Persons under 15 years old (not economically active)
Person 15 years and over (economically active)
Labor Force
Persons 15 year old and over who were working, temporarily absent from work but having jobs, which both are categorized as employed, and those who did not have work and were looking for work.
Not in labor force
Persons 15 year old and over, but not classified in labor force, such as students, housekeepers and others.
Working
All persons who worked for pay or assisted others in obtaining pay or profit for the duration at least one hour during the survey week. In the 1971 Population Census, this consisted of person who worked for pay or profit, during the week preceding the enumeration, for a duration of at least 2 days during the survey week.
Temporarily absent from work but having a job
All persons who have jobs, but were temporarily absent from work for some reasons during the survey week.
Seeking work
All persons who did not have any job, but were looking for work during the survey week.
Educational attainment
The highest educational level completed in the highest grade/class, at a public or private school ,identified by the receipt of a diploma or a letter of completion/certificate.
Industry
Refers to the branch of economically active of an establishment, an enterprise or other similar unit in which a person work. This activity is classified according to the Indonesian standard of industrial classification (klui).
Employment status
The employment status of a person in an establishment, enterprise or other similar unit in which the person work. This status is classified into :
Self employed without assistance of other person (s)
Self employed assisted by family members or temporary workers
Employer with permanent workers
Employee
Unpaid Worker
Occupation
Refers to the kind of work done during the survey week by the person employed, irrespective of the industry or the status in employment of the person. This occupation is classified according to the Indonesian standard classification of occupation (kji) .
SOURCE OF DATA
Population Censuses (PC) and various surveys are the main sources of Labor Statistics in Indonesia. The list of these sources are as follows:
Population Censuses (1961, 1971, 1980, and 1990)
Due to some considerations, the last three censuses are mostly used in the analysis.
Intercensal Population Surveys (1976, 1985, and 1995)
National Labor Force Surveys (1976 to 1978, 1986 to 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
National Socio-Economic Surveys (1982, 1992 to 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
BPS-Statistics Indonesia had also use some administrative information from other sources such as from the Ministry of Manpower.
COVERAGE
Data on labor are collected in a sample bases. However, the surveys were intended to cover all Indonesia's geographical areas. List of the coverage and sample size are as follows.
Population Censuses (PC)
In the 1971 PC the number of household selected were about 3.8 percents of the population. Those who were living in Timor Timur (East Timor) and isolated areas in Papua were excluded.
Intercensal Population Survey (IPS)
In the first IPS which was held in 1976, there are about 60,733 households included in the surveys. In this time only 26 provinces were covered. The second IPS which was held in 1985, covered about 125,400 households. The third IPS which was held in 1995, covered about 206,848 household from all geographical areas in Indonesia.
National Labor Force Survey (NLFS)
This survey began in 1976. As the first NLFS conducted by BPS, this survey was a baseline, especially in questionnaire design which was mostly used for another similar surveys. The next NLFS were conducted in 1977, 1978, and 1986 to 1994. Timor Timur was excluded from the first two surveys.
Households which were covered in each period of the survey were quite different, as follows:
1976 covered about 95,400 households
1977 and 1978 NLFS covered about 71,550 households
1986 to 1993 NLFS covered about 65,490 households
1994 NLFS covered about 65,524 households
1997 NLFS covered about 65,664 households
1998 NLFS covered about 49,248 households
1999 NLFS covered about 48.576 household
National Socio-Economic Survey (NSES)
Basically, this survey is aimed to collect data on socio-economic situation among people in Indonesia. However, the information regarding labor force were also being collected, especially in the 1982 NSES when labor force was set to be the main module. NSES were conducted in all provinces (27) and covered 60,400 households in 1982. Started from1 992 and on (at least until 1995) the number of households selected was enlarged to 206,076. It is expected that from this large survey, parameters for smaller areas (regency instead of province) can be estimated.
Frequency
Due to importance and base on the government regulations, Population Census and Intercensal Population Surveys are conducted every ten years. Other surveys are held quarterly (NLFS 1976, 1986, to 1993) or annually (NLFS 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and NSES).
Variables Collected in each Census and Survey
Variable
PC
IPS
NLFS
NSES
Sex
v
v
v
v
Relation to head of Household
v
v
v*
v
Educational attainment
v
v
v
v
Main activity status during previous week (dpw)
v
v
v
v
Working at least one hour dpw
v
v
v
v
Temporarily not working dpw
v
v
v
v
Has ever worked
v
v
v
-
Workdays / workhours of all jobs
v
v
v
v
Occupation of the main job
v
v
v*
v
Industry class of the main job
v
v
v
v
Employment status of the main job
v
v
v
v
Workhours of the main job
v
v
v
-
Workdays of the main job
-
-
v
-
Average wages / salaries
-
-
v
-
Seeking work
v
v
v
v
Availability for work
-
v
v
-
Steps taken in seeking work
-
v
v
-
Length of time in seeking work
-
v
v
-
Type of job sought (part/full time)
-
v
v
-
Additional (add'l) jobs
v
v
v**
-
Workdays/workhours of all additional job
-
v
-
-
Industry class of the main additional job
v
v
-
-
Reason for not seeking work
v
v
-
-
Has worked during the previous year (dpy)
v
v
-
-
Industry class of job dpy
v
v
-
-
Note : *). Not Covered Before NLFS 1994 (Quarterly NLFS)
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