09/09/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/09/2021 05:33
A. Introduction
Considering the importance of availability of labour force data at more frequent time intervals, National Statistical Office (NSO) launched Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in April 2017.
The objective of PLFS is primarily twofold:
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, eight Quarterly Bulletins of PLFS corresponding to the quarters covered during the period December 2018 to September 2020 have already been released. In these quarterly bulletins estimates of labour 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 work in the Current Weekly Status (CWS) for urban areas have been presented.
The present Quarterly Bulletin in the ninth in the series for the quarter October- December 2020.
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, in 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.
At the all-India level, in the urban areas, a total number of 5,563 FSUs (UFS blocks) have been surveyed during the quarter October - December 2020. The number of urban households surveyed was 43,693 and number of persons surveyed was 1,71,553 in urban areas.
Annexure
Statement 1: LFPR (in per cent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above all‑India |
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NSS survey period |
Male |
Female |
Person |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
October - December 2019 |
73.8 |
21.1 |
47.8 |
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 |
Statement 2: WPR (in per cent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above all‑India |
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NSS survey period |
Male |
Female |
Person |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
October - December 2019 |
68.4 |
19.0 |
44.1 |
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 |
Statement 3: UR (in per cent) in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above all‑India |
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NSS survey period |
Male |
Female |
Person |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
October - December 2019 |
7.3 |
9.8 |
7.8 |
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 |
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