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This survey provide some insights into employment and labour relations situation in Samoa covering topics such as characteristics of the Working Age Population (WAP), labour force, employment characteristics, participation in subsistence production, informal employment, unemployment characteristics, youth (aged 15 - 29 years) employment and unemployment characteristics, earnings from employment, working hours, occupational safety and equal opportunities for all, and a module on youth school-to-work transition (subject of a separate report). Hence, policy makers, planners and administrators will find this report useful in assisting them to develop, manage and evaluate labour market policies and programmes and to provide information's on hazards at work to enable them to formulate employment and labour related based decisions for the betterment of Samoa.
- v1.0
The scope of the Labour Force Survey includes:
- Section A. Household composition and characteristics of household members
- Section B. Literacy and Education (For persons aged 15 years and over)
- Section C. Training within the last 12 months (outside of the general education system. For persons aged 15 years and over)
- Section D. Current activities (For persons aged 15 and over)
- Section E. Characteristics of the main job/activity in the last 7 days (For employed persons aged 15 years and over)
- Section F. Hours of work in the last 7 days (For persons aged 15 and over)
- Section G. Underemployment in the past seven days (For employed persons aged 15 years and over)
- Section H. Job search (For persons not employed in the last 7 days aged 15 years and over)
- Section I. Inactive in the last 7 days (For persons aged 15 and over)
- Section J. Occupational injuries within the last 12 months (For persons aged 15 and over)
- Section K. Participation in the Production of Goods for use by own household (For persons aged 15 and over)
* Collection start: 2012
* Collection end: 2012
Data and Resource
Technical Document of EAP and Derived Variables
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Pacific Data Hub |
| Modified | 29 November 2022 |
| Release Date | 01 April 2019 |
| Source URL | https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/15b11053-ddc2-4883-a175-6f06c1b037d8 |
| Identifier | 15b11053-ddc2-4883-a175-6f06c1b037d8 |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Array |
| Relevant Countries | Samoa |
| License |
Public
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| Author | Array |