“In the past, information on labour force characteristics, employment and unemployment etc. were collected through force and socio-economic surveys conducted at five yearly time intervals. However the employment and unemployment data are required at very short intervals to monitor the programs made in the employment generating policies of the government. Therefore, to satisfy this need, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) designed a labour force survey on a quarterly basis, to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka on a continuous basis. This survey was commenced from the first quarter of 1990 and this report is the ninetieth in the series of quarterly reports published so far.” Reference: Quarterly Report of the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey