Poor households suffer volatile work situations — NBS survey On By Elizabeth Adegbesan A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has shown that poorer households suffered volatile work situations in February this year, resulting in a six-month (September to February 2020) decline in the share of workers in the lowest consumption quintile/ class. The survey report titled, “COVID-19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (NLPS), Round 10”, released yesterday, stated: “Working situations have been most volatile for individuals living in poorer households. “For individuals in the top consumption quintile, the share of people working has remained fairly stable, at 69 percent in January/February 2019, 67 per cent in September 2020, and returning to 69 per cent in February 2021.