Despite the pandemic, employment rises steadily

The 2020-2021 Labour Force Survey results were released on 31st March. It gives insight into the labour market during Covid-19, demonstrating overall positive developments.

What do you think would have happened to employment in Pakistan in the last few years? An immediate thought would be that the unemployment rate will have been soaring thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, to the contrary, there has been a marked increase in employment despite the pandemic. 

Coming after the delayed results of the last 2018-2019 edition of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), the 2020-2021 LFS by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) updates the labour market’s situation during the Covid-19 pandemic period.

The survey, which was conducted for the period of June 2020 to July 2021 was, for the first time, carried out on digital tablets through a specialised Android software application.

The survey obtained data from the highest number of sample households in the history of all LFS previously conducted. A total of 99,904 households were surveyed, which is a considerable increase from the 41,184 households that were surveyed for the 2018-2019 LFS.

 

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Zunairah Qureshi
Zunairah Qureshi
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