Stats SA: Official definition of employment limited to agreed international standard
JOHANNESBURG - Stats SA on Monday said that its use of the official unemployment rate and the expanded unemployment rate was merely to keep up with international standards and was not meant to disregard those who were not looking for work at the time of their data collection.
However, the survey has come under fire recently, with some sections of society doubting its credibility. “You should have been without work in the reference week when we are collecting the data and you should have actively looked for work and been available to take the job,” Mosiane explained. Mosiane has explained that the expanded definition of employment was the localised definition currently referring to three point eight million people in South Africa.
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