Mauritius
1.Series
Title:
Registered unemployment.
Starting year:
Circa 1960.
2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons
Name of the agency:
Employment Service.
Type of agency:
Public service under a national authority.
Name of the national authority:
Ministry of Training, Skills Development and Productivity.
Location of the local offices making the registrations:
In all parts of the country.
Type of services provided/administered by the agency:
Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
Assisting employers to find workers;
Vocational guidance;
Other: providing information to training/business funding agencies.
Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:
65%.
3.The following information is registered about a person:
Name;
Sex;
Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies);
Address of usual residence;
Date of birth;
Nationality/ethnic group.
Educational/vocational attainment. No links to ISCED have been established;
Current/past activity status;
Type of work (occupation) of past or present job. Links to ISCO-88 have been established (unit groups level);
Type of work (occupation) of job sought. Links to ISCO-88 have been established (unit groups level);
Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/workplace. No links to ISIC, rev.3 have been established;
Previous registrations with the agency/service;
Other: dependents; marital status; disabilities.
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; no upper limit) (R) and (S);
Citizenship (R) and (S);
Being resident in the country (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);
Taking up residency abroad (R) and (S);
Failure to contact agency/service (R).
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Not only unemployed persons but also persons in employment are eligible for registration, if they are seeking better or alternative jobs.
An Unemployed Person is defined as a person of either sex, aged at least fifteen and declaring him/herself unemployed and willing to accept a job.
7.Updating of the registers
The unemployed register is updated every month and those who have failed to report are removed. Persons in employment report only once a year; this register is updated every four months.
8.Unemployment rates
Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.
9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced
Reference period:
January - April; May - August; September - December.
Frequency of production:
Every four months.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Educational level;
Occupation;
Industry;
Geographic characteristics;
Previous work experience;
Citizenship (nationals/non nationals);
Duration of unemployment;
Other: young persons (15-17 years); disabled.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience.
Agency responsible for publication:
Employment Service.
Title and periodicity of the publication:
Statistical Review on Employment, every four months.
N.B. Some figures on unemployment are available on the website of the Employment Service: http://ncb.intnet.mu/empserv.htm/.
10.Methodological information about the statistics
Form of release:
On paper, for general audience.
Agency responsible for the release:
Employment Service.
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.