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Design and Implementation of
Labour Force and Informal Sector
Surveys : the case of Madagascar
Patrick Léon Randriankolona
Madagascar
Outline
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About LFS in Madagascar
Employment Survey : design –
implementation - limits
Informal Sector Survey : design –
implementation - limits
Perspectives
About LFS in Madagascar
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Two kinds of survey for main
statistics informations on labour
market : Household survey (EPM)
and employment survey (EE)
One survey on the informal sector :
Informal sector survey (ESI)
EPM, biannual, since 1993
EE, annual, since 1995
About LFS in Madagascar
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ESI , annual, since 1995
Employment survey : EPM
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Survey design : Objectives –
Sampling – Questionnaire
EPM, objectives : all informations
about living conditions and poverty
with gender focus of households
including employment but focus is
not on labour force nor on informal
sector
EPM, questionnaire : employment is
a section of EPM questionnaire,
Employment survey : EPM
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EPM, questionnaire : existing norms
(SNA for delimitation of activity, ILO
concepts for delimitation of
employment and unemployment) are
respected about concepts and
definitions used in labour force data
collection but without insistence as
required on arranging questions at
the questionnaire
EPM, sampling : two stage approach
Employment survey : EPM
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EPM, sampling : focus is also on
household and individual – first stage
; selection of small areas called ZD
“zone de dénombrement” (area for
enumeration corresponding to the
minimum level of geographical
administrative circumscription and
grouped into some strata)
Employment survey : EPM
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EPM, sampling : at the second stage
; after enumerating process,
household are selected – for
individuals, all individuals in each
household are interviewed – for the
employment section all individuals
over than 6 age old are interviewed
Employment survey : EPM
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EPM, implementation : coverage at
national level and representative at
regional level – classical steps of
survey implementation
EPM, accomplishments : 7 series of
EPM : 93, 97, 99, 01, 02, 04, 05
Employment survey : EPM
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EPM, limits : focus is not on labour
force nor on informal sector– very
expensive and depends on external
financial ; last edition in 2005
Employment survey : EE
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EE, objectives : all informations
needed to follow labour market
evolution – focus on labour force
especially on informal sector - focus
on gender - identifying informal
production unit
EE, questionnaire : two
questionnaires ; household
questionnaire and individual
questionnaire for employment
Employment survey : EE
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EE, sampling : the same as EPM
sampling methodology
EE, concepts and definitions used :
Activity : SNA 93 economic activity
for both market and non market
activity
However some non economic activity
informations are collected : housing
Employment survey : EE
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Employment : are actives all persons
who participate to an economic
activity as main activity or secondary
activity at least 1 h during the
reference week
Additional question is used to
capture seasonal worker – part time
worker – etc
Employment survey : EE
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Informal sector : all production unit
which doesn’t have statistical
identification number or doesn’t have
official valid bookkeeping
Employment in informal sector : all
persons employed at least at an
informal sector unit (main or
secondary job)
Employment survey : EE
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EE, accomplishment : 10 series of EE
survey, annual from 1995 to 2002,
one edition in 2004 and in 2006
EE, limits : Antananarivo (the
capital) and its surrounding only as
coverage – focus is only on informal
sector , informal employment not
highlighted – depending on external
finance
Informal sector survey : ESI
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ESI is establishment-based survey of
informal production unit identified
during EE survey – It’s a supply side
survey – so mixed household &
enterprise independent surveys are
conducted to collect all informations
on informal sector (1-2-3 survey)
ESI is annual from 1995 to 2001 and
one version in 2004
Informal sector survey : ESI
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Limits : coverage at the capital and
its surrounding only, depending on
external financing , last version in
2004
Perspectives :
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About the NSDS ( national strategy
of development of statistic)
Make all possible data sources
coherent and especially develop
administrative sources at national
level and regional level
Labour force statistic will be
improved and data gaps reduced
Thank you