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Quarterly report on household survey published
The report on the General Household Survey for July - September 1996 is now available for sale.
The bilingual report contains statistics on employment, unemployment and underemployment for the third quarter of 1996.
It also contains detailed analyses of the characteristics of members of the labour force, including their age, sex, educational attainment, activity status, occupation, industry, hours worked per week and monthly employment earnings. Data on reasons for unemployment and duration of unemployment for the unemployed are also presented.
Copies of the report at $53 each can be obtained from the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, the Census and Statistics Department will continue to conduct the General Household Survey during the quarter from January to March 1997.
The Survey, conducted on a continuous basis, aims to collect information on the labour force, unemployment and underemployment.
In addition, special enquiries on Chinese new immigrants' awareness of educational and welfare services and patronage of public light buses are also included in this round of the Survey.
An official letter will be sent to the sampled households prior to each survey month to explain the purpose of the Survey and to seek their voluntary co-operation.
Officers of the department will visit the households concerned to collect the required information. When visiting households, they carry with them a Government Identity Card and a certificate for conducting the Survey. They will make such documents available for inspection by households.
To make it more convenient for both the households and the department, the sampled households could telephone the department to make prior appointment for visit by the interviewers.
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