Provides a general framework for analysing potential links between trends in fertility and the need for security in old age.

Working paper comprising an evaluation of data collecting techniques relating to labour force participation of women workers in developing countries. Discusses census and survey practices and typical questions asked. Attributes under-reporting of the economic role of rural women to questionnaire...

Working paper on the impact of survey questionnaire design, sex of interviewer and sex-proxy status of sample respondent (research method) on reported levels of woman worker labour force participation in developing countries. Comprises a case study of methodological Experiment (Methods Test) in...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on research method guidelines for anthropological data collecting and analysis of the interrelationships between rural women's roles and population dynamicsin India - identifies topics, and includes questionnaires useful for interviewing rural area households to...

Presents data from a methods test survey which shows higher rates of female labour force participation than reported by official surveys.

Provides an overview of the construction industry in South Africa and examines collective bargaining arrangements and other institutions which affect organizing, wages and working conditions for informal sector workers. Profiles the activities of four unions and two associations of building...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper focusing on issues of survey and sample design with regard to internal migration data collecting in developing countries - covers methodology, questionnaire characteristics, choice of respondent, sampling frames and clusters, tracing techniques, etc., Presents case...