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Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile

By Gayatri Koolwal, Joann Vanek on April 30, 2021

There are over 1.5 million home-based workers in Nepal who represent 22 per cent of total employment, according to the 2017/18 Labor Force Survey. About 1.01 million of these workers are non-agricultural. Home-based work is employment that takes place in one’s own home or in a structure or grounds attached to one’s home.

This brief is an update of Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal, published in 2013. The 2013 brief was based on the 2008 Nepal Labor Force Survey (LFS). This brief presents data from the 2017/18 LFS, including some comparisons with the 2008 LFS.

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Koolwal, Gayatri, and Vanek, Joann. Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28, , . WIEGO, 2021. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdfKoolwal, G., and Vanek, J. (2021). Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdfKoolwal, Gayatri, and Vanek, Joann. "Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile." WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28, WIEGO, 2021, .Koolwal Gayatri, and Vanek Joann. "Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile." WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28 (2021). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdfKoolwal, G, and Vanek, J 2021, 'Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile', WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdfGayatri Koolwal, and Joann Vanek, 'Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile' (2021) WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28 Koolwal G., and Vanek J. Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28. 2021. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdfKoolwal, Gayatri, and Vanek, Joann. Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 28. 2021. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WIEGO_Statistical_Brief_N28_Nepal.pdf

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