1. Patrick Léon Randriankolona Madagascar
Design and Implementation of Labour Force and Informal Sector Surveys : the case of Madagascar
Patrick Léon Randriankolona
Madagascar

2. Outline About LFS in Madagascar
Employment Survey : design – implementation - limits
Informal Sector Survey : design – implementation - limits
Perspectives

3. About LFS in Madagascar
Two kinds of survey for main statistics informations on labour market : Household survey (EPM) and employment survey (EE)
One survey on the informal sector : Informal sector survey (ESI)
EPM, biannual, since 1993
EE, annual, since 1995

4. About LFS in Madagascar
ESI , annual, since 1995

5. Employment survey : EPM
Survey design : Objectives – Sampling – Questionnaire
EPM, objectives : all informations about living conditions and poverty with gender focus of households including employment but focus is not on labour force nor on informal sector
EPM, questionnaire : employment is a section of EPM questionnaire,

6. Employment survey : EPM
EPM, questionnaire : existing norms (SNA for delimitation of activity, ILO concepts for delimitation of employment and unemployment) are respected about concepts and definitions used in labour force data collection but without insistence as required on arranging questions at the questionnaire
EPM, sampling : two stage approach

7. Employment survey : EPM
EPM, sampling : focus is also on household and individual – first stage ; selection of small areas called ZD “zone de dénombrement” (area for enumeration corresponding to the minimum level of geographical administrative circumscription and grouped into some strata)

8. Employment survey : EPM
EPM, sampling : at the second stage ; after enumerating process, household are selected – for individuals, all individuals in each household are interviewed – for the employment section all individuals over than 6 age old are interviewed

9. Employment survey : EPM
EPM, implementation : coverage at national level and representative at regional level – classical steps of survey implementation
EPM, accomplishments : 7 series of EPM : 93, 97, 99, 01, 02, 04, 05

10. Employment survey : EPM
EPM, limits : focus is not on labour force nor on informal sector– very expensive and depends on external financial ; last edition in 2005

11. Employment survey : EE
EE, objectives : all informations needed to follow labour market evolution – focus on labour force especially on informal sector - focus on gender - identifying informal production unit
EE, questionnaire : two questionnaires ; household questionnaire and individual questionnaire for employment

12. Employment survey : EE
EE, sampling : the same as EPM sampling methodology
EE, concepts and definitions used :
Activity : SNA 93 economic activity for both market and non market activity
However some non economic activity informations are collected : housing

13. Employment survey : EE
Employment : are actives all persons who participate to an economic activity as main activity or secondary activity at least 1 h during the reference week
Additional question is used to capture seasonal worker – part time worker – etc

14. Employment survey : EE
Informal sector : all production unit which doesn’t have statistical identification number or doesn’t have official valid bookkeeping
Employment in informal sector : all persons employed at least at an informal sector unit (main or secondary job)

15. Employment survey : EE
EE, accomplishment : 10 series of EE survey, annual from 1995 to 2002, one edition in 2004 and in 2006
EE, limits : Antananarivo (the capital) and its surrounding only as coverage – focus is only on informal sector , informal employment not highlighted – depending on external finance

16. Informal sector survey : ESI
ESI is establishment-based survey of informal production unit identified during EE survey – It’s a supply side survey – so mixed household & enterprise independent surveys are conducted to collect all informations on informal sector (1-2-3 survey)
ESI is annual from 1995 to 2001 and one version in 2004

17. Informal sector survey : ESI
Limits : coverage at the capital and its surrounding only, depending on external financing , last version in 2004

18. Perspectives :
About the NSDS ( national strategy of development of statistic)
Make all possible data sources coherent and especially develop administrative sources at national level and regional level
Labour force statistic will be improved and data gaps reduced

19. Thank you