The Rwanda Labour Force Survey (LFS) aims to generate regular and timely data on the most important dimensions of the labour market to labour-related policy. It provides quarterly and yearly estimates on employment, unemployment, underemployment, and multiple demographic characteristics.
NISR decided to update the LFS sampling design and increase its sample size, starting in Quarter 1 2024, to obtain more precise quarterly national estimates and reliable yearly estimates by district and urban and rural areas.
This report describes the new sampling design and the corresponding estimation procedures. It starts by outlining the main features of the current LFS sampling design. It then presents the new sample size calculations, the allocation among strata, and the updated sample rotation scheme. Finally, the report describes the sample weighting process and the estimation procedures.