El Salvador
1.Series
Title:
1. Number of registered persons.
2. Number of placements.
3. Number of vacancies.
Starting year:
1998.
2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons
Name of the agency:
Departamento Nacional del Empleo (National Employment Department).
Type of agency:
Public service under a national authority.
Name of the national authority:
Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión social (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs).
Location of the local offices making the registrations:
San Salvador; Santa Ana; Sonsonate; Zacatecoluca; San Miguel and La Unión.
Type of services provided/administered by the agency:
Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
Assisting employers to find workers;
Vocational guidance;
Job-related training;
Other: specific services for working minors; employment promotion through apprenticeship.
Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:
15%.
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, with five categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
Current/past activity status, with three categories distinguished;
Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with 10 categories distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have been established;
Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with 10 categories distinguished;
Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/workplace, with 10 categories distinguished. Links to ISIC, rev.3 have not been established.
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: 18 years; upper limit: 35 years) (R) and (S);
Previously employed (R).
5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Not specified.
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Information not available.
7.Updating of the registers
The registers are updated yearly.
8.Unemployment rates
Statistics from the registers are used to obtain unemployment rates.
9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced
1. Number of job-seekers registered with the Employment Department.
2. Number of placements.
3. Number of vacancies filled by employers.
Reference period:
Month.
Frequency of production:
Monthly.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Educational level;
Occupation;
Industry.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience;
On a website: www.mtps.gob.sv.
Agency responsible for publication:
Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión social (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs).
Periodicity of the publication:
Monthly.
10.Methodological information about the statistics
Form of release:
On paper, for limited audience.
Agency responsible for the release:
Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión social (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs).
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.