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The Namibia Labour Force Survey 2018 Report

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Identification

Title
The Namibia Labour Force Survey 2018 Report
Subtitle
2018 LFS
Translated title
The translated title may simply be a translation into English from a countyr's own langauge.
Countries
Name Abbreviation
Namibia NAM
idno
NAM_NSA_2018_LFS_VO5
Study notes
This report presents the main findings of the Namibia Labour Force Survey of 2018. The survey was conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) with funding from the Government of the Republic of Namibia.
The survey collected data on the labour market activities of individuals aged eight (8) years and above who were present in Namibia on the reference night of the 30th September 2018. Interviewing of households started on the 1st October and ended on the 16th October 2018. Like in the preceding surveys, the LFS 2018 was conducted by interviewing individuals in private households excluding persons who were in institutions at the time of the survey.
The objective of this report is to provide the main findings and indicators arising from the survey to promote understanding of the labour market situation prevailing in the country between 2017 and 2018 period. The findings presented in this report will go a long way in providing the basis for better planning, policy formulation and labour-related discussions.
For international comparisons, the result presented in this report covers persons aged 15 years and older. The number of the estimated people aged 15 years and above in each economic status is shown in Figure 1 below.
Kind of data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of analysis
The survey covers all aspects of people's work, including employment, unemployment, underemployment, occupation, industry, education and training needed to equip them for work, wages and salaries.

Version

Version
LFS 2018
Version date
2019-03-28

Scope

Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
Methodology
Demographic characteristics
Labour Force and Inactive Population
Employment
Unemployment
Youth employment
Keywords
keyword URI
Sample design
Response rate
Quarity assurance
Economically inactive population
Employed
Household
Labour force
Labour force participation rate
Private household
Reference period
Unemployment rate
Dependency ratio
Work

Coverage

Geographic coverage
The sample of 572 PSUs was selected in the firtst stage using the Probability Proportional to size (PPS).sampling procedure together wth systematic sampling.The final sample for the LFS 2018 was 10296 households sampled from a total of 572 PSUs nationwide.Eighteen households (18) were sampled per PSU.
Unit of analysis
The survey covers all aspects of people's work, including employment, unemployment, underemployment, occupation, industry, education and training needed to equip them for work, wages and salaries.
Universe
NLFS 2018 was conducted in all 14 administrative regions and information is presented at a regional ,National and Urban and Rural levels.

Producers and sponsors

Producer(s)
Name Affiliation Role
Namibia Statistics Agency Producer
Funding agencies
Name Abbreviation Role
Government Republic of Namibia GRN Fund

Sampling

Sampling procedure
A national sampling frame was used in the design of the sample.The sample design was a two-stage stratified cluster sample,where the first stage units were the PSUs and the second stage units were the households.Sample sizes were determined to give reliable estimates of the population characteristics at the regional levels,the lowest domain of estimationfor the LFS 2018.
A total of 10296 households constituted a representative sample from 572 PSUs across the country compared to 2480 households and 624 PSUs for LFS 2016.Power allocation procedure was adopted to distribute the sample across the regions so that the smaller regions will get adequate samples.
Weighting
The final weights were constructed by calibrating the non-response adjusted design weights to the known population estimates as control totals.

Data Collection

Mode of data collection
Face to Face;The survey collected data on labour market activities of individuals aged (8) years and above who were present in Namibia on the reference night of the 30th September 2018.The LFS 2018 was conducted by interviewing individuals in private households excluding persons who were in institutions at the time of the survey.
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