Chad

1.Series

Title:

Yearbook of Labour Market Statistics.

Starting year:

1986.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Office national pour la Promotion de l’Emploi
  • ONAPE (National Office for Employment Promotion).

    Type of agency:

    Public service under a national authority.

    Name of the national authority:

    Ministry of public Service, Labour, Employment Promotion and Modernisation (MFPTPEM).

    Location of the local offices making the registrations:

    Njamena, Moundou, Sarh, Bougor and Doba.

    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;
  • Other: issuing work permits to foreigners.

    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;
  • Citizenship;
  • Nationality/ethnic group;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with eight categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Current/past activity status;
  • 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, with eight categories distinguished. Links to ISIC, rev.2 have been established.

    4.-6.

    Information not available.

    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

    Statistics are produced on various types of services provided or managed by the ONAPE:
  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Vocational guidance;
  • Other: issuing work permits to foreigners.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Industry;
  • Geographic characteristics;
  • Previous work experience;
  • Citizenship (nationals/non nationals);
  • Duration of unemployment.

    Form of publication:

    On paper, for limited audience.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    ONAPE.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

    On paper, for limited audience.

    Agency responsible for the release:

    ONAPE.

    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.