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National Statistics Office

of Georgia

Geostat

Approved by the Board of National

Statistics Office of Georgia

Order #35, 6 December, 2016

Labour Force Survey

Main Questionnaire For the Household Members Aged 15 Years And Above

Observation Period (Month, Year) _ _ / _ _ _ _ Month Year

Date and time of the interview: Interviewer’s visits:

Day: Month: Year: Visit Day Month Year

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Start Time: End Time: 2

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Enumeration Area Rotation Household

First name and surname of the respondent

Number of the respondent from the Demographic

questionnaire

Phone number of the respondent

Landline: Mobile phone:

(code) (number) (code) (number)

First name, Surname Code

Interviewer

Regional supervisor

Logical control

According to the “Law of Georgia on Official Statistics” 25th Article, point first, with the view of

fulfilling its functions the Geostat shall be authorized to request and receive from administrative

bodies, physical and legal persons all kinds of statistical data and other information, including

confidential information and/or information containing personal data, in line with the “Law on

Personal Data Protection".

The information provided by you is confidential and protected by the “Law of Georgia on Official

Statistics” 28th Article, point first. It is only used for calculating the general statistical indexes.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

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A. Activity during the reference week

A1. Did you perform any work for at least one hour independently or together with the others in order to get salary, profit

or other labour compensation (in cash or in kind) during the last 7 days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A2. Were you engaged in farming, hunting, fishing or gathering forest fruits, mushrooms, medical plants, etc. for own

consumption or for sale for at least one hour during the last 7 days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A3. Did you perform processing of agricultural products (e.g. grinding corn, producing wine, cheese, butter, canned

products, etc.), weaving baskets, hats, making brooms, knitting, sewing, etc. for own consumption or for sale for at least

one hour during the last 7 days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A4. Have you been involved in constructing activities of your own dwellings or farm buildings for at least one hour during

the last 7 days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A5. Have you been involved in serving as a master, private tutor, private doctor, driver, etc. for at least one hour during the

last 7 days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A6. Did you perform any unpaid work in an enterprise/farm owned by your household at least one hour during the last 7

days?

1. Yes B1

2. No continue

A7. Did you have any job or business that you could not perform temporarily during the last 7 days due to sickness,

vacation, studying or enterprise temporarily close down, etc.?

1. Yes continue

2. No F1

A8. Which is the reason that you did not work at your job or business during the last 7 days?

1. Bad weather

2. Technical or economic reasons

3. Labour dispute

4. Education or training

5. End of working season

6. Own illness, injury or temporary disability

7. Holidays/a day or week off (shift work, compensation for overtime worked hours, etc.)

8. Vacation

9. Maternity, child care and newborn adoption leaves

10. Personal or family reasons

97. Other reason (specify)____________________________________________________

A9. What is the expected absence time from the job or business (absence time is a period from the last working day to

the expected return day at your job/business)?

1. 3 months or less B1

2. More than 3 months continue

Specify shorter time, if respondent has more than one job and he/she is absent from all jobs.

A10. Are you still receiving your salary/wage or allowances equal or more than 50% of your salary?

1. Yes B1

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2. No F1

3. He/she has private farm/business B1

B. Main Job

If you have more than one job, at first give us information about your main job.

The job is main, if respondent spends the most of his/her time or gives the highest wage/salary or job is permanent or it corresponds respondent's educational level.

B1. Where did you work during the last 7 days?

11 Tbilisi

35 Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti 12 Abkhazia 38 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 15 Ajara 41 Samtskhe-Javakheti 23 Guria 44 Kvemo Kartli 26 Imereti 47 Shida Kartli 29 Kakheti Other country (specify)_____________________ 32 Mtskheta-Mtianeti

B2. How did you start your current job?

1. I looked over the vacancy announcements through newspapers, TV, internet and other facilities

2. Via friends, relatives

3. I got in contact directly with employers

4. I published announcements on newspapers, TV, internet and other facilities

5. I applied to Employment Service

6. Employer offered me the job

7. I applied for permission to appropriate bodies to start my own business

8. I established contacts with potential partners

9. I got loan/credit for starting my own business

10. I looked for a building, materials, equipments, land plot

97. Other (specify)________________________________________________________

99. Not applicable

B3. Which enterprise, organization, private business or economy did you work (have business) during the last 7 days?

Name of enterprise, organization, private business or economy

B4. What kinds of goods or services are mainly provided at your working place (in your business)?

