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Table 1 Rotation panel schemes

From: Short-term labour transitions and informality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America

Country

Survey

Rotation panel schemes

TOR (*)

Argentina

EPH

Q1 Q2 (Q3 Q4) Q5 Q6

The individual is interviewed for two consecutive quarters, excluded from the survey for two quarters, and interviewed two more times

50% (a)

Brazil

PNADC

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

The individual is interviewed for five consecutive quarters

80% (a)

Costa Rica

ECE

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

The individual is interviewed for four consecutive quarters

75% (a)

Mexico

ENOE–ETOE

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

The individual is interviewed for five consecutive quarters

80% (a)

Paraguay

EPHC

Q1 (Q2 Q3 Q4) Q5

The individual is interviewed in one quarter, exits the survey for three consecutive quarters, and returns in the fifth quarter for a final interview

50% (b)

Peru

EPE

Q1 (Q2 Q3 Q4) Q5

The individual is interviewed in one quarter, exits the survey for three consecutive quarters, and returns in the fifth quarter for a final interview

50% (b)

  1. (a) Panel data from two consecutive quarters, (b) Panel data from the same quarter in two consecutive years. *Theoretical overlap rate
  2. Source: Own elaboration based on official information from national institutes of statistics