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53 53  Employment
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55 -(1)        The "employed" comprise all persons above a specified age who during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories:
55 +(1) The "employed" comprise all persons above a specified age who during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories:
56 56  
57 57  "paid employment":
58 58  
59 -(a1)      "at work": persons who during the reference period performed some work for wage or salary, in cash or in kind;
59 +(a1) "at work": persons who during the reference period performed some work for wage or salary, in cash or in kind;
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61 -(a2)      "with a job but not at work": persons who, having already worked in their present job, were temporarily not at work during the reference period and had a formal attachment to their job.
61 +(a2) "with a job but not at work": persons who, having already worked in their present job, were temporarily not at work during the reference period and had a formal attachment to their job.
62 62  
63 63  This formal job attachment should be determined in the light of national circumstances, according to one or more of the following criteria:
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101 101  === Unemployment ===
102 102  
103 -(1)        The "unemployed" comprise all persons above a specified age who during the reference period were:
103 +(1) The "unemployed" comprise all persons above a specified age who during the reference period were:
104 104  
105 105  "without work", i.e. were not in paid employment or self-employment as defined in paragraph 9;
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129 129  === The population not currently active ===
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131 -(1)        The "population not currently active", or, equivalently, persons not in the labour force, comprises all persons who were not employed or unemployed during the brief reference period and hence not currently active because of (a) attendance at educational institutions, (b) engagement in household duties, (c) retirement or old age, or (d) other reasons such as infirmity or disablement, which may be specified.
131 +(1) The "population not currently active", or, equivalently, persons not in the labour force, comprises all persons who were not employed or unemployed during the brief reference period and hence not currently active because of (a) attendance at educational institutions, (b) engagement in household duties, (c) retirement or old age, or (d) other reasons such as infirmity or disablement, which may be specified.
132 132  
133 133  (2) Countries adopting the standard definition of unemployment may identify persons not classified as unemployed who were available for work but not seeking work during the reference period and classify them separately under the population not currently active.
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219 219  underemployment and for other purposes such as identifying multiple activities and marginal activities, attempts should be made to collect periodically statistics on time-use.
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221 -In order to account for the informal sector activities both in developed and developing countries and the rural
221 +In order to account for the informal sector activities both in developed and developing countries and the rural non-agricultural activities generally carried out by households in conjunction with agricultural activities in developing countries, and given the scarcity of statistics on these topics, it is desirable that countries develop appropriate methodologies and data collection programmes on the urban informal sector and the rural non-agricultural activities. In particular, suitable definitions and classifications should be developed in order to identify and classify the economically active population in the urban informal sector and those engaged in the rural non-agricultural activities.
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223 -non-agricultural activities generally carried out by households in conjunction with agricultural activities in developing countries, and given the scarcity of statistics on these topics, it is desirable that countries develop appropriate methodologies and data collection programmes on the urban informal sector and the rural non-agricultural activities. In particular, suitable definitions and classifications should be developed in order to identify and classify the economically active population in the urban informal sector and those engaged in the rural non-agricultural activities.
223 +In order to provide adequate employment opportunities and means of livelihood for the disabled and other handicapped persons, statistics should be collected and compiled using appropriate methodologies on the size of this population and its distribution according to relevant social and economic characteristics distinguishing in particular those employed, those unemployed and those inactive.
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225 -In order to provide adequate employment opportunities and means of livelihood for the disabled and other
225 +(1) It is recommended that in countries with a planned economy, extensive use should be made of the balance sheet of labour resources so as to identify the size and structure of the labour force and its geographical distribution by type of employment and sector of the national economy.
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227 -handicapped persons, statistics should be collected and compiled using appropriate methodologies on the size of this population and its distribution according to relevant social and economic characteristics distinguishing in particular those employed, those unemployed and those inactive.
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229 -(1)  It is recommended that in countries with a planned economy, extensive use should be made of the
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231 -balance sheet of labour resources so as to identify the size and structure of the labour force and its geographical distribution by type of employment and sector of the national economy.
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233 233  The population of working age, with the exception of the disabled who do not work, and also the population not of working age, are included as labour resources. The balance sheet of labour resources may be broken down separately according to sex, identifying persons employed in subsidiary farming and in housework, disabled persons of working age but who do not work and persons not of working age.
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235 235  The data in the balance sheets make it possible to identify the proportion of labour resources which may be utilised in the future to work in national production.