1. LABOUR COST SURVEY 2012 SLOVENIA METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Miran Zavbi, SURS

2. LCS 2012 – in general All activities (A-S) All size classes (1+)
Sample frame: 75,094 units (LKAU)
Sample: 3,996 units (LKAU)
Key respondents: 1,505 units
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

3. LCS 2012 – in general Electronic questionnaire (XML)
Integrated logic controls (hard and soft)
Joint questionnaire with Working Time Survey
Paid hours
Hours worked
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

4. LCS 2012 – in general Data collection from 6 May to 15 July 2013
Response rate:
app. 85% units
app. 95% employees
At the moment: Preparing data base in line with the new system of statistical data editing
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

5. LCS 2012–methodological issues
PAID HOURS vs. HOURS WORKED
„It is the same category“
„No data records“
Joint questionnaire with Working Time Survey → higher quality for data on hours worked ?
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

6. LCS 2012–methodological issues
COMPANY CARS
Company pays „full benefit“
No need to separate data for private or business use (unless under 500km/month)
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

7. LCS 2012–methodological issues
SUBSIDIES
In section P (Education) reporting units treated wages as subsidies
Wages from the State Budget are not subsidies
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

8. LCS 2012–methodological issues
From SAMPLE to TABLES-size classes
SAMPLE
Sample unit is LKAU
Stratification is determined by characteristics of LKAU
TABLES
Size class of LKAU is equal to size class of enterprise
LAMAS
Luxembourg, October 2013

9. LABOUR COST SURVEY 2012 SLOVENIA METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES THANK YOU
Miran Zavbi, SURS