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Under-employment
There are two types of under-employment workers, namely;
workers who worked with lower qualification than they obtained and workers
who worked less time than they wanted to. From Labour Force Survey
showed that the highest of under-employment in October (1.1%) and lowest
in December (0.5%)
Table 2.3 Under-Employment Person by Month: 2012-2013
Unit: rate
Month 2012 2013
January 0.7 0.7
February 0.7 0.7
March 0.6 0.8
April 0.7 0.8
May 0.8 0.6
June 0.7 0.3
July 0.6 0.6
August 0.7 0.9
September 0.9 0.7
October 1.1 0.9
November 0.8 0.7
December 0.5 0.5
Source:The Labour Force Survey: December 2013, National Statistical Office.
Note: Under-employment is a worker who working less than 30 hours per week and available for additional work.
2.2.2 Unemployment
Unemployment refers to the situation when the persons in active,
who neither worked nor had a job in the 7 days of an interview date but looking
for a job or persons who were not looking for a job but were ready to work.