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General Household Survey quarterly report now on sale

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The report on the General Household Survey for October December 1996 in bilingual form is now available for sale.

The report contains statistics employment, unemployment and underemployment for the fourth 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 April to June 1997.

The Survey, conducted on a continuous basis, aims to collect information on the labour force, unemployment and underemployment.

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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