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Mongolia - LFS 2002/2003

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-EN-LFS-2002-v2.0
Year	2002
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	Government of Mongolia - GOF - Asian Development Bank - ADB - International Labour Organization - ILO -
Collection(s)	Labour Force Survey
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Variable Group: Unemployment

Type	subject
Content	The international standard definition for unemployment developed by ILO was based on 3 criteria, namely: without work; currently available for work; and seeking work.
Definition	In developing countries where the labour markets are not fully organized and where there are discouraged workers, the seeking work criterion is often not applied. The unemployed for the purpose of the LFS was defined as persons who were in the labour force who did not work or had no job or business during the reference week, but were reported available, and actively looking for work. Also considered as unemployed were persons without a job or business who were reported as available for work, but were not looking for work because of their belief that no work was available or because of temporary illness/disability, bad weather, pending job application or waiting for job interview.
Notes	The definitions used in LFS 2002-2003 for measuring employment and unemployment that conform to international standards recommended by ILO are not strictly comparable to those used in the earlier inquiries. For instance the Census of Population 2000 defined unemployed as “persons who did not work during the past seven days were not temporarily absent from a job and were looking for work at the time of the census”. Census of Population 2000 estimated the total unemployed population at 164,900. The definition used in this survey that was described earlier is less restrictive allowing the inclusion of even discouraged workers who were available for work but did not actively seek employment because they thought no work was available, than the definition adopted in the Census of Population.

Variables

Name	Label	Question
V63	Availability for work	Was _ available to undertake work during the last 7 days?
V64	Code	What kind of work, trade or profession would ________ expect to get?
V65a	Monthly earnings	What is the lowest daily wage / monthly earnings _________ expected in this occupation?
V65b	Daily wages	What is the lowest daily wage / monthly earnings _________ expected in this occupation?
V66	Whether registered at Employment Registration Office	Has _______ registered with the Employment Registration Office of the Area?
V67	Period of registration	When did ________ register at the Employment registration office?
V68	Look for work	Did _ look for work during last 30 days?
V69	Steps taken to find work	What steps has _ taken in search of work during the last 30 days?
V70	Main reason	Why did ______not look for work during the last 30 days?
V71	Duration of unemployment	For how long has _ been available for work?