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Statistics on the population and labour force

Introduction

Statistics on the population and labour force describe the size and composition of the population of working age and those actively engaged in the labour market. ILOSTAT presents data on labour force participation and related indicators used to analyse labour supply across countries.

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Methods

Key Labor Market Indicators: Analysis with Household Survey Data

October 20, 2016

This publication is an introduction to labour market indicator analysis and a guide for analysing household survey data using the ADePT ILO Labour Market Indicators Module. The ADePT module is a powerful tool for producing and analysing KILM indicators using household survey data. The software allows researchers and practitioners to automate data production, to minimize data production errors and to quickly produce a wide range of labour market data from labour force surveys or other household surveys that contain labour market information.

Measuring the Economically Active in Population Censuses: A Handbook

January 20, 2012

The Handbook (2010) provides guidance on the measurement of economic characteristics in population censuses, based on relevant experiences of countries, with a particular focus on the questions used and the requirements for processing of responses. The Handbook is intended to provide census planners with a variety of approaches to assess the questions and methods of collecting economic characteristics used in their national census, as they evaluate the performance in the past decade and plan for the 2010 round of censuses (2005-2014).

Sources and Methods Volume 3B: Labour force surveys (2011) – Source of statistics of the labour force and its components

January 1, 2011

This volume presents national methodological descriptions of statistics of employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work and other indicators derived from labour force and household surveys, disseminated on ILOSTAT. It is a revised and updated version of the third edition issued in 2004, and contains descriptions for 160 countries and territories and 169 surveys.

Sources and Methods Volume 3A: Household surveys (2004) – Economically active population, employment, unemployment and hours of work

January 1, 2004

This volume presents national methodological descriptions of statistics of employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work and other indicators derived from labour force and household surveys, disseminated on ILOSTAT. It is a revised and updated version of the second edition issued in 1990. This third edition contains descriptions for 83 countries.

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