Labour Force Survey Report Malaysia 2016
Foreign worker share of labour force has trended downwards of late 10 8 18 8 12 0 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 15 ceiling set in rmk 11 chart 3.
Labour force survey report malaysia 2016. National labour force survey. Labour force the labour force also known as the economically active population refers to the manpower currently available in the economy. The increase in labour force was contributed by 286 300 employed persons. Labour force survey is a household survey conducted since 1974 to present.
Labour force survey 2016 click on its report labour force survey 2016 survey methodology. The employed and the unemployed. Saint kitts and nevis. The labour force survey lfs is conducted by the department of statistics malaysia dosm annually to collect information on the structure of the labour force.
Labour force data in labour overview. Foreign labour in malaysia. Department of statistics malaysia foreigners take up more than a fifth. Pages 42 60 and questionnaire.
Labour force participation rate lfpr in 2017 increased 0 3 percentage points to 68 0 per cent as compared to 67 7 per cent in 2016. Selected works advisory editor siti hamisah tapsir. This survey covers citizens and non citizens in urban and rural malaysia. The labour force survey report is an annual publication which presents the principal statistics of the force for.
Share of foreigners to employment by sector 2016 refers to non citizens in the labour force survey report 2016 source. The term labour force refers to all people in malaysia aged between 15 and 64 years who are at work or unemployed. Compiled by nik zainun nik mood isbn 978 967 11157 8 7 1. Latin america and the caribbean saint lucia.
It comprises people who are working or seeking work i e. Based on the population estimates by dosm malaysia s population grew from 32 4 million people in 2018 to 32 5 million people in 2019. Labour force survey lfs is conducted by department of statistics malaysia dosm every month through household approach to obtain data on the structure of employment and unemployment. Bank negara malaysia estimates using data from national account statistics labour force survey report and salaries and wages survey report published by.
Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 per cent to nearly 15 0 million persons in 2017 as compared to 14 7 million persons in 2016. Page 62 of its document labordoc record of print edition. Edited by alice suriati mazlan zuraidah abd manaf ramlee abdul rahman suhana saad. The workforce is another category which includes those who do any work for pay profit or family gain whether as employer employee self employed or unpaid family worker.
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