Botswana

1.Series

Title:

Registered unemployment.

Starting year:

Not specified.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Department of Labour and Social Security - Employment Services Unit.

Type of agency:

Public service under a national authority.

Name of the national authority:

Department of Labour and Social Security.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

In all district labour offices.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting employers to find workers.

    Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

    21%.

    3.The following information is registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Address of usual residence;
  • Date of birth;
  • Citizenship;
  • Nationality/ethnic group;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with 4 categories distinguished. No links to ISCED have been established;
  • Current/past activity status;
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought. No links to ISCO-88 have been established;
  • Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
  • Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/work place, with 6 groups distinguished. No links to ISIC, rev. 3 have been established;
  • Previous registrations with the agency/service;
  • Other: registration number; identity card number.

    4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Being without work (students are not included) (R) and (S);
  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R) and (S);
  • Age (lower limit: 18 years; no upper limit) (R) and (S);
  • Citizenship (non-citizens do not form part of "unemployed persons") (R) and (S);
  • Previously employed (R) and (S).

    5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Death (R) and (S);
  • Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);
  • Studying or undergoing training (R) and (S);
  • Failure to contact the agency/service (registration is renewed at the completion of every year) (R) and (S).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Labour force remaining without a job or source of income.

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated annually.

    8.Unemployment rates

    Statistics from the registers are used to obtain unemployment rates.

    The sources of data on employed persons who are part of the denominator of the unemployment rates are the Labour Force Survey and Official Estimates.

    Definition of employed persons for this purpose:

    Labour force having a job as a source of income.

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Information not available.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

  • On paper for general audience;
  • On website (www.cso.gov.bw).

    Agency responsible for the release:

    Central Statistics Office.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have been made with unemployment statistics from unspecified other sources.

    Frequency of the comparisons:

    Regularly, when the statistics are published.

    Publication of the methodology/results of the comparisons:

    These have not been published.

    12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

    Major changes to legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures took place in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The resulting changes in the statistics have not been estimated.