New Caledonia

1.Series

Title:

Statistics on employment demand.

Starting year:

1991.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

New Caledonia Employment Agency.

Type of agency:

Public service under a local authority.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

A delegation in each of the three provinces, and agencies in several municipalities.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Vocational guidance;
  • Job-related training;
  • Other: action plan for assessment of competencies; examination of files with a view to making decisions on unemployment compensation.

    Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

    70%.

    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;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with six categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have been established;
  • Current/past activity status;
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with 1,178 categories distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have not been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with 1,178 categories distinguished;
  • Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
  • Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/workplace, with 697 categories distinguished. Links to ISIC have not been established;
  • 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):

  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R) and (S);
  • Age (lower limit: 16 years; no upper limit) (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);
  • Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);
  • Commencement of military service (R) and (S);
  • Failure to contact the agency/service (R) and (S);
  • Inability to work (R) and (S).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Any person who has come to register at the employment agency claiming to seek employment.

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated daily.

    8.Unemployment rates

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

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Reference period:

    Month, Quarter, Year.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Geographic characteristics;
  • Duration of unemployment.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

  • On paper, for limited audience;
  • On a website: www.apenc.nc.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have been made with unemployment statistics from the population census.

    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.