Decent Work Study in Agriculture 2017
Pilot Survey

Kenya, 2017

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Reference ID

KEN_2017_DWSA_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

Global Strategy for improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Collection(s)

FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Identification

Survey ID number

KEN_2017_DWSA_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Title

Decent Work Study in Agriculture 2017

Subtitle

Pilot Survey

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Kenya	KEN

Study type

Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]

Abstract

The Global Strategy to improve Agriculture and Rural Statistics (GSARS) and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) have administered a survey in three counties near Nairobi where most households are engaged in agriculture. The survey captured information on the household’s agricultural activities, as well as detailed information on individuals’ employment and work activities over the last week and the last year. In addition to employment and unemployment estimates, four different measures of underemployment are estimated. All four indicators are useful in depicting labour force performance. The time-related underemployment and skill-based underemployment indicators capture underutilization of labour across all levels of employment. On the other hand, the last two indicators: the measures based on the quality, and security of employment; better describe employment at the bottom of the employment spectrum. They are proxies for those who would be unemployed if formal safety nets were in place and unemployment was an option. In contrast to what is presented here, in a high-income European country where unemployment benefits are provided, the unemployment rate would probably be higher and the estimates for the last two indicators would be smaller.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household and individual

Scope

Notes

The description of scope for the survey covers agricultural production, employment and training.

Topics

Topic
Agriculture
Employment

Keywords

Decent Work Kenya Employment

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Not representative

Universe

Agricultural Households

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Global Strategy for improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics	Food and Agriculture Organization
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	Government of Kenya

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Global Strategy for improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics	Funding

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

For this survey, two stage sampling method was used. This involved the sampling of enumeration areas (EAs) and sampling of households. Three counties were selected purposively: Machakos, Murang'a and Kiambu. 36 EAs was sampled randomly: 12 in each county. After the listing, 15 households were sampled in each EA.

Weighting

The sample was not representative at the county level. At the end, 495 households were valid interviewed.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The questionnaire for the survey has the following sections:

Section 1 - Household identification and introduction
Section 2 - Characteristics of the dwelling
Section 3 - Characteristics of the holding
Section 4 - Education
Section 5 - Employment (Wage)
Section 6 - Employment (Unpaid)
Section 7 & 8 - Checks and temporary absence
Section 9 - Job search
Section 10 & 11 - Working time in actual and usual hours
Section 12 - 19 - Main jobs
Section 20 - Own use production work
Section 21 - Credit

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2017-08-07	2017-11-12

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Depositor information

Depositor

Name	Affiliation
OCS	FAO

Data Access

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.

Access conditions

Micro datasets disseminated by FAO shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:

The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_KEN_2017_DWSA_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Office of Chief Statistician	Food and Agriculture Organization	Metadata producer
Development Economics Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2023-01-31

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (January 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the FAO website (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog) and it is identical to FAO version (KEN_2017_DWSA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.

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Decent Work Study in Agriculture 2017 Pilot Survey