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Labor-Force-Survey-Somaliland.Pdf Ceerigaabo Berbera Borama Burao Hargeisa Somaliland Republic Laas Caanood LABOUR FORCE SURVEY SOMALILAND 2012 REPORT ON BORAMA, HARGEISA & BURAO LABOUR FORCE SURVEY SOMALILAND 2012 Report on Borama, Hargeisa & Burao LABOUR FORCE SURVEY SOMALILAND 2012 REPORT ON BORAMA, HARGEISA & BURAO Supported By: TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ......................................................................................................................................................................................iii List of Figures.....................................................................................................................................................................................iv Acronyms ...........................................................................................................................................................................................vi Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................................................................vii Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................................. viii džĞĐƵƟǀĞ^ƵŵŵĂƌLJ ...........................................................................................................................................................................ix Chapter One: Background and Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 ^ĂŵƉůŝŶŐ ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 YƵĞƐƟŽŶŶĂŝƌĞƐ ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 ^ƵƌǀĞLJĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞĂŶĚĮĞůĚǁŽƌŬ ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƌĂƚĞƐ ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.6 ĂƚĂƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐĂŶĚĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐ ......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 ŽŶĐĞƉƚƐĂŶĚĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶƐ ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.8 ^ƚƵĚLJůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 ŚĂƉƚĞƌdǁŽ͗ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚdƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ....................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 ĞŵŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Literacy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 ^ĐŚŽŽůĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.4 sŽĐĂƟŽŶĂůƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 ŚĂƉƚĞƌϯ͗ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĐƟǀŝƚLJ ................................................................................................................................................. 23 3.1 ƵƌƌĞŶƚĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ......................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2 dŚĞůĂďŽƵƌĨŽƌĐĞ ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.3 >ĂďŽƵƌĨŽƌĐĞƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ............................................................................................................................................ 28 3.4 dŚĞŝŶĂĐƟǀĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ............................................................................................................................................... 29 3.5 dĞƌŵƐΘŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐŽĨƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ..................................................................................................................................... 31 3.6 ǀĞƌĂŐĞǁŽƌŬŝŶŐŚŽƵƌƐĂŶĚĂǀĞƌĂŐĞǁĂŐĞ .................................................................................................................. 34 Chapter 4: Employment ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 4.1 ŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚƚŽƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƌĂƟŽ .................................................................................................................................. 35 4.2 ^ƚĂƚƵƐŝŶĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚ .................................................................................................................................................. 39 4.3 ŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚďLJƐĞĐƚŽƌ ................................................................................................................................................. 43 4.4 ,ŽƵƌƐǁŽƌŬĞĚ ............................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.5 hŶĚĞƌĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚ ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 ŚĂƉƚĞƌϱ͗hŶĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚĂŶĚ/ŶĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ .............................................................................................................................. 48 5.1 dŽƚĂůƵŶĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚƌĂƚĞ ............................................................................................................................................. 48 5.2 hŶĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚďLJůĞǀĞůŽĨĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ .......................................................................................................................... 48 ŚĂƉƚĞƌϲ͗ŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶƐĂŶĚŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ ................................................................................................................................. 57 ŚĂƉƚĞƌϳ͗<ĞLJ^ƵƌǀĞLJŝƐƐƵĞƐΘZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶƐ ................................................................................................................ 58 ŝďůŝŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Annexes ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 ŶŶĞdž͗^ĂŵƉůĞĞƐŝŐŶĂŶĚ/ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ .................................................................................................................. 61 Annex B: LFS quesƟŽŶŶĂŝƌĞ ......................................................................................................................................... 63 Annex C: Analysis Plan ....................................................................................................................................................... 81 ŶŶĞdž͗WŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐƟŵĂƚĞƐ .......................................................................................................................................... 82 Annex E: Key Personnel ..................................................................................................................................................... 86 List of Tables Table 2.1: Household population of Borama, Hargeisa & Burao by age group, sex, and locality .............................................. 6 Table 2.2: Percentage distribution of the household population of Borama, Hargeisa & Burao by sex, locality and age group ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Table 2.3: Distribution of the population by age group and dependency ratio by locality .......................................................... 8 Table 2.4a: Number and percentage of persons aged 5 and over reporting various disabilities, by cause of disability .......... 9 Table 2.4(b):-Number and Percentage of persons with disabilities by employment status and education level ...................... 10 Table 2.4c: Work related injuries ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 Table 2.5: Literacy rates, by sex, age group, and district (percentage) ............................................................................................. 12 Table 2.6: Proportion of individuals who have ever attended or completed school by sex, age and locality ........................... 12 Table 2.7: Number and percentage
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