? 9555 20107 1 Yes, looked for a paid job 2051 2 Yes, tried to start my own business 21 3 No 7483 Sysmiss 20107 Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last month? What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? 2072 27590 1 Applied to the State Employment Agency 219 2 Applied to a private employment agency 95 3 Applied directly to the employer / visited organization / factory / shop, etc. 810 4 Regurarly looked through / placed advertisements 305 5 Took a test / had a job interview / competition 20 6 Applied to friends / acquaintances / relatives 588 7 Looked for a job on the street 10 8 Tried to launch my own business 24 9 Going abroad / is abroad for work 1 10 Other 0 Sysmiss 27590 What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? 1032 28630 1 Applied to the State Employment Agency 0 2 Applied to a private employment agency 17 3 Applied directly to the employer / visited organization / factory / shop, etc. 84 4 Regurarly looked through / placed advertisements 124 5 Took a test / had a job interview / competition 64 6 Applied to friends / acquaintances / relatives 617 7 Looked for a job on the street 113 8 Tried to launch my own business 8 9 Going abroad / is abroad for work 4 10 Other 1 Sysmiss 28630 What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? 2072 27590 1 Lack of jobs corresponding to my profession / qualification 303 2 Not enough work experience 190 3 Lack of knowledge in languages / information technologies (computer, internet, etc.) 12 4 Lack of workplaces 1131 5 Low wage / income 163 6 Considered too young / too old 120 7 Being male / female 1 8 Inclination for discrimination (disability / religion/ appearance/ family status) 6 9 The job required too many hours 78 10 Did not know where and how to look for a job 15 11 Market competition 30 12 Imperfection of the legal framework 3 13 Other 1 14 No obstacle 19 Sysmiss 27590 What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? 658 29004 1 Lack of jobs corresponding to my profession/ qualification 8 2 Not enough work experience 36 3 Lack of knowledge in languages/ information technologies (computer, internet, etc.) 3 4 Lack of workplaces 263 5 Low wage/ income 197 6 Considered too young/ too old 64 7 Being male/ female 2 8 Inclination for discrimination (disability/ religion/ appearance/ family status) 11 9 The job required too many hours 23 10 Did not know where and how to look for a job 11 11 Market competition 23 12 Imperfection of the legal framework 10 13 Other 7 14 No obstacle 0 Sysmiss 29004 What was the main reason you did not look for a job/ did not try to launch your own business during the last month? What was the main reason you did not look for a job/ did not try to launch your own business during the last month? 7483 22179 3 Student (studying) / going to continue education 1492 4 Household chores / family circumstances 1811 5 My own / household member health problems / disability 1175 6 Waiting for the work / work season to resume 80 9 Considered too young / too old to find a job 843 10 Lack of jobs in the area 362 13 Past failure to find a suitable job 493 14 Do not know where and how to look for a job 83 15 Going abroad / is abroad 374 16 Have just returned from abroad 64 17 Others 706 Sysmiss 22179 What was the main reason you did not look for a job / did not try to launch your own business during the last month? Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last year? Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last year? 7444 22218 1 Yes 328 2 No 7116 Sysmiss 22218 Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last year? How long have you been looking for a job / trying to launch your own business? How long have you been looking for a job / trying to launch your own business? 2347 27315 1 Less than 3 months 373 2 3 - 12 months 575 3 1 - 2 years 467 4 2 - 3 years 245 5 3 years and more 687 Sysmiss 27315 Would you have liked to start working in the last week if an opportunity to work had existed? Would you have liked to start working in the last week if an opportunity to work had existed? 9555 20107 1 Yes 3788 2 No 5767 Sysmiss 20107 Would you have liked to start working in the last week if an opportunity to work had existed? What was the main reason you would not have liked to work? What was the main reason you would not have liked to work? 5767 23895 1 Student (studying) / going to continue education 1301 2 Household chores / family circumstances 1548 3 My own / household member's health problems / disability 1137 4 Too young / too old for work 784 7 Off-season 30 8 Going abroad / is abroad 357 9 Do not want to work 73 10 Others 537 Sysmiss 23895 Will you be able to start working in two weeks if there is an appropriate job offer? Will you be able to start working in two weeks if there is an appropriate job offer? 3788 25874 1 Yes 3728 2 No 60 Sysmiss 25874 Will you be able to start working in two weeks if there is an appropriate job offer? What factor is the most important for you in starting to work/ in lanching your own business? What factor is the most important for you in starting to work/ in lanching your own business? 3728 25934 1 Job matching with my profession / qualification 820 2 High-income job 1883 3 Any job irrespective of the income 1025 Sysmiss 25934 What factor is the most important for you in starting to work / in lanching your own business? Where and who would you like to work for? Where and who would you like to work for? 3728 25934 1 On my own (own account work, business, farm) 120 2 Public organization 831 3 Private company 408 4 International / non-profit organization 29 5 Family business 37 6 Any 2302 7 Other 1 Sysmiss 25934 Did you refuse any job offered to you during the last year? Did you refuse any job offered to you during the last year? 9555 20107 1 Yes 342 2 There was no such offer / opportunity 9213 Sysmiss 20107 Why did you refuse the job offer? Why did you refuse the job offer? 342 29320 1 Wage / income was low 146 2 Work was not interesting 8 3 Work did not match with my profession / qualification 26 4 No possibility for advancement / progress 3 5 Family did not approve the offered job 41 6 Term of the contract was short / was not specified 0 7 Bad working conditions 25 8 Workplace was too far 18 9 Work required too many hours 68 10 Work required very few hours 0 11 Other 6 12 Do not want to work 1 Sysmiss 29320 Information in Sections C-F was provided by Information in Sections C-F was provided by 20311 9351 1 Respondent (directly) 12358 2 Other family member 7953 Sysmiss 9351 Weigths Year 29662 0 14.696 441.274 Labour Resources / Working-age Population (de facto population aged 15 - 75) 20315 9347 1 20315 Sysmiss 9347 Employed in Primary Job 10760 18902 1 10760 Sysmiss 18902 Employed in Second Job 376 29286 1 376 Sysmiss 29286 Unemployed 2083 27579 1 2083 Sysmiss 27579 Economically Active Population 12843 16819 1 12843 Sysmiss 16819 Economically Inactive Population 7472 22190 1 7472 Sysmiss 22190 Youth not in Education and not in Employment (NEET) 2142 27520 1 15-19 240 2 20-24 888 3 25-29 1014 Sysmiss 27520