Madagascar

1.Series

Title:

Labour market statistics.

Starting year:

1979.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Studies, Statistics and Planning Service.

Type of agency:

Public service under a national authority.

Name of the national authority:

Employment Department.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

In some areas only, nine sub-prefectures out of a total of 111.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Other: issuing unemployment certificates.

    Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

    5.6%.

    3.The following information is registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Address of usual residence;
  • Date of birth;
  • Nationality;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with nine categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Current/past activity status, with two categories distinguished;
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job. Links to ISCO-88 have not been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought;
  • Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
  • Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/workplace;
  • Previous registrations with the agency/service.

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

  • Being without work (R);
  • Seeking work (R);
  • Availability for work (R);
  • Age (lower limit: 15 years; upper limit: 40 years, which is the maximum age for entry into the civil service) (R);
  • Being resident in the country (R);
  • Previously employed (R).

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

    Information not available.

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    On the whole, any person registered with the employment office is considered as "unemployed" if he/she is available for work.

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated on a monthly basis.

    8.Unemployment rates

    Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Reference period:

    Year.

    Frequency of production:

    Yearly.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Educational level;
  • Geographic characteristics;
  • Previous work experience;
  • Citizenship (nationals).

    Form of publication:

    On paper, for limited audience.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

    On paper, for limited audience.

    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.