{"doc_desc":{"title":"NLFS_Q22024","idno":"DDI-NGA-NBS-NLFS-Q22024-v1.0","producers":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics","abbr":"NBS","affiliation":"Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)"}],"prod_date":"2024-12-12","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"NGA-NBS-NLFS-Q22024-v1.0.","title":"Nigeria Labour Force Survey (Q2 2024 - Q2 2025)","sub_title":"First round","alternate_title":"NLFS Q2 2024 (Q3Q4 2024 - Q1Q2 2025 Datasets)","translated_title":"No translation"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"World Bank","abbr":"WB","role":"Techinical Support"},{"name":"International Labour Organization","abbr":"ILO","role":"Techinical Support"}],"copyright":"(c) 2024, National Bureau of Statistics","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Federal Government of Nigeria","abbr":"FGN"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Prince Adeyemi Adeniran","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"sg@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"},{"name":"Mr. Fafunmi E.A","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"biyifafumi@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"},{"name":"Mr. Mustapha","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"mdazeez@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"},{"name":"Akinloye Adeyeye Elutade","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"aaelutade@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"},{"name":"Abiola Arosanyin","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"avarosanyin@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"},{"name":"Saheed Bakare","affiliation":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","email":"ssbakare@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Labor Force Survey [hh\/lfs]","series_info":"The Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) is a statistical survey designed to collect comprehensive data on employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the population labour force. It provides quarterly estimates of the main labour force \nstatistics with sufficient precision at the national level.  This report contains findings from the Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) for the second quarter of 2024. The statistics are measured based on the labour force framework as guided by the international standard for labour market statistics for international comparability and the specific data requirements for the country.\n \nThe main objective of the NLFS is to collect basic statistics on the labour market situation in Nigeria and make labour statistics available to support government policies and programmes for effective planning, and for the private sector to support \ninvestment decision-making aimed at improving the employment situation in the country.  The Labour Force Survey also serves as a tool for monitoring progress towards national goals and global commitments with an overarching goal of promotingthe welfare of the Nigerian population while ensuring the availability of labour market statistics to feed into the global sustainable development goals agenda. Labour is often one of the most important factors of production and is a major determinant of the economic system globally. Therefore, it is imperative to know whether people are working or not, how long they work, and the nature of the jobs they are engaged in. \n\n The NLFS enables key labour market statistics and the employment situation to be monitored periodically in Nigeria. The indicators include the labour force participation rate, employment-to-population ratio, unemployment rate, time-related underemployment, self-employment, labour underutilisation, and other key job characteristics."},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.0 anonymized microdata","version_notes":"This dataset is the anonymized version of the cleaned dataset of the Nigeria Labour Force Survey Quarter 2, 2024."},"study_info":{"abstract":"The Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) is a statistical survey designed to collect comprehensive data on employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the population labour force. It provides quarterly estimates of the main labour force \nstatistics with sufficient precision at the national level.  This report contains findings from the Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) for the second quarter of 2024. The statistics are measured based on the labour force framework as guided by the international standard for labour market statistics for international comparability and the specific data requirements for the country.\n \nThe main objective of the NLFS is to collect basic statistics on the labour market situation in Nigeria and make labour statistics available to support government policies and programmes for effective planning, and for the private sector to support \ninvestment decision-making aimed at improving the employment situation in the country.  