Rwanda - Rwanda Labour Force Survery 2025
| Reference ID | RWA-NISR-RLFS-2025-v0.1 |
| Year | 0 |
| Country | Rwanda |
| Producer(s) | National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) |
| Sponsor(s) | Government of Rwanda - GoR - Funder |
| Metadata |
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Apr 08, 2026
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Data File: RW_LFS2025
| Cases | 100852 |
| Variable(s) | 207 |
Variables
| Name | Label | Question | |
| PSU_NO | Primary Sampling Unit | ||
| QH_NO | QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER | ||
| HHID | Household identification | ||
| province | Province | ||
| Code_UR | Area of residence | ||
| code_dis | District | ||
| lfs_strata | strata for LFS | ||
| LFS_year | LFS data collection year | ||
| weight2 | Annual weight | ||
| A01 | Sex | ||
| A02 | Relationship | ||
| A03M | Date of birth Month | ||
| A03Y | date of birth year | ||
| A04 | Age at last birthday | ||
| A05 | Present marital status | ||
| A06 | Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses? | ||
| A07 | Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid? | ||
| A08 | Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps? | ||
| A09 | Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating? | ||
| A10 | Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing? | ||
| A11 | Using your usual language, do you have difficulty communicating, mple understand | ||
| A12 | What is nationality? | ||
| A13 | Residential Status in Rwanda | ||
| A14A | Country/Area of birth | ||
| A14B | District of birth | ||
| A15 | Did he/she lived outside this district for at least 6 consecutive months? | ||
| A16Y | The period of usual place of residence( last move)-Years | ||
| A17A | In which country(Name) live in prior to arrive here? | ||
| A17B | District code | ||
| A19 | How long did he/she live in the previous location prior to arriving here? | ||
| A20 | Reason for moving to the current location | ||
| B01 | IS [NAME] a student(Is he /she attending school or would be attending one if sch | ||
| B02A | What is the Highest educational level is/ have [NAME] attending / attended? | ||
| B02B | How many years have you completed in that level of education? | ||
| B07 | Currently attending any trade or technical Skills school | ||
| B08 | Did you learn any Trade or Technical vocational course (TVET)? | ||
| B09 | How long will/did this Training take? | ||
| B10 | Type of technical skills learned? | ||
| B13 | Did [NAME] complete the course? | ||
| B13B | In which year did (Name) complete this course? | ||
| B14 | What happened after you completed the course? | ||
| B15 | How long did take(Name) to get a job or start own business after completing the | ||
| C01 | During the last 7 days,did he/she do any work for wage, salary, commission, tips | ||
| C02 | During the past 7 days, did (NAME) run or do any kind of business activity other | ||
| C02A | During the past 7 days, did (NAME) run or do any farming, Rearing farm animals, | ||
| C03 | During the past 7 days, did (NAME) help unpaid in a business owned by a househol | ||
| C05 | In general, are the products obtained from this activity for sale or for family | ||
| C06 | During the last 7 days, did (NAME) have a paid job or a business from which he/s | ||
| C07 | What was the main reason (NAME) was absent from work during the last 7 days? | ||
| C08 | What is the expected total absence from work for (NAME)? | ||
| C09 | Does (NAME) continue receiving an income from his/her job during absence? | ||
| C09A | Among the following categories, which correspond to the (NAME)'s situation | ||
| C10 | Did [NAME] have any other paid job or business or performed any secondary activi | ||
| C10A | How many jobs other than main job do(you/name) posess? | ||
| C11A | How many hours does [NAME] usually work per week?Main job/activity | ||
| C11B | How many hours does [NAME] usually work per week?Secondary job/activity | ||
| C12A | During the past 7 days, how many days did (NAME) actually work in Main job/activ | ||
| C12B | During the past 7 days, how many days did (NAME) actually work in all Secondary | ||
| C13A | During the past 7 days, how many hours per day did (NAME) actually worked in Mai | ||
| C13B | During the past 7 days, how many hours per day did (NAME) actually worked in all | ||
| C14 | How many hours did [NAME) usually worked at all jobs combined? | ||
| C15 | What was the main reason (NAME) usually worked long hours per week? | ||
| C16 | During the last 4 weeks, did (NAME) look for additional or other work? | ||
| C17 | Would want to work more hours per week than usualy worked provided the extra hou | ||
| C18 | If an opportunity for additional work became available, could (NAME) start worki | ||
| C19 | During the last 4 weeks, did [NAME] look for any kind of paid job or try to star | ||
| C19A | During the last 4 weeks did(name) try to start a business? | ||
| C20 | Has [NAME] already found a job or arranged to start a business in the next 4 wee | ||
| C20A | How soon Does [NAME] expect to start working in this new job or business ? | ||
| C21 | what did [NAME] do in the last 4 weeks to find a paid job or start a business? | ||
| C22 | For how long has [NAME] been without work and trying to find a paid job or start | ||
| C23 | Would [NAME] want to work if a paid job or business opportunity became availabl | ||
| C24 | What was the main reason (NAME) did not try to find a paid job or start a busine | ||
| C25 | If a paid job or business opportunity become available, could [NAME] have starte | ||
| C26 | What is the mean reason why (NAME) could not start working in the last 7 days o | ||
| D03A | Does the place or business where(you/name) work's have a name? | ||
| D04 | Does (Name) work in.... | ||
| D05 | Status of employment according to ICSE-93 | ||
| D05A | How many persons including you at your work place? | ||
| D05A1 | Number of persons including you at your work place,Less than 10 | ||
| D06 | (Do/does)(You/Name) have a written contract or oral agreement for the work (You/ | ||
| D07 | Is [NAME]'s contract or agreement : | ||
| D08 | The duration of the contract or agreement? | ||
| D08A | Does [NAME] have a minimum amount of hours or work agreed with his/her employer? | ||
| D09A | Does employer pay contributions on [NAME]?s behalf to social security fund(RSSB) | ||
| D10 | Has [NAME] registered his/her economic activity with the Rwanda Revenue Authorit | ||
| D10A | Is (Name) entitled to paid annual leave benefits from employer? | ||
| D10B | Is (name) entitled to paid sick leave benefits from employer? | ||
| D10C | Is (name) entitled to maternity/paternity leave? | ||
| D10D | Is (Name)'s salary subjected to deduction of taxe (PAYE) | ||
| D10_E | Does (name) make contributions to the Ejo Heza scheme? | ||
| D12_1 | How much money did (Name) earn from his/her main job/business the last time ? | ||
| D12_1A | Amount in Rwandan francs | ||
| D13_1 | How long did it cover? | ||
| D14_1 | On average, how much money did (NAME) earn from main job/business per month? | ||
| D14_1A | Amount in Rwandan francs | ||
| D17_1 | Would you say that monthly amount earned the last time in (Name) ?s job/busin | ||
| D18A | How did (you/name) obtain your current employment? | ||
| D18A_OTHER | D18A_ obtain your current employment? | ||
| D20 | Is the business/establishment where [NAME] works registered with the RRA or pay | ||
Total variable(s):
207 |