Description of economic activity:

Type of economic activity (filled by Geostat) NACE rev.1.1 NACE rev.2

B5. Please specify your occupation at your working place (please describe as completely as possible):

Occupation (filled by Geostat)

B6. Please define the form of ownership of the enterprise, organization, economy or business where you were working

during the last 7 days:

1. State ownership

2. Private ownership

97. Other type (specify)________________________________________________

98. Do not know

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State ownership -all public institutions and all organizations/enterprises with the government owning 50% and more of the shares; Private ownership - with the government owning less than 50% of the shares.

B7. Please define your employment status for the last 7 days:

1. Employee continue

2. Employer B19

3. Own account worker B20

4. Members of producers’ cooperatives B20

5. Unpaid family worker B20

97. Other (specify)__________________________________________________ continue

1. Employee: A person working for fixed salary (in cash or in kind) on the basis of a written or oral contract;

2. Employer (owner): An entrepreneur or a farmer working at his own enterprise/farm with hired employees;

3. Own-account worker: A person working at private enterprise/farm or on rented land or is engaged of poultry-cattle breeding

without hired employees or is engaged in professional activity without hired employees;

4. Members of producers’ cooperatives: All members of cooperatives have equal organizational decision making power. Consider that

respondent is classified as employee, if he/she works in cooperative to get wage;

5. Unpaid worker in the family enterprise/farm: Unpaid worker in a household`s enterprise/farm.

B8. Your job was:

1. Permanent B11

2. Temporary continue

3. Seasonal continue

4. Odd (Casual) continue

98. Do not know continue

Permanent job: Job without pre-defined limited time duration and is continuous; Temporary: Job with limited time duration; Seasonal: Job appropriate with a specific season which has time duration below 6 months; Odd/Causal: Job with time duration below one month.

B9. Please define the reason you were not permanently employed:

1. Could not find permanent job

2. Did not want permanent job

3. Had a contract for a probationary period

4. It is a contract covering a period of training (apprentices, trainees, research assistants, etc.)

97. Other reason (specify)_________________________________________________________

B10. What is the duration of your work contract/oral agreement?

1. Less than one month 5. 13-18 months

2. 1-3 months 6. 19-24 months


4. 7-12 months 8. More than 3 years

B11. You were employed:

1. Based on a written contract

2. Based on an oral agreement

B12. Does your employer pay income tax from your remuneration?

1. Yes

2. No

98. Do not know

B13. Do you benefit from paid annual leave or compensation for unused leave?

1. Yes

2. No

3. No, I have tax privilege

98. Do not know

B14. Would you benefit from paid sick leave in case of illness?

1. Yes

2. No

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3. No, , I have of short-term contract�

98. Do not know

B15. Do you have supervisory responsibility in your current job?

1. Yes continue

2. No B17

B16. How many persons work under your supervision?

1. 1-10 persons

2. 11-19 persons

3. 20-49 persons

4. 50 or more

98. Do not know

B17. Please specify the amount of your net earnings in the main job for the last worked month:

1. ___________GEL B21

77. Cannot define exact amount continue

88. Refuse the answer B21

Net earnings contain basic wages and salaries, bonuses, premium and other incentives compensation. Estimate payment in kind from the employer in GEL.

B18. Please specify the interval of your net earnings, if it is hard to say exact amount of you earnings for the last worked

month:

1. 100 GEL or less B21 6. 801-1000 GEL B21

2. 101-200 GEL B21 7. 1001-1500 GEL B21

3. 201-400 GEL B21 8. 1501-2000 GEL B21

4. 401-600 GEL B21

5. 601-800 GEL B21

9. More than 2000 GEL B21

B19. How many employees did you employ during the last 7 days?

1. 1-10 persons

2. 11-19 persons

3. 20-49 persons

4. 50 or more

B20. Your job was:

1. Permanent

2. Temporary

3. Seasonal

4. Odd (Casual)

98. Do not know

Permanent job: Job without pre-defined limited time duration and is continuous; Temporary: Job with limited time duration; Seasonal: Job appropriate with a specific season, which has time duration below 6 months; Odd/Causal: Job with time duration below one month.

B21. Where did you carry out your main job during the last 7 days?

1. At his/her household dwelling

2. Client's place

3. Formal office

4. Factory/atelier/workshop, etc. instead of your living place

5. Plantations/farm/garden/field

6. Construction sites

7. Mines/quarry

8. Shop /kiosk/coffee house/restaurant/hotel

9. Different places (mobile)

10. Fixed, street or market stall

11. Pond/lake/river /see

12. Forest

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97. Other (specify)____________________________________________________

B22. How many persons are employed at local unit of your organization/enterprise/farm?

1. 1-10 persons

2. 11-19 persons

3. 20-49 persons

4. 50 or more

98. Do not know

99. Not applicable

B23. Was the enterprise where you worked registered?

