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following factors in the reference period: (i) currently not working; (ii) seeking
employment; (iii) ready to work.
Unemployed population also consists of those persons who are currently
unemployed and ready to work but do not seek employment in the reference period, due
to some reasons as follows:
- Have been able to get work or business/productive activities to start after the
reference period;
- Forced to be absent from work (without continuously receiving salary/wage
or uncertainly returning to the former work) because the establishment is shrunk
or stopped;
- During the off season;
- Unexpected/sudden family duties or being sick or temporarily ill.
Unemployment rate:
The indicator expressing the rate between the number
of unemployed persons and the labor force.
Unemployment rate (%)
=
Number of unemployed persons
× 100
Labour force
Underemployed population
is employed person who work less than 35
hours, are willing and ready to work to work additional hours, in the reference
week.
In which:
Willing to work additional hours, means that (i) they want to do extra work to
increase overtime; (ii) they want to replace one of the current work being engaged
in by another to be able to work overtime; (iii) they want to increase overtime for
one of the existing work, or a combination of the three expectation above;
Ready to work additional hours means that in the reference time (a week) if there
are job opportunities, they are willing to work additional hours immediately;
Work less than 35 hours, means that they have worked less than 35 hours
during the reference week for all work done.
Underemployment rate is the indicator expressing the rate between the
number of underemployed persons and the employed person.
Formula:
Underemployment rate (%)
=
Number of underemployed persons
× 100
Total number of employed persons