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Periodic Labour Force Survey – Quarterly Bulletin

 

Periodic Labour Force Survey – Quarterly Bulletin
 Periodic Labour Force Survey – Quarterly Bulletin

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin [January-March 2021]

A.         Introduction

Considering the importance of the availability of labor force data at more frequent time intervals, National Statistical Office (NSO) launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in April 2017.

The objective of PLFS is primarily twofold:

 

  • to estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators (viz. Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate) in the short time interval of three months for the urban areas only in the ‘Current Weekly Status (CWS).
  • to estimate employment and unemployment indicators in both ‘Usual Status’ (ps+ss) and CWS in both rural and urban areas annually.

On the basis of the data collected in PLFS, three Annual Reports of PLFS corresponding to the periods July 2017 - June 2018, July 2018 - June 2019, and July 2019 - June 2020 covering both rural and urban areas giving estimates of all important parameters of employment and unemployment in both usual status (ps+ss) and current weekly status (CWS) have been released.


Besides these Annual Reports, nine Quarterly Bulletins of PLFS corresponding to the quarter ending December 2018 to the quarter ending December 2020have already been released. In these quarterly bulletins estimates of labor force indicators, viz., Worker population ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Unemployment Rate (UR), distribution of workers by broad status in employment and industry of workin the Current Weekly Status (CWS) for urban areas have been presented.


The present Quarterly Bulletin is the tenth in the series for the quarter of January- March 2021.

B.         Sample Design of PLFS

A rotational panel sampling design has been used in urban areas. In this rotational panel scheme, each selected household in urban areas is visited four times, at the beginning with ‘First Visit Schedule’ and thrice periodically later with a ‘Revisit Schedule’. The scheme of rotation ensures that 75% of the first-stage sampling units (FSUs)[1] are matched between two consecutive visits.



C.         Sample Size

At the all-India level, in the urban areas, a total number of 5,601 FSUs (UFS blocks) have been surveyed during the quarter of January – March 2021. The number of urban households surveyed was 44,000and the number of persons surveyed was 1,72,484in urban areas.

  1. Conceptual Framework of Key Employment and Unemployment Indicators for the Quarterly Bulletin: The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) gives estimates of Key employment and unemployment Indicators like the Labour Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Unemployment Rate (UR), etc. These indicators and ‘Current Weekly Status’ are defined as follows:

 

  1. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): LFPR is defined as the percentage of persons in the labor force (i.e. working or seeking or available for work)in the population.

 

  1. Worker Population Ratio (WPR): WPR is defined as the percentage of employed persons in the population.

 

  1. Unemployment Rate (UR): UR is defined as the percentage of persons unemployed among the persons in the labor force.

 

  1. Current Weekly Status (CWS): The activity status determined on the basis of a reference period of the last 7 days preceding the date of the survey is known as the current weekly status (CWS) of the person.

 

  1. The Quarterly Bulletin for the quarter January – March 2021is available at the website of the Ministry (https://mospi.gov.in). The key results are given in the statements annexed.
  2.  Annexure

Key Findings of PLFS, Quarterly Bulletin (January –March 2021)

Statement 1:  LFPR (in percent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above

all‑India

NSS survey period

Male

Female

Person

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

January – March 2020

73.7

21.9

48.1

April – June 2020

71.7

19.6

45.9

July – September 2020

73.5

20.3

  47.2

October – December 2020

73.6

20.6

47.3

January – March 2021

73.5

21.2

47.5





 


Statement 2:  WPR (in percent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above

all‑India

NSS survey period

Male

Female

Person

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

January – March 2020

67.3

19.6

43.7

April – June 2020

56.9

15.5

36.4

July – September 2020

64.3

17.1

40.9

October – December 2020

66.7

17.9

42.4

January – March 2021

67.2

18.7

43.1

 

Statement 3:  UR (in percent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above

all‑India

NSS survey period

Male

Female

Person

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

January – March 2020

8.6

10.6

9.1

April – June 2020

20.7

21.1

20.8

July – September 2020

12.6

   15.8

         13.2

October – December 2020

9.5

13.1

10.3

January – March 2021

8.6

11.8

9.3

 

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