1. Yes

2. Is being registered

3. No

98. Do not know

B24. When did you start working for your current employer or start your current business?

Year _____ Month __________

B25. Does your present job correspond to your qualifications?

1. Yes

2. No, it is above my qualifications

3. No, it is below my qualifications

Attention! Persons, who answer code "1" in question B21, do not answer question B26 and B27.

B26. Please specify the means of transport that you regularly use from home to your working place:

(If you use more than one transport, specify all of them)

1. Own (family member’s) car

2. Company/others' car

3. Bus

4. Minibus

5. The underground/train

6. By walking

97. Other (specify)________________________________________

B27. How much time do you need to arrive from home to your working place/job using above mentioned transport(s)?

1. Less than 5 minutes

2. 5-15 minutes

3. 15-30 minutes

4. 30-60 minutes

5. 1-2 hours

6. More than 2 hours

77. Difficult to answer

C. Hours worked in the main job

C1. How many hours per week do you have to work in your main job according to your oral or written agreement

(contract) with your employer?

1. ________hours

2. Do not have agreement on working hours

99. Not applicable

Contractual (agreed) working hours mean the working hours, which are defined according to legislation, collective agreements or direct agreements with the employer. Contractual working hours include all standard hours and exclude all overtime.

C2. How many hours do you usually work during a week in your main job, private business or own farm?

1. ________hours

77. Difficult to answer, because hours worked considerably vary

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Hours usually worked means the hours which are most commonly worked per week by persons during a long period and it includes all usual overtime.

Attention! Only those persons answer the question C3, who answer code "1" in the question C1 and C2 with different hours [(C1=1) ≠ (C2=1)], in other cases go to the question C4.

C3. What is the main reason that your usual worked hours are different from your contractual working hours?

1. Agreed working time is not enough to perform the tasks

2. I perform tasks out of the contract

3. I need less time compared to agreed time to perform the tasks

4. There is not strict control of working hours at the job

97. Other (specify)___________________________________________________________

C4. How many hours did you actually work during the last 7 days in the main job, private business or own farm?

1. ________hours continue

2. I was absent due to health conditions or other reasons during the reference week C8

Hours actually worked means all time that employed persons spend on work activities during the last 7 days including all overtime and excluding time not worked.

C5. Please Specify, did you work more or fewer hours than usual during the last 7 days in the main job, private business

or own farm):

1. More hours than usual C6(a)

2. Usual number of hours C7

3. Fewer hours than usual C6(b)

C6. What was the main reason that your actually worked hours are different from your usual working hours?

a) If person worked more hours than usual:

1. Flexible working hours

2. Overtime

3. Other (specify)____________________________________________________________

b) If person worked fewer hours than usual:

4. Flexible working hours

5. Bad weather

6. Technical or economic reasons

7. Own illness or injury

8. Special leave for personal or family reasons

9. Labour dispute


11. Holidays/a day or week off

12. Vacation

13. Maternity, child care and newborn adoption leaves

14. Start of/change in job

15. End of job without taking up a new one

16. Other (specify)___________________________________________________________

Flexible working hours - allows worker to alter working time of his/her workday.

C7. How many days did you work during the last 7 days?

______days

C8. Please specify the type of your workload according to the working hours by your estimation?

1. Full-time C10

2. Part-time continue

C9. Please define the reason you were not full-time employed:

1. Could not find full-time job

2. I was sent to the part-time job by the administration

3. Due to health condition

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4. Housekeeping, looking after children, sick or disabled person

5. Due to current education or training programs

6. Did not want to work full-time

97. Other (specify)___________________________________________________________

C10. Do you do shift work?

1. Yes

2. No

C11. Do you work in the evening (between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.)?

1. Yes, regularly

2. Yes, occasionally

3. Never work in the evening

C12. Do you work at night (between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.)?

1. Yes, regularly


3. Never work at night

C13. Do you work on Saturdays?

1. Yes, regularly


3. Never work on Saturdays

C14. Do you work on Sundays?

1. Yes, regularly


3. Never work on Sundays

C15. Do you work from home?

1. Yes, regularly


3. Never work from home

D. Second job

D1. Did you perform any secondary job with the main one in order to get salary, profit or other labour compensation

(in cash or in kind for own consumption or selling) or for free for at least one hour during the last 7 days?

1. Yes continue

2. No E1

D2. Where did you work during the last 7 days?

11 Tbilisi


D3. What kinds of goods or services are mainly provided at your secondary working place (in your business)?



