National Survey on Population and Employment, ENPE 2010 - Tunisia

Abstract --------------------------- ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* THE CLEANED AND HARMONIZED VERSION OF THE SURVEY DATA PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM REPRESENTS 100% OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY DATA COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS (INS) - TUNISIA ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* The survey aims at estimating the demographic and educational characteristics of the population. It also calculates the economic indicators of the population such as the number of active individuals, the additional demand for jobs, the number of employed and their characteristics, the number of jobs created, the characteristics of the unemployed and the unemployment rate. Furthermore, this survey estimates these indicators on the household level and their living conditions. The results of this survey were compared with the results of the second quarter of the national survey on population and employment 2010. It should also be noted that the National Institute of Statistics -Tunisia uses the unemployment definition and concepts adopted by the International Labour Organization. This definition implies that, the individual did not work during the week preceding the day of the interview, was looking for a job in the month preceding the date of the interview, is available to work within two weeks after the day of the interview. In 2010, the National Institute of Statistics has adopted a strict ILO definition for unemployment, by conditioning that the person must perform effective approaches to search for a job in the month preceding the day of the interview. Geographic coverage --------------------------- Covering a representative sample at the national and regional level (governorates). Analysis unit --------------------------- 1- Household/family. 2- Individual/person. Universe --------------------------- The survey covered a national sample of households and all individuals permanently residing in surveyed households. Kind of data --------------------------- Sample survey data [ssd] Sampling procedure --------------------------- ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* THE CLEANED AND HARMONIZED VERSION OF THE SURVEY DATA PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM REPRESENTS 100% OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY DATA COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS (INS) - TUNISIA ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* The sample is drawn from the frame of the 2004 General Census of Population and Housing. Sampling deviation --------------------------- The 2010 annual survey on population and employment included a sample of approximately 140,000 households, representing all social classes and regions, at a rate of approximately 6.6%. This sample was drawn using scientific methods and in two stages. In a second phase, at the level of each province, a plot of land ranging in size from 15 to 35 families was withdrawn. To improve the accuracy of the estimates derived from this survey results, stratified sampling methods were employed. The census districts were stratified both by state and by geographical area within each state. The strata used are as follows: - Municipal area - Primary villages in non-municipal areas - Dispersed non-municipal areas (natural regions) Mode of data collection --------------------------- Face-to-face [f2f] Research instrument --------------------------- Three modules were designed for data collection: - Household Questionnaire (Module 1): Includes questions regarding household characteristics, living conditions, individuals and their demographic, educational and economic characteristics. This module also provides information on internal and external migration. - Active Employed Questionnaire (Module 2): Includes questions regarding the characteristics of the employed individuals as occupation, industry and wages for employees. - Active Unemployed Questionnaire (Module 3): Includes questions regarding the characteristics of the unemployed as unemployment duration, the last occupation, activity, and the number of days worked during the last year...etc. Cleaning operations --------------------------- Harmonized Data ============ - Stata software is used to clean and harmonize the datasets. - The harmonization process starts with cleaning all raw data files received from the Statistical Agency. - Cleaned data files are then all merged to produce one data file on the individual level containing all variables subject to harmonization. - A country-specific program is generated for each dataset to generate/ compute/ recode/ rename/ format/ label harmonized variables. - Harmonized data is saved on the household as well as the individual level, in STATA and converted to SPSS format.