Economic activity rate
Ratio (expressed as a percent) of the
economically active population (employed or
unemployed) aged 15 years and over to the total population of the
corresponding age group.
Economically active population
All persons of either sex who furnish the supply of labour for
the production of goods and services during specified time-reference
period.
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Usually active population: measured in
relation to a long reference period such as a year. |
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Currently active population or
labour force: measured in relation to a short reference
period such as one day or one week.
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Employed population
All persons above a specific age who during a specified brief
period, either one week or one day, where in the following
categories:
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"Paid
employment": |
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"At work": persons
who during the reference period performed some work for wage or
salary, in cash or in kind; |
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2) |
"With a job but
not a work" person who, having already worked in their present
job were temporarily not at work during the reference period and
had a formal attachment to their job. |
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"Self
employment": |
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1) |
"At work": persons
who during the reference period performed some work for profit
or family gain, in cash or in kind. |
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"With an
enterprise but not at work": persons with an enterprise, which
may be a business, a farm or a service undertaking, who were
temporarily not a work during the reference period for any
specific reason.
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Empowerment
Process of gaining control over the self, over ideology and the
resources which determine power
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