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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: METHODOLOGY
Introduction, Scope and coverage, Survey questionnaire, Sample design, Organisation of fieldwork, Non-response and weighting, Data processing, Lessons learned
CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
Introduction, Reference period, Work, Occupation, Industry, Status in employment , Institutional sector of employment ,Currently employed , Currently unemployed, Current economic activity status, Time-related
underemployment, Labour underutilization, Usual economic activity, Current versus usual, Informal sector, Informal employment, Earnings of paid employees, Household income from remittances, Vocational and professional training, Household, Urban/rural
CHAPTER 3: HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
Summary, Introduction, Occupancy status, Access to drinking water supply, Fuel used for cooking, Main source used for lighting, Toilet facilities available, Communication facilities available, Agriculture holding
CHAPTER 4: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Summary, Household distribution, Household composition, Household heads by sex, Age and sex distribution
CHAPTER 5: EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Summary, Introduction, Educational status, Literacy rates, Vocational training
CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Summary, Introduction, Current activity status, Current labour force participation rate (LFPR), Reasons for Inactivity, Usual activity status, Usual participation rates
CHAPTER 7: EMPLOYMENT
Summary, Introduction, Work activities, Number of currently employed, Employed: Occupation of main job, Employed: Education levels, Employed: Paid and self-employment, Employed: Institutional sector of employment, Employed: Hours of work, Employed: Income from paid employment, Employed: Second jobs
CHAPTER 8: TIME-RELATED UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR UNDERUTILISATION
Summary, Introduction, Underemployment versus unemployment, Time-related Underemployment, Characteristics of the time-related underemployed, Labour underutilisation
CHAPTER 9: UNEMPLOYMENT
Summary, Introduction, Strict unemployment - Looking for work, Unemployment – Age distribution, Duration of unemployment, Unemployment – Characteristics of last job (if any)
CHAPTER 10: USUAL ACTIVITY
Summary, Introduction, Comparison of current and usual activity status, Monthly activity over the year
CHAPTER 11: SUBNATIONAL INDICATORS OF EMPLOYMENT
Summary, Subnational statistics
CHAPTER 12: INFORMAL SECTOR AND INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
Summary, Informal sector – Introduction, Characteristics of the informal sector, Informal employment – Introduction, Characteristics of non-agricultural informal employment
CHAPTER 13: ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF CHILDREN
Summary, Introduction, Economic activity rates of children, Kind of work done by children
CHAPTER 14: NON-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Summary, Introduction, Participation in non-economic activities, Time spent on non-economic activities
CHAPTER 15: SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT
Summary, Introduction, Seasonal estimates
CHAPTER 16: MIGRATION AND ABSENTEES
Summary, Introduction, Migrants – Introduction, Migrants – Status of migrants, Migrants – Age and sex distribution, Migrants – Origin of migration, Migrants – Reason for migration, Absentees – Introduction, Absentees – As a proportion of total population , Absentees – By place of current residence , Activity status of absentees aged 5 years and above
CHAPTER 17: REMITTANCES
Summary, Introduction, Households receiving remittance, Source of remittance, Effect of global financial crisis
CHAPTER 18 : MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Summary, Introduction
CHAPTER 19: COMPARISON WITH OTHER SOURCES
Introduction, Population, Labour Force Participation Rates, Current employment-to-population ratio, Employment-to-population ratio (last 12 months basis), Current employment in informal sector, informal employment, labour underutilisation, etc
ANNEXES:
A. Sample design and implementation
Introduction, Sample design, Sample frame, Selecting the wards from the sampling frame, Estimation methodology, Sampling errors
B. Questionnaire
C. Flow chart
D. Classification of Industry, occupation and education
1. Nepal Standard Industrial Classification (NSIC)
2. Nepal Standard Classification of Occupation (NSCO)
3. Formal vocational/professional training classification
E. List of NLFS-II staff
F. Dissemination of data to users |
