Database
School-to-work transition survey (SWTS) micro data files
The school to work transition surveys (SWTS) were carried out in more than 30 countries between 2012 and 2016. An accompanying labour demand entrerprise survey (LDES) was carried out in seven countries. The micro data files and questionnaires of the SWTS and LDES are made available.
Details of the surveys are presented in the following table.
SWTS source information:
The datasets (both in SPSS and STATA format) contain all individual variables plus three derived variables, “employment”, “unemployment” and “school enrolment”. For more information on derived variables, see methodology. Questions relating to the datasets can be sent to ilostat.ilo.org
Codebooks are available with all files.
**In Liberia only, the sample covers youth aged 15-35 years.
LDES source information:
SWTS source information:
The datasets (both in SPSS and STATA format) contain all individual variables plus three derived variables, “employment”, “unemployment” and “school enrolment”. For more information on derived variables, see methodology. Questions relating to the datasets can be sent to ilostat.ilo.org
To access data files please send a request to ilostat@ilo.org stating your name and organization. | ||||
| Country | Implementation partner | Sample size (15-29 years old) | Geographic coverage | Reference period |
| Armenia 2012 | National Statistical Service | 3,216 | National | Oct-Nov |
| Armenia 2014 | 2,710 | Sep -Oct | ||
| Bangladesh 2013 | Bureau of Statistics | 9,197 | National | Jan-Mar |
| Benin 2012 | Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique | 6,917 | National | Dec |
| Benin 2014-2015 | 4,306 | Dec 2014-Jan 2015 | ||
| Brazil 2013 | ECO Assessoria em Pesquisas | 3,288 | National | Jun |
| Cambodia 2012 | National Institute of Statistics | 3,552 | 10 provinces | Jul-Aug |
| Cambodia 2014 | 3,396 | National | Jul-Aug | |
| Colombia 2013 | Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística | 6,416 | Urban | Sep-Nov |
| Congo, Rep. of 2015 | Direction Générale de la Formation Qualifiante et de l'Emploi | 3,276 | National | May-Jun |
| Dominican Republic 2015 | Banco Central De La República Dominicana | 3,554 | National | Jul-Sep |
| Egypt 2012 | Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) | 5,198 | National | Nov-Dec |
| Egypt 2014 | 5,758 | Nov-Dec | ||
| El Salvador 2012 | Dirección General de Estadística y Censos | 3,451 | National | Nov-Dec |
| El Salvador 2014 | 3,604 | Oct-Dec | ||
| FYR Macedonia 2012 | State Statistical Office | 2,544 | National | Jul-Sep |
| FYR Macedonia 2014 | 2,474 | Jul-Oct | ||
| Jamaica 2013 | Statistical Institute of Jamaica | 2,584 | National | Feb-Apr |
| Jamaica 2015 | 3,666 | Jun-Sep | ||
| Jordan 2013 | Department of Statistics | 5,405 | National | Dec 2012-Jan 2013 |
| Jordan 2015 | 3,749 | Mar-Apr | ||
| Kyrgyzstan 2013 | National Statistical Commission | 3,930 | National | Jul-Sep |
| Lebanon 2014-2015 | Consultation and Research Institute | 2,627 | National | Nov-Jan |
| Liberia 2012 | Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services | 1,876** | National | Jul-Aug |
| Liberia 2014 | 2,416* | Jun-Jul | ||
| Madagascar 2013 | Institut National de la Statistique | 3,102 | National | May-Jun |
| Madagascar 2015 | 5,044 | Apr-May | ||
| Malawi 2012 | National Statistics Office | 3,102 | National | Aug-Sep |
| Malawi 2014 | 3,097 | Sep | ||
| Moldova, Republic 2013* | National Bureau of Statistics | 1,158 | National | Jan-Mar |
| Moldova, Republic 2015 | 1,189 | Mar | ||
| Montenegro 2015 | Statistical Office of Montenegro | 2,998 | National | Sep-Oct |
| Nepal 2013 | Center for Economic Development and Administration | 3,584 | National | Apr-May |
| Occupied Palestinian Territories 2013 | Central Bureau of Statistics | 4,320 | National | Aug-Sep |
| Occupied Palestinian Territories 2015 | 4,141 | Jun-Jul | ||
| Peru 2012-2013 | Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informática | 2,464 | Urban | Dec-Feb |
| Russian Federation 2012 | Russian Federal State Statistics Service | 3,890 | 11 regions | Jul |
| Russian Federation 2015 | 3,415 | Mar | ||
| Samoa 2012 | Bureau of Statistics | 2,914 | National | Nov-Dec |
| Serbia 2015 | Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | 3,508 | National | Mar-Apr |
| Tanzania 2013 | University of Dar-es-Salaam, Department of Statistics | 1,988 | National | Feb-Mar |
| Togo 2012 | Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Comptabilité Nationale | 2,033 | National | Jul-Aug |
| Togo 2014 | 2,708 | Mar-Apr | ||
| Tunisia 2013 | Institut National de la Statistique | 3,000 | National | Feb-Mar |
| Uganda 2013 | Bureau of Statistics | 3,811 | National | Feb-Apr |
| Uganda 2015 | 3,049 | Jan-Apr | ||
| Ukraine 2013 | Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms | 3,526 | National | Feb |
| Ukraine 2015 | 3,202 | Apr-May | ||
| Viet Nam 2012-2013 | General Statistics Office | 2,722 | National | Dec-Jan |
| Viet Nam 2015 | 2,234 | May-Jun | ||
| Zambia 2012 | IPSOS Zambia | 3,206 | National | Dec |
| Zambia 2014 | 3,296 | Oct-Dec | ||
**In Liberia only, the sample covers youth aged 15-35 years.
LDES source information:
| Country | Implementation partner | Sample size (no. of enterprises) |
| Benin | Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique | 733 |
| Liberia | Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services | 459 |
| Malawi | Center for Development Management | 832 |
| Nepal | Center for Economic Development and Administration | 412 |
| Tanzania | University of Dar-es-Salaam, Department of Statistics | 197 |
| Tunisia | Institut National de la Statistique | 735 |
| Viet Nam | General Statistics Office | 791 |
| Zambia | IPSOS Zambia | 485 |