Seasonally inactive labour force
Persons, who are
15
years of age and over, during the survey week, were neither employed
nor unemployed as defined above, but were waiting for the appropriate season, being persons who
usually worked without pay on farms, or in business enterprises engaged in seasonal activities owned or
operated by the head of the household or any other members of the household.
Total labour force
All persons, who are
15
years of age and over, during the survey week, were in the current
labour force as defined above or were classified as seasonally inactive labor force as defined above.
Labor force participation rates
which was defined as the percentage of the population in
the total labor force to the population
15
years of age and over.
Persons not in the labour force
Persons, who were classified in this category were those who were neither employed nor
unemployed during the survey week, nor classified as seasonally inactive labor force as defined above.
They include
:
1
. engaged in household work,
2.
engaged in studies,
3
. too young (below
18
years of age) or too old (above
60
years of age),
4
. incapable of work because of physical or mental disability or chronic illness,
5.
voluntarily idle,
6.
working without pay, profits, dividends or other payments for persons who were not
member of the same household
,
7
working without pay, profits, dividends or any other payments for charitable
organizations and institutions,
8
otherwise not available for employment.
For more detail, please see the sample design and method of estimation published in the
Report of the Labor Force Survey, Whole Kingdom, published by National Statistical Office.
Statistics on Informal Employment
:
National Statistical Office has incorporated questions
concerning informal employment of the Labor Force Survey, since
2005
. The objective was to study the
needs of population in expansion social security protection scheme to cover informal employment.
Informal employment refers to employed persons who have not been protected under social
security.
