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Employment figure should only include employed + unemployed #59

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longhotsummer opened this issue Nov 17, 2014 · 0 comments
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Employment figure should only include employed + unemployed #59

longhotsummer opened this issue Nov 17, 2014 · 0 comments

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The formal sector includes government, parastatals, registered non-governmental organisations and private businesses that are registered for either income tax or VAT. The informal sector consists of those businesses that are not registered for income tax or VAT. They are generally small in nature and are seldom run from business premises. These kinds of businesses are generally run from homes, street pavements and other informal arrangements. 'Type of sector' provides information on the distribution of the employed population between formal and informal sectors as well as private households.
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All persons aged 15 years and older, who answered 'Yes' to any of P23A_EMPLOYMENTSTATUS, P23B_EMPLOYMENTSTATUS and P23C_EMPLOYMENTSTATUS or P24_TEMPWORKABSENCE
Final code list
1 = In the formal sector 2 = In the informal sector 3 = Private household
4 = Do not know
9 = Unspecified
Not applicable (persons younger than fifteen years, unemployed, institutional population and transients)
EMPLOYMENT_ Official definition
Description
The derived variable indicates the employment status of each person, using the official definition of unemployment.
This definition defines the unemployed as those people aged 15–65 years who:
• did not work during the 7 days prior to 10 October;
• want to work and are available to start work within a week of the interview; and
• have taken active steps to look for work or to start some form of self-employment in the 7 days prior to 10 October.
Universe
The derived variable is applicable to all person records in households
Derivation
For all persons:
If age is less than 15 or greater than 65 years, then assign NOT APPLICABLE
otherwise (age 15:65), P-23 and P-24 (EMPLOYMENT STATUS = 1), then assign 'employed' otherwise (P23_EMPLOYMENT STATUS = 2), P25_LOOKING FOR WORK (yes = 1), P27_REASONS = 08 (no jobs), P28_AVAILABILITY = 1 (within 1 week), then assign 'unemployed'
otherwise, assign 'not economically active'
Final code list
1 = Employed
2 = Unemployed
3 = Discouraged work-seeker
4 = Other not economically active Not applicable
EMPLOYMENT _Expanded definition (calculation) Description
The variable indicates the employment status of each person using the expanded definition of unemployment.
This definition defines the unemployed as those people aged 15–65 years who:
• did not work during the 7 days prior to 10 October 2011; and
• want to work and are available to start work at some time.
Universe
The derived variable is applicable to all person records in households
Derivation
For all persons:
If age is less than 15 or greater than 65 years, then assign NOT APPLICABLE
otherwise (age 15:65), if P-23 and P-24 (EMPLOYMENT STATUS = 1), then assign 'employed' otherwise (P23_EMPLOYMENT STATUS = 2), P27_REASONS = 08 (no jobs), P28_AVAILABILITY = 1 (available sometime or another), then assign 'unemployed'
otherwise, assign 'not economically active'
Final code list
1 = Employed
2 = Unemployed
3 = Not economically active Not applicable
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Calculations
Unemployment rate = (unemployed/labour force)_100 Where labour force = employed + unemployed
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE Calculations
LFPR = (Labour force/working-age population)_100

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