Cambodia

1.Series

Titles:

1. Number of registered job-seekers by level of education, age group and sex. 2. Number of registered job-seekers by skill, age group and sex. 3. Number of registered job-seekers and placement by skill.

Starting year:

2001.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Department of Employment and Manpower.

Type of agency:

Public service under national and provincial authorities.

Name of the national authority:

Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

Phnom Penh and in four provinces.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

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

    3.The following information is registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Address of usual residence;
  • Date of birth;
  • Citizenship;
  • Nationality;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with 8 categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job. Links to ISCO-88 (minor group level) have been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought. Links to ISCO-88 (minor group level) have been established;
  • Name and address of present or previous employer or work place.

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

  • Being without work (R) and (S);
  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R) and (S);
  • Age (lower limit: 15 years; upper limit: 39 years (R) and (S);
  • Citizenship (R);
  • Previously employed (R).

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

  • Death (R) and (S);
  • Taking up residency abroad (R) and (S);
  • Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);
  • Commencement of military service (R) and (S);
  • Studying or undergoing training (R) and (S);
  • Inability to work (R) and (S).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Persons in the labour force who did not work, had no job, business enterprise or farm of their own from which they were temporarily absent, but were available for work. Persons in this category include: (i) those who had been looking for work and (ii) those who had not been looking for work because of illness or belief that no suitable work was available, were waiting to take up a new job, were waiting for the agricultural season or other reasons.

    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, Establishment Survey and Population Census.

    Definition of employed persons for this purpose:

    Persons in the labour force who worked for at least one hour for wages, profit, dividends or any other kind of payment in kind (who work as employers, employees, own account workers and unpaid family workers).

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Series 1:

    Number of registered job-seekers by level of education, age group and sex.

    Reference period:

    Month; Year.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly; Annually.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Educational level.

    Form of publication:

  • For internal use;
  • On paper, for limited audience.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    Department of Employment and Manpower.

    Series 2:

    Number of registered job-seekers by skill, age group and sex.

    Reference period:

    Month; Year.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly; Annually.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Occupation.

    Series 3:

    Number of registered job-seekers and placement by skill.

    Reference period:

    Month; Year.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly; Annually.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Occupation.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

  • Available for internal use;
  • On paper, for limited audience.

    Agency responsible for the release:

    Department of Employment and Manpower.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have not been made with unemployment statistics from other sources.

    12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

    There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.