QATARI			NON-QATARI			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2006	38,684	19,447	58,131	415,235	57,767	473,002	453,919	77,214	531,133
2007	40,322	21,223	61,545	686,430	79,608	766,038	726,752	100,831	827,583
2008	42,770	24,815	67,585	1,002,388	97,928	1,100,316	1,045,158	122,743	1,167,901
2009	45,242	25,402	70,644	1,092,844	97,983	1,190,827	1,138,086	123,385	1,261,471
2010*	46,168	24,908	71,076	1,070,973	128,134	1,199,107	1,117,141	153,042	1,270,183
2011	49,228	25,145	74,373	1,068,083	127,789	1,195,872	1,117,311	152,934	1,270,245
2012	55,609	26,992	82,601	1,117,577	140,404	1,257,981	1,173,186	167,396	1,340,582
2013	60,912	30,256	91,168	1,284,992	163,169	1,448,161	1,345,904	193,425	1,539,329

Source: Labour Force Sample Surveys, 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2013; *: census 2010

ANNEXED NOTE
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Census 2010:
Reference period for census 2010: the night of April 21st, 2010.
Implementation method: census is based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.
Populations in transit or visiting Qatar as tourists, as well as residents of public housing or visitors staying in a household for less than two months after night of reference were excluded.
Populations away from usual residence in Qatar for reasons of duty, or on a visit abroad for less than two months, as well as individuals with no personal housing within Qatar staying with a household for more than two months, are counted in their usual/ present residence during census night.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

Labour force Sample Surveys:
The Statistics Authority conducted the first labor Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis. In 2013, the Survey was conducted on a quarterly basis.

Labor Force	Sampling	Sample size		Reference
Sample Surveys	frame	(households)	individuals	period
2006	based on independent samples drawn from distinct frames of specially constructed PSUs	5,492	31,439	March 2006
2007	nd	5,492	31,439	October 2007
2008	nd	6,104	nd	December 2008
2009	nd	6,109	35,839	October 2009
2011	nd	6,920	35,839	March 2011
2012	Census 2010	6,895	37,629	April 2012
2013	Census 2010	8,342	55,771	Quarterly

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference date for data collection.
Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households of the following types: i. Qatari households; ii. Non-Qatari households; iii. Small labor gatherings; iv. Large labor gatherings, present in Qatar on the night of survey/ periods of reference
The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labor camps, students living boarding schools, nurses in hospitals… etc. The survey covered the small collective households (includes less than 7 persons) and large collective households (includes 7 persons or more).
The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.
Employed population:
Persons aged 15 years an above, who during the week preceding the survey:
a) Perform a work for a wage, salary, profits or household gains, whether it was in cash or in kind.
b) Are temporarily not employed, however, they still have an official relation with their work

2. Institution which provides data

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)
(http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/index.htm for website in English; http://www.qsa.gov.qa/Ar/index.htm for website in Arabic)

3. Data availability

Labour Force Surveys since 2006 and publications related to the labour force are available on QSA’s website, in PDF format and can be downloaded from:
http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/QIXPOC/Documents/QIX%20Knowledge%20Base/Publication/Labor%20Force%20Researches/labor%20force%20sample%20survey
Annual Bulletin of the Labour Force survey 2012 is available in PDf and Excel formats:
http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/QIXPOC/Documents/QIX%20Knowledge%20Base/Publication/Labor%20Force%20Researches/labor%20force%20sample%20survey/Source_QSA/Labour_Force_Statistics_QSA_Bu_AE_2012.pdf
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce
Labour Force survey 2013 is available in Excel format as part of the Annual Abstract 2014:
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=StatisticalAbstract
See also Qatar Information Exchange, an interactive data base compiling data on the labour force taken from available surveys:
http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/qix/subject_area/Statistics?subject_area=183

Last date of access: December 2014

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