Jobs, Skills, and Migration Survey 2013 [Uzbekistan]

Uzbekistan Jobs, Skills, and Migration Survey 2013 is one of three identical household surveys conducted in Central Asia in 2013 by the World Bank in collaboration with German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ). Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan were the other countries.

The purpose of the survey was to collect data on employment, migration, cognitive and non-cognitive skills as well as consumption. Conducted from July to September 2013, the survey collected comprehensive information not typically captured by traditional household surveys. It included two distinct instruments: a core questionnaire and a skills questionnaire.

The scope of the survey includes:
- Demographic characteristics;
- Education;
- Immigration;
- Employment;
- Remittances and gifts from non-household members;
- Health expenditure;
- Financial services;
- Habits and adaptation;
- Food and non-food consumption;
- Dwelling;
- Labour conditions;
- Russian language skills;
- Technical skills: reading and writing;
- Workplace skills;
- Cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

The core questionnaire covered such topics as education, employment, migration, health expenditure, remittances, government transfers, financial services, subjective poverty, housing conditions, and household expenditures. The skills questionnaire contained detailed modules on labor and work expectations, migration and preparation for migration, language skills, and technical skill training. The non-cognitive test modules of the skills questionnaire were based on World Bank Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) surveys.

The Uzbekistan sample consisted of 1,500 households with 8,622 individuals, representative at the national, regional (Oblast), and urban/rural levels.