D4. Please specify your occupation at your secondary working place (please describe as completely as possible):

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D5. Please define the form of ownership of the enterprise, organization, economy or business where you were working

during the last 7 days:

1. State ownership

2. Private ownership

97. Other type (specify)________________________________________________

98. Do not know

State ownership -all public institutions and organizations/enterprises with the government owning 50% and more of the shares; Private ownership - with the government owning less than 50% of the shares.

D6. Please define your secondary employment status for the last 7 days:

1. Employee

2. Employer

3. Own account worker

4. Members of producers’ cooperatives

5. Unpaid family worker

97. Other (specify) __________________________________________________








D7. How many hours do you usually work during a week at your second job, private business or own farm?

1. ________hours

77. Difficult to answer, because hours worked considerably vary

D8. How many hours did you actually work during the last 7 days at your second job, private business or own farm?

1. ________hours

2. I was absent due to health conditions or other reasons during the reference week

D9. What was the main reason of having the additional job?

1. The income from the main job is not enough to secure the welfare of the family

2. I needed money to buy an apartment, car, etc. or to travel

3. I needed money to start/expand my own business

4. My basic job does not match my qualification/speciality

5. Due to the risk of loss of the main job

97. Other reason (specify)_______________________________________________

E. Additional or other job seekers

E1. Would you like to work more hours than you usually work during a week at all jobs?

1. Yes continue

2. No E4

More working hours mean higher payment.

E2. In which way do you want to increase your present working hours during a week?

1. Through an additional job

2. Through a new job working more hours than the present job

3. Through increasing present job's working hours

4. In any of the above ways

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E3. If you were offered an additional job or an opportunity to work more hours, would you be able to start working

within 2 weeks?

1. Yes

2. No

E4. How many hours would you be willing to work per week in total?

________hours

E5. Were you looking for other or secondary job during the past 4 weeks?

1. Yes continue

2. No H1

E6. What was the reason that you were looking for other/secondary job?

1. Due to the feasible redundancy

2. Due to the expiration of the term of the contract

3. Looking for an additional job to add more hours to those worked in present job

4. Looking for a new job with more working hour than in the present job

5. Looking for a new job with less working hours than in the present job

6. Working conditions were not satisfying (salary, working hours, etc.)

7. Do not work by profession

8. Present job is temporary, seasonal

97. Other reason (specify)________________________________________

E7. What type of job did you wish?

1. Paid job H1

2. To start my own business H1

F. Previous work experience

F1. Please answer, have you ever performed any paid work or own business?

1. Yes continue

2. No G1

F2. How long had you been working at your previous job?




4. 7-12 months 8. More than 3 years

F3. When did you stop your working activity?

Year _______ Month __________

F4. Please answer, what was the main reason for leaving the last job or business?

1. Dismissed

2. A job of limited duration has ended

3. Looking after children or other relative

4. Other personal or family responsibilities

5. Own illness or disability


7. Normal retirement

8. Compulsory military service

9. Working conditions were not satisfying

10. Did not want working

97. Other reasons (specify)___________________________________________

F5. Please define your employment status in your last job:

1. Employee

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2. Employer

3. Own account worker

4. Members of producers’ cooperatives

5. Unpaid family worker

97. Other (specify)__________________________________________________








F6. Please define the region of Georgia or other country where your last job was located:

11 Tbilisi


F7. What kinds of goods or services were mainly provided at your last working place (in your business)?



F8. Please specify your occupation at your last working place (please describe as completely as possible)


G. Job Seeking

G1. Do you have an agreement to start a job or will you start own business within 3 months?

1. Yes G9

2. No continue

G2. Did you try to look for a paid job or start own business during the last 4 weeks through the following ways:

Attention! Specify the answer for each question.

Yes=1 No=2

1. Looking over the vacancy announcements through newspapers, TV,

Internet and other facilities 1 2

If at least one

answer is Yes=1

continue

If all answers are

No=2 G6

2. Gathering information through my friends, relatives, etc. 1 2

3. Getting in contact directly with employers 1 2

4. Publishing announcements on newspapers, TV, internet and other

facilities 1 2

5. Applied to Employment Service 1 2

6. Took a test, interview or examination 1 2

7. Answered advertisements in newspapers, or journals , TV, Internet

and other facilities 1 2

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8. Applied for permission to appropriate bodies to start my own business 1 2

9. Established contacts with potential partners 1 2

10. Applied for loan/credit for starting my own business 1 2

11. Looking for a building, materials, equipments, land plot 1 2

97. Other (specify)______________________________________ 1 2

G3. How long have you been looking for a job or try to start own business without interruption?




4. 6-11 months 8. 4 years or more

Uninterrupted search means actively search for a job without significant (4 weeks or more) interruption.

G4. What type of job would you wish?