The Labour Force Survey also serves as a tool for monitoring progress towards national goals and global commitments with an overarching goal of promotingthe welfare of the Nigerian population while ensuring the availability of labour market statistics to feed into the global sustainable development goals agenda. Labour is often one of the most important factors of production and is a major determinant of the economic system globally. Therefore, it is imperative to know whether people are working or not, how long they work, and the nature of the jobs they are engaged in. \n\n The NLFS enables key labour market statistics and the employment situation to be monitored periodically in Nigeria. The indicators include the labour force participation rate, employment-to-population ratio, unemployment rate, time-related underemployment, self-employment, labour underutilisation, and other key job characteristics.","nation":[{"name":"Nigeria","abbreviation":"NGA"}],"geog_coverage":"National Zone State Sector","analysis_unit":"Individual","universe":"Household Members","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The Scope of the  Nigeria Labour Force Survey includes:\n\nSECTION A: IDENTIFICATION\nSECTION B: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS  (INCLUSION OF DISABILITY QUESTIONS)\nSECTION C: EDUCATION (FOR THREE YEARS OR OLDER)\nSECTION D1: EMPLOYED AT WORK (ATW)\nSECTION D2: TEMPORARY ABSENCE (ABS)\nSECTION D3:AGRICULTURAL WORK AND MARKET ORIENTATION (AGF)\nSECTION E:CHARACTERISTICS OF MAIN AND SECONDARY JOB,WORKING TIME AND INCOME\nSECTION F: UNEMPLOYMENT AND OUT OF LABOUR FORCE","coll_dates":[{"start":"2024","end":"2024"}]},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics","abbr":"NBS","affiliation":"Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)"}],"sampling_procedure":"The target sample for the entire year is 35,520 households divided across 12 months, meaning the target sample for each quarter is 8,880 households. After small levels of non-response and replacement, the final sample for Q1 2024 is 8,836 households across the 36 states including the FCT.","sampling_deviation":"No Deviations","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"A structured questionnaire was used for NLFS. A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on Identification, Demographic Characteristics(inclusion of disability questions for 5 years or older), Education, Employed at work,Temporarily absence, Agricultural work and Market Orientation, Characteristics of main and secondary job, Unemployent and out of  labour.Some of the questions were administered at household level while others were at individual level.","coll_situation":"A Face-to-face interview approach was used for the data collection with the aid of a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) device. This enables data transmission from the field to the headquarters to be done electronically. Each team spends one week in each EA and interviews take place between Wednesdays to Sundays. This reduces the use of proxy response, as it gives enumerators time to interview the eligible respondents in person. Those respondents not available for interviews on weekdays may likely be available on weekends. Reducing the number of proxy responses improves data quality.","act_min":"The interview was conducted by teams of interviewers and each interviewing team comprised of a Supervisor.\nThe roles of the Supervior includes: \n-Contacted local authority officials in the areas assigned to a team to gain their cooperation. \n-Located the clusters or EAs for the team and assigning work to enumerators. \n-Checked the quality of the work of each enumerator through skim and spot checks. \n- Maintained the morale of the enumerators so that they can work in a cheerful atmosphere. \n-Observed some of the enumerators' interviews to ensure questions are properly and politely asked and interpreted correctly.\n-Helped enumerators resolve problems encountered in the field, including in terms of locating households and with difficult respondents.\n-Met with each enumerator on a daily basis to discuss performance and future assignments. \n- Verified the completeness of all questions before leaving the locality. \n- Wrote a comprehensive report of the data collected in their team.","weight":"The weighting was computed, normalised and attached to the dataset.","cleaning_operations":"Real - Time data editing took place at different stages throughout the processing which includes:\n1) Data editing and cleaning\n2) Structure checking and completeness\n3) Secondary editing\n4) Structural checking of data files"},"method_notes":"The questionnaire was digitized into CAPI using Survey Solutions. Real time online Checks were done by dedicated team of Data Editors who checked for any errors in the data downloaded from the server and communicated any corrections or clarifications to the enumerators.\n\nData was cleaned prior to its analysis and exported from Survey Solutions to SPSS format.","analysis_info":{"response_rate":"The household response rate is 100%.","sampling_error_estimates":"The margin of error of each quarter is 1% for national estimates.","data_appraisal":"A series of data quality tables and graphs are available in the reports."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"The confidentiality of the individual respondent is protected by law (Statistical Act 2007)\nThis is published in the Official Gazette of the Federal republic of Nigeria No. 60 vol. 94 of 11th June 2007. See section 26 para.2. Punitive measures for breeches of confidentiality are outlined in section 28 of the same Act.","required":"yes"}],"contact":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)","affiliation":"Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)","email":"feedback@nigerianstat.gov.ng","uri":"www.nigerianstat.gov.ng"}],"cit_req":"National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria, Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS Q22024)-v1.0","conditions":"A comprehensive data access policy is been developed by NBS, however section 27 of the Statistical Act 2007 outlines the data access obligation of data producers which includes the realease of properly anonymized micro data.","disclaimer":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}},"schematype":"survey"}