This table summarizes the strengths and limitations of the main sources of work statistics, namely household surveys (such as labour force surveys), population and housing censuses, establishment surveys, administrative registers, big data, and national accounts.
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This checklist provides a simple way of verifying that all conditions required to consider the standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) as fully applied in a given data collection activity are met.
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This case study highlights Türkiye’s use of national frameworks for leveraging administrative data to generate labour statistics on international migrants. It also contributes to revising the 2018 ICLS Guidelines.
A crucial aspect of the implementation of latest labour statistics standards is the effective communication of the results, to ensure getting the best out of the data. This guide aims to provide practical data visualization examples to convey clearly and intuitively the impact of methodological changes on key labour indicators following the implementation of the 19th ICLS resolution and avoid misinterpretation of the results.
This questionnaire, which is an adaptation of the Questionnaire for Evaluating the Quality of Administrative Records (CECRA, for its initials in Spanish) recommended by the Working Group on Administrative Records in the framework of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and coordinated by ECLAC, is a tool to assess the quality of administrative records for their potential use for labour statistics purposes.
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This user guide provides tips and clarifications for the completion of the Self-Assessment of the Quality of Administrative Records (SAQUAR) form, an adaptation of the Questionnaire for Evaluating the Quality of Administrative Records (CECRA, for its initials in Spanish) recommended by the Working Group on Administrative Records in the framework of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and coordinated by ECLAC.
The main objective of the course is to provide participants with an introduction of the processes and tools for data acquisition in labour statistics. The course will show examples of CAPI tools for LFS data collection based on CSPro and Survey Solutions, including applications for survey management.
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Labour force surveys (LFS) are the main source for many key indicators of the labour market and the world of work. To support countries in conducting their national LFS in line with international standards, the ILO Department of Statistics developed an LFS toolkit which features a model survey questionnaire, a national adaptation guide, a variable derivation guide, a syntax sample, and many more resources. Discover the ILO LFS toolkit with this video, and check its contents in its page: https://ilostat.ilo.org/resources/lfs.
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This Quick Guide (last updated in September 2024) presents the anonymized microdata processing undertaken by the Data Production and Analysis Unit in the ILO Department of Statistics. It describes why and how the unit carries out this activity, as well as the potential expansion of this work. It also mentions considerations and limitations to take into account by data users.
