Bahrain: Employed population (15+ years old) by nationality (Bahraini/Non-Bahraini) sex and marital status (1981)

	Bahraini			Non-Bahraini			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Never Married	14,733	3,757	18,490	25,325	2,848	28,173	40,058	6,605	46,663
Married	33,817	3,512	37,329	48,278	3,606	51,884	82,095	7,118	89,213
Divorced	518	360	878	191	146	337	709	506	1,215
Widowed	236	245	481	123	197	320	359	442	801
Total	49,304	7,874	57,178	73,917	6,797	80,714	123,221	14,671	137,892

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

census year	reference period	implementing institution	implementation method		population covered
1981	November 16	Ministry of Finance Statistics Department	field interviews	de jure, de facto	all individuals (nationals and non-nationals): 1- present within the country’s borders during time of reference; 2- residing in Bahrain irrespective of where are they at census times
1991	April 6	Central Informatics Organisation (CIO)	field interviews
2001	April 7		field interviews; characteristics of population in collective households (among which labour camps) was obtained from sponsors
2010	April 27		based on administrative records

Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).
Period of reference for employment refers to the 7-days period prior to the survey.
Population of reference in table: all employed individuals (nationals and non-nationals) aged 15 and above

Employed population includes population in the following categories:
Employer is defined as a person who operates his / her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession for trade and hires one or more employees.
Self-Employed is defined as a person who operates his / her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and hires nobody.
Paid Employee is defined as a person who works for a public or private organization and receives regular wages/salary whether in cash or in kind.
Unpaid Employee is defined as a person works for an enterprise, usually owned by some of his relatives, without receiving regulat wages/salary whether in cash or in kind.

Marital Status refers to the personal status with regard to marriage/divorce laws and customs.
Overall definitions for the Censuses of 1981 are not available on the CIO website. However, the 2001 censuses used the following definitions:
Never married refers to to a person who has never been in marital life before or a person who has a civil contract but is not living with a partner.
Married refers to a person who is legally married with respect to marriage laws and customs.
Divorced refers to an ever married person but not currently married, whose marriage was dissolved by divorce.
Widowed refers to an ever married person but not currently married, whose marriage has been dissolved by the death of the spouse.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs.

3. Data availability

Figures and results reported here are available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website. For Arabic version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/default.aspx). For the English version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/Default.aspx)
The CIO often provides its figures and estimates through tables in PDF format.
Figures for this 1981′ census table can found in the Statistical Abstract 2000, Labor Force section: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/SubDetailed.aspx?subcatid=172)

Date of access: June 2014