It is the design of the sampling method in this survey to include certain households enumerated again in the current round. This design allows comparison to be made on the data supplied by the same households during different periods. In this way, changes in the socio-economic conditions of the population could be more precisely measured.
Although the time required for this interview is not very long, the questionnaire is fairly complicated and the concepts involved are by no means simple. Our trained interviewers could assist the respondents in furnishing the required statistical data in a convenient and accurate manner. All our interviewers are bound by regulations to keep your information in strict confidence and will not disclose data collected in the survey to any third party. Please feel comfortable to answer the questions raised by our interviewers.
We are sorry that this cannot be done. The sample is selected in accordance with scientific and probability-based statistical methods. We cannot purposely add or remove any households to/from the sample, as this will affect the representativeness of the survey results.
Industrial Production Index (IPI) is a measure of the rate of change in the production of industrial commodities in real terms over time for Manufacturing, Mining and Electricity Sectors. It is measured based on volume changes in production. IPI are the overall index from the Index of Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity. IPI give the overview of the current trend of industrial activities and used for economic analysis.
You may surf the menu Methods & Classifications under the submenu Metadata for Labour Force Survey (LFS) to obtain information on the classification, concepts, definitions and methodology used by DOSM to conduct LFS and produce the LFS statistics. The information can also be obtained from the Technical Notes in the Labour Force Survey Report.
