Macau, China
Title of the survey:
Employment Survey (Inquérito ao Emprego).
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
Statistics and Census Service.
Analysis and publication of the results:
Statistics and Census Service.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, wages, income, duration of unemployment, discouraged workers, industry, occupation, status in employment, education, second jobs.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole territory of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).
Population groups:
The non-institutional resident population, aged 14 years and over, with the exception of the armed forces.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
No.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
No.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Monthly.
Publication of results:
Monthly/quarterly.
Reference periods:
Employment:
Moving reference period of one week prior the date of the interview.
Seeking work:
Moving reference period of one month prior the date of the interview.
Availability for work:
Moving reference period of one week prior the date of the interview.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
All persons aged 14 years and over who have worked for at least one hour during the reference week, for pay, profits or family earnings, in cash or in kind. Are also included persons who have a job but were temporarily absent from work, but maintaining a formal job attachment, for reasons such as illness, maternity, holidays, etc.
Also included are persons:
- with a job but temporarily absent due to reasons such as illness or injury, vacation or annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, absence without pay or due to bad weather, mechanical breakdown, etc. as well as persons on lay-off without pay or on unpaid leave initiated by the employer within 30 day and workers seeking other work during the reference period;
- persons who performed some work for pay or profit during the reference period but were subject to compulsory school, retired and receiving a pension, registered at an employment office or receiving a pension;
- full or part-time students working full or part-time, paid apprentices and trainees, participants in subsidized employment promotion schemes;
- unpaid family workers.
Unemployment:
All persons aged 14 years and over who, during the reference period, do not have a job or a formal job attachment, but are available to work for pay or running a business and have sought work during the last month. Seeking steps may be: seek assistance through relatives or friends, registration at an employment agency, place or answer newspapers advertisements, direct application to employers, checked at work places, look for factory equipment, finance or license to start own business.
Also included in the unemployed:
- persons on lay-off with or without pay for more than 30 days;
- full and part-time students, available for work, seeking full or part-time work.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Employed persons who, regardless of their employment situation, worked involuntary less than 35 hours during the reference period, and have sought or are available to take an additional work.
Inadequate employment situations:
Not applicable.
Hours of work:
Normal and actual working hours per week, referring to main and all jobs.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
It refers to gross earnings (before any deduction), in cash or in kind, paid to the worker on a regular basis for time worked or job done, as well as for time not worked, such as holidays or other paid leave.
Income from self-employment:
It is obtained by subtracting operating expenses and depreciation at replacement cost of productive assets from gross output. For each activity, gross output may be defined as the value of all goods and services produced, including any part which has been retained for own consumption or give free of charge or at reduced prices to hired labour. Operation expenses include payments to hired labour in cash and/or in kind, and other current expenses of the economic activity, such as the purchase of raw materials, fuel, tools and equipment, rent and interest payments, transport costs, and marketing.
Informal sector:
Not applicable.
Usual activity:
Not applicable.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed and unemployed (industry of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
66 groups.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed and unemployed (occupation of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
10 groups.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-88.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed.
Groups used for classification:
Four groups: employer; own-account worker; employee and unpaid family worker.
Links to ICSE:
ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed.
Groups used for classification:
Six groups: no schooling/preschool; primary; lower-secondary; upper-secondary; tertiary but not equivalent to a first university degree and tertiary equivalent to a first university degree.
Links to ISCED:
ISCED-1997.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Living quarter.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
3,600 living quarters per quarter.
Overall sampling fraction:
2.25 per cent.
Sample frame:
"General File of Statistical Units" of the Statistics and Census Service, which contains the full record of living quarters (permanent and temporary structures) by geographical order.
Updating of the sample:
Administrative records of new constructions and demolished buildings and feedback of the household surveys.
Rotation:
Scheme:
50 per cent of the sample in the current month will be enumerated three months later.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
50 per cent.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Two.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Six months.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Personal.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
No information provided.
Duration of field work:
Total:
14 days.
Per sample area:
No information provided.
Survey organization:
Permanent.
Number of field staff:
20 persons.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
No.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
About 8 per cent.
Adjustment for total non-response:
No.
Imputation for item non-response:
No.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
No.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
No.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
No.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
No.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
Employment Survey May 1989.
Significant changes or revisions:
May 1989- May 1991: biannual survey (May and November) with a sample of 2,100 living quarters per survey round. May 1992 - November 1995: quarterly survey (February, May, August and November) with a sample size of
1,290 living quarters per survey round. Since January 1996, monthly survey with a sample size of 1,200 living quarters per month.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
"Employment Survey": Brief Report (monthly); Quarterly Report; Annual Report and Statistical Yearbook.
Survey methodology:
Annex in the "Employment Survey".
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
One month after data collection.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
No.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
Yes.
Website:
http://www.dsec.gov.mo/.