2. Exercise – Based on Samoa Labour Force Survey Questionnaire – 2017

3. Find the relevant questions that are necessary to measure
Employment
Unemployment
Persons outside the Labour Force

4. Answers
Employment : All the questions in Section D (D1 + D2 + D3). All questions are relevant to be able to define employment (and own-use subsistence work)
Unemployment : G1A, G1B, G1C, G1D (actively seeking or future starters) + G1K and G1L (available). Indirectly we also need questions from D1 to D3 as persons should not be in Employment.
Persons outside the Labour Force : No question needed. Everyone in the working-age population who is not in employment nor in unemployment.

5. Find the relevant questions that are necessary to measure
Potential Labour Force
Time-related underemployment

6. Answers
Potential Labour Force : G1A, G1B, G1K, G1L (same questions as for Unemployment).
Time-related underemployment : F1A11 or F1E4 (to get the total number of hours usually worked in the reference week) + F1G and F1H.

7. Find the relevant questions that are necessary to measure
Discouraged job-seekers
NEET

8. Answers
Discouraged job-seekers: Persons outside the labour force (not employed nor unemployed), available (G1K=1 or G1L=1) and reasons for not looking for a job are related to labour market (G1J=3,4,5) and implies discouragement.
NEET : question on age (A1E/age) as we include only persons aged 15 to 24. Questions on Employment Status (persons not in employment based on questions D1 to D3) and question on education attendance (B1E).