Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2012

Social Security Statistics Statistics on social security presented in this chapter were obtained from various sources, i.e. from the National Statistical Office, the Public Pawnshop Office, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and the Social Security Office, Ministry of Labour. The Government and private agencies of various countries have prioritized social welfare as an important issue in order to help vulnerable people . The policies on social welfare are formulated to better vulnerable people’s conditions. Thus the data on social welfare extremely reflected the participation of the entire agencies concerned, such statistics presented in this chapter will focus on government policies in assisting people with social welfare under the government’s administration, such as health insurance, low interest rates in pawnshops, social security fund, etc. Statistics on health and welfare was collected for the first time by National Statistical Office in 1974, the latest was in 2011. The objectives of the 2011 survey were to collect data concerning health welfare, sickness, an access to health service and cost on public health service, including an access to health welfare of the population etc. Statistics on pawnshop were obtained from the Public Pawnshop Office, it presented a number of objects, including their value. Overdue pawn means the objects left to the pawnshop due to defaulting of paying back interest at a period of over four months, and not being redeemed within thirty days. Then, the objects become the property of the pawnshop. Social Security, its information was obtained from the Social Security Office, it presented data on number of establishments and insured persons (article 33, article 39 and article 40). In addition, it showed the number of claimants according to seven cases, namely; sickness, maternity, invalidity, case of death, child allowance, old age and unemployed. Enterprise of insured persons means places for business operation of industry and service, with one or more employees at the date of registration, except, farming business, fishing, forestry and animal farming, where normally have seasonal employees. Number of enterprises are inclusive of headquarters and branches (in case of classifying by province, location is considered).