Labour
Force Survey
Economic and Social
Statistics Bureau, Tel : 02 2810333 ext. 1222
Fax : 02 2818617
E-mail : slaborfs@nso.go.th
Background
and objective . Coverage . Methodology
. Period of the collection data . Concepts.
Summary tables .
 Background
and objective
The Labor Force Survey (LFS) has been undertaken by the National Statistical
Office (NSO) since 1963. Every year during 1971-1983, two rounds of
the LFS for the Whole Kingdom had been conducted; the first round
reference period was January - March, coinciding with the non-agricultural
season, the second round was July - September, coinciding with the
agricultural season. Later, during 1984 - 1997, the NSO had carried
out 3 rounds of LFS. Since 1998, one additional round; the fourth
one, has been added till now. The first round is in February, the
second is in May, the third and the fourth rounds are in August and
November respectively. Moreover, starting in 2001, the LFS has been
conducted on monthly basis.
The
main objective of the LFS is to estimate the number and the characteristics
of the labor force of the country.
Coverage
Households covered in the survey are private households and special
households (which include persons living in group, or in quarters
within the compound of a factory or in a dormitory).
Methodology
A Stratified Two - Stage Sampling was adopted . Provinces were constituted
strata. The primary and secondary sampling units were blocks for municipal
areas, villages for non-municipal areas and private households/ persons
in the special households respectively. Stratification Provinces were
constituted strata. There were altogether 76 Strata. Each stratum
was divided into two parts according to the type of local administration,
namely municipal areas and non-municipal areas. Selection of primary
sampling units. The sample selection of blocks/villages was performed
separately and independently. Labor force information was obtained
through interviewing method of head or member of households by experienced
enumerators.
Period
of the collection data
The survey has been conducted monthly, period of data collection is
1st -12th of the current reference month.
The data were
collected
The statistical data derived from this survey include:
1. The number of population by age, sex,
educational attainment, occupation, marital status, in labor force/not
in labor force.
2. The number of employed persons by interesting
characteristics such as occupation, industry, work status, work hours,
income and other fringe benefit.
3. The number of unemployed persons by duration
of looking for a job, type of last occupation and how to seek work.
Concepts
Some concepts and definitions have been changed since 2001 as follow:
 Labor force status : Before 2001
Population aged 13 years and over are
classified as follows; according to the activity in which each person
was engaged during the survey week.
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{ |
Employed
Unemployed |
Population 13 years of age and over |
{ |
Total labor force
Not in labor force |
{ |
Current labor force
Seasonally inactive labor force |
: ForThe year
2001 Population aged 15 years and over are classified as follows;
according to the activity in which each person was engaged during the
survey week.
| |
{ |
Employed
Unemployed |
Population 15 years of age and over |
{ |
Total labor force
Not in labor force |
{ |
Current labor force
Seasonally inactive labor force |
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Summary tables (Prepared
in Exel format)
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