1. Permanent

2. Temporary

3. Seasonal

4. Odd (casual)

5. It does not matter

Permanent job: Job without pre-defined limited time duration and is continuous; Temporary: Job with limited time duration; Seasonal: Job appropriate with a specific season which has time duration below 6 months; Odd/Causal: Job with time duration below one month.

G5. What type of workload would you wish?

1. Only full-time job G9

2. Full-time, but I can take a part-time job G9

3. Part-time, but I can take a full-time job G9

4. Only part-time job G9

5. It does not matter G9

G6. Even though you did not look for a job during the last 4 weeks do you wish to work?

1. Yes continue

2. No H1

G7. What was the reason you were not seeking for hired labour or did not try to start your own business during the last 4

weeks?

1. I am expecting for reply to start working (my own business) G9

2. I am registered as a job seeker at Employment Service G9

3. I lost hope to finding a job continue

4. Because of illness G9

5. I was looking after children or incapacitated adults G9

6. I am a student (pupil) G9

7. I am pensioner G9

8. I am pensioner because of disability G9

9. Fulfilling domestic tasks G9

97. Other reason (specify)___________________________________________________ G9

G8.What is the main reason that you lost hope of finding a job?

1. I believe that there is not an available job, which corresponds to your education and qualification

2. I do not have enough qualification and experience to find a job

3. I believe there are no enough jobs

97. Other reason (specify)___________________________________________________

G9. If you had found a job during the last 7 days, would you be available to start working within 2 weeks?

1. Yes H1

2. No continue

G10. Why were not you ready to start working?

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1. I am a student (pupil)

2. Because of illness

3. Caring infant(s)

4. Caring sick/disabled person(s)

5. Because of absent

97. Other reason (specify)___________________________________________________

H. Supplementary Information

H1. Nowadays which of the following groups do you mainly consider yourself?

1. Employed

2. Unemployed

3. Pensioner

4. Pupil/student

5. Disabled for work

6. Conscript on compulsory military service

7. Fulfilling domestic tasks

8. Looking after child or sick person

97. Other (specify)_______________________________

H2. What were your income sources during the previous month?

(Indicate all possible answers)

1. Work/paid employment

2. Old age pension

3. Social package (disability persons, survivor's persons, victims of political repressions, state compensation

receivers)

4. State allowance(s) (subsistence allowance, compensation for retirement pensioners, etc.)

5. Income from property

6. Income of other family/household member(s)

7. Allowance from other private person(s)/organization(s)

97. Other (specify)_____________________________________________

88. Refuse the answer

I. Education

I1. What is your highest educational attainment level ?

1. Illiterate I4

2. Has no education but can read and write I4

3. Pre-primary education Continue

4. Primary education Continue

5. Basic general education (lower secondary) Continue

6. Secondary general education (upper secondary) Continue

7. Vocational education without secondary general education Continue

8. Vocational education on the base of lower secondary education with secondary general education

certificate Continue

9. Vocational education on the base of secondary general education (except higher professional

education) Continue

10. Higher professional education or equivalent Continue

11. Bachelor or equivalent Continue

12. Master or equivalent Continue

13. Doctor or equivalent Continue

I2. When did you achieve this education level?

1. __________________________

98. Do not remember

I3. What is your profession, specialty?

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1. Please specify your profession or specialty defined by a diploma, certificate or other document

Profession (filled by Geostat)

2. I do not have any profession (specialty)

I4. What type of educational institution did you attend (or you were on vacation/holidays) during the last 4 weeks?

1. School/gymnasium

2. Vocational college/community college

3. University (higher professional program, bachelor, master or doctor)

4. No one listed above

77. Difficult to answer

I5. Did you attend any educational activity in the last 4 weeks: profession/ handicraft/ language courses, qualification

courses, training sessions, private lessons or instruction?

1. Yes continue

2. No END

I6. What was the number of hours spent on all training activities (profession/ handicraft/ language courses, qualification

courses, training sessions, private lessons or instruction) during the last 4 weeks:

_________ hour(s)

I7. From abovementioned learning activity(s) the last one was related to:

1. Mostly job or profession

2. Mostly personal/social reason

I8. What time did this training activity take place during the last 4 weeks?

1. Only during paid working hours

2. Mostly during paid working hours

3. Mostly outside paid working hours

4. Only outside paid working hours

99. Not applicable

Thank you for your cooperation!

Subjective assessment of the interviewer:

1. How reliable is the information given by the respondent?

1. Information is reliable

2. Information is more or less reliable

3. Information is less reliable

4. Information is not reliable

2. Who provided the information?

1. Respondent

2. Other household member (Number of the respondent from the demographic questionnaire) _______

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