The General Authority for Statistics (GAStat) works to survey the workforce with a view to understanding the volume of manpower and its demographic, social and economic characteristics, rates of unemployment and employment, economic partnership and dependency as well as many statistical indicators, which reflect changes in the labor market in the kingdom in order to help in the process of planning, organizing the labor market and preparing programs for human resources development.
Date of survey:
From 8/12/2017 to 2/1/2018
Survey of manpower: 2nd quarter
Households
Survey Period
September 30, 2017
650 field researchers working to collect data from the targeted categories
23 days
A tablet for filling in forms and data entry and an office system for monitoring and quality
I: Geographical and characteristic data
II: Accommodation information
III: Household information
IIII: Fuel usage in 2016
V: Electricity usage in 2016
VI: Usage of woods, coals and agricultural wastes in 2016
VII: Final results of household visits (Preview status)
The manpower survey seeks to achieve a number of goals:
1-Providing detailed data about national and foreign workers according to demographics and social and economic characteristics
2-Measuring the rates of employment and unemployment and economic partnership and dependency
3-Providing data about training programs for job-seekers
4-Recognizing the previous experience of job-seekers, who had previously worked
5-Providing data about employees and the unemployed according to their qualifications and specialties
6-Recognizing the professional makeup and economic activity of employees according to a number of variables
7-Recognizing the average monthly salary for employees
8-Providing data about the average weekly work hours according to employees’ profession and economic activity
9-Providing detailed data about job-seekers
10-Providing data about organized and disorganized labor
The field survey will cover the kingdom’s 13 administrative regions: Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, Qassim, Eastern Region, Asir, Tabuk, Hael, Northern Border Region, Jazan, Najran, Baha and Jawf
1-Data collection
2-Field and office review of statistical work
3-Cataloguing and proceeding data
4-Monitoring quality of statistical data
5-Data analysis
6-Issuance of survey results
7-Publishing data on websites and giving them to clients of the General Authority for Statistics
