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    The document discusses guidance from the ILO on conducting rapid surveys to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on employment and unpaid work. It provides an overview of the ILO's support for labor data collection during the pandemic, including briefs, technical notes, survey tools, and webinars. It also outlines strategies for rapid telephone or web surveys, including a 23-question module for household surveys and two alternative 15-21 question modules for individual-level surveys. The modules cover topics like employment status, job losses, unpaid domestic work, volunteer activities, and coping strategies.

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    Rapid Surveys to capture

    COVID-19 impacts on
    employment & unpaid work
    ILO Department of STATISTICS

    June 8, 2020
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    ILO support to labour data collection during COVID-19


    Support through Available Practical Guidance

    • Monitoring impacts on labour force surveys • Application of ICLS standards & treatment of
    special cases in context of lockdowns
    • Briefs, technical notes, survey tools
    • Priority topics for LFS during lockdowns
    • Direct technical advice
    • Maintaining LFS data collection (switch from
    • Regional webinars PAPI/CAPI to telephone interviewing)

    • Facilitate horizontal cooperation (NSO-NSO) • Modules for rapid surveys on COVID-19 impacts

    • International coordination (UNSD, UN Regional


    Commissions, World Bank, Eurostat, CISSTAT)
    Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
    3

    Rapid telephone /web surveys


    during COVID-19 containment
    • As alternative data source where no ongoing LFS, or LFS halted
    or postponed

    • To generate timely information for rapid assessments, planning,


    decision-making, nowcasting

    • NOT for estimating key labour market indicators, labour force


    status of population, unemployment, etc.

    • Need to take account issues of coverage, representation,


    precision to inform appropriate uses
    Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
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    ILO practical guidance on Rapid Surveys


    • To promote coherence in labour data collection through multi-topic rapid surveys
    • Short questionnaire modules
    • 3 alternative strategies for RS targeted to households or persons
    • Changes in employment, own-use production (goods & services), volunteer work
    • Flexible, minimal sequences for inclusion in multi-topic RS
    • Aligned with good survey practice & ICLS standards to extent possible
    • Basic guidance on data quality
    • Sample frames, questionnaire design, length, call protocols, metadata,
    appropriate use of rapid survey data, issues to take into account
    Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
    5

    Module content for household level rapid surveys (23 questions)


    • Household own-account agriculture • Coping strategies due to COVID-19
    • COVID-19 impacts on household agriculture • Subsistence agriculture
    • Main intended destination of household agriculture • Start of new business, wage jobs
    • Change in household agriculture production • Other strategies to supplement income
    • Household non-agriculture businesses • Sources of livelihood
    • Industry of main household business • Change in employment income since outbreak
    • COVID-19 impacts on main household business • Main source of livelihood at present
    • Continued business operations • Household unpaid care & domestic work
    • Household wage employment • Change since outbreak
    • COVID-19 impacts on wage employment of members • Impact of increased care responsibilities on employment
    • Experience of job loss • Volunteer work in response to COVID-19
    • Industry and other essential char of lost job • Participation & receipt of volunteer help
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    Module content for person-level rapid surveys


    Two alternative strategies / different sequences depending on context
    Strategy II: (15 questions) Lost / current job characteristics Unpaid care & domestic work
    • Impact on working situation • Industry • Participation in reference week
    • Type of impact experienced • Status in employment • Domestic work
    • Public / private / household sector • Child-care
    • Employee job-related benefits • Dependent adult care
    • Self-employed business registration • For own-household / other family
    Strategy III: (21+ questions) • Hours worked & changes (current job) • Change in time-spent since outbreak
    • Employed in ref. week • Impact on employment
    • Subsistence agric in ref. week Additional topics: Change in…
    • Absence by reason • Type of place of work Volunteer work
    • Expectation of return • Geographic location of work, • Participation since outbreak
    • Job loss since outbreak • Employment income • Type of volunteer work done
    • Coping strategies due to loss of income • Frequency of participation since outbreak
    • Previous volunteer work experience

    Advancing social justice, promoting decent work


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    ILO resources
    Rapid surveys modules

    https://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_745658.pdf

    Additional ILO Guides on labour data collection during COVID-19

    https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/covid-19/

    LFS impacts overall & by country

    https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/covid-19/covid-19-impact-on-labour-market-statistics/

    Advancing social justice, promoting decent work

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