ZimStat Begins Labour Force Survey
“The main objective of the listing exercise is to facilitate selection of households..." - ZimStat
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has begun the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (GLFS) household listing that will be used to select households that will be covered in the quarterly labour-force survey to be held at dates to be advised.
The household listing exercise begun on wednesday and will run until January 17. ZIMSTAT said:
“The main objective of the listing exercise is to facilitate selection of households that will be covered in the quarterly labour-force survey.Â
“The quarterly labour-force survey, conducted under the census and statistics act [chapter 10:29] of 2007, provides high frequency labour market statistics to inform policy formulation, decision-making, human capital development strategies and compilation of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP), among other key uses.”
The labour-force survey also provides key labour market indicators which include but are not limited to; employment levels, both formal and informal, unemployment, labour underutilisation, income levels, labour migration and job losses.
ZimStat added that listing exercise would be conducted in all provinces and information collected will be confidential and only used for statistical purposes. ZimStat added:
“For ease of identification, our field personnel will have official letters and personal identity cards in their possession. ZimStat is seeking for cooperation from all households with respect to this exercise.”
ZimStat is government’s statistical agency tasked with producing timely, accurate, reliable and relevant statistics for evidence-based policy and decision-making.
