Beginning with this year, Bosnia and Herzegovina will conduct a continuous Labor Force Survey
The Agency for Statistics of BiH, in cooperation with the entity institutes for statistics, began this year with a continuous Labor Force Survey at the territory of the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a representative sample of randomly selected households for each quarter.
Previously, the statistical institutions have conducted the Survey once a year for two weeks. Beginning this year, the Survey will be conducted during all year, and results will be published quarterly. This way, all those who plan employment policies will have fresh, regularly updated data on the labor market in BiH. Collected data will provide calculation of the activity rate, employment and unemployment rate which are significant indicators of the country's economic situation.
The goal and purpose of the continuous Labor Force Survey, in accordance with methodological recommendations of the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT), is to get data on basic labor characteristics of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to make an estimate of the total workforce.
The statistical institutions in Bosna and Hercegovina guaranty that, in accordance with Law on Statistics in BiH and Law on Personal Data Protectionthe answers to the questions will be kept strictly confidential, the respondents will stay totally animus and ask the citizens for active cooperation in the realization of this important activity.