Salary Survey in Myanmar 2019 - Data Collection Overview

 General Database Information

Full name

Decent Wage Myanmar, Phase 1

Aims

The project aimed to gain insight in actual wages in five low-paid sectors in four regions of Myanmar, to strengthen the power of trade unions for the minimum wage negotiations.

Data used for...

  • Research
  • Data visuals

Countries covered

Myanmar

Languages

Birmese, English

Data collection method

Face-to-face surveys

Data time frame

September 2019 - October 2019

Data updating policy

Data collection is closed

Sampling Frame

Interviews with workers have been held in four selected regions, namely Ayeyarwady, Bago, Mandalay and Yangon, and in five selected sectors, namely garment (all regions), construction (Yangon), fishing (Ayeyarwady, Yangon), food prepartion/processing/storage (Yangon), and agriculture (all regions). In workplaces with more than 100 workers, about 10-15 workers were interviewed. In smaller workplaces, fewer workers were interviewed.

Nr. of Observations

1,514 individuals working in five industries

Data Access

Data archive

Partially accessible via Zenodo. For the full dataset for research purposes, please contact us. 

DOI code

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4782159

Data visuals

Decent Wages Myanmar - 2019 - Data Visual

Codebook/manual

Tijdens, K.G. (2019). The Myanmar Decent Wage Survey 2019. Codebook and Explanatory Note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation

Long list variables

Region, industry, occupation

Formats

SPSS

Citation

Tijdens, K. (2021) WageIndicator Decent Wage Survey Myanmar 2019 - dataset [Data set].

Additional Information

Ethical approval

Ethical letter EC 20210524120534 Myanmar decent wage 2019

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