Employed population (15 years and above) by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex, occupation and average weekly work hours (2012)

	QATARIS				NON-QATARI				TOTAL				TOTAL
	Males		Females		Males		Females		Qataris		non-Qataris		Males		Females
	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours	Employees	Average work hours
Legislators, Senior Officials and Managers	6,555	40.66	1,598	38.33	24,723	47.22	2,247	41.79	8,153	40.20	26,970	46.76	31,278	44.54	3,845	39.66
Professionals	10,357	39.49	13,791	38.65	81,379	46.07	22,711	40.53	24,148	39.01	104,090	44.86	91,736	44.32	36,502	39.40
Technicians and Associate Professionals	9,350	39.42	3,958	38.88	57,440	47.86	7,209	43.74	13,308	39.26	64,649	47.40	66,790	45.01	11,167	40.86
Clerks	13,971	40.71	7,021	38.89	39,892	47.42	7,992	44.45	20,992	40.10	47,884	46.93	53,863	43.87	15,013	40.38
Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers	4,619	41.22	351	37.42	74,425	51.44	13,448	51.12	4,970	40.95	87,873	51.39	79,044	49.78	13,799	50.14
Skilled Agricultural And Fishery Workers	34	42.00	0	0	9,857	50.11	0	0	34	42.00	9,857	50.11	9,891	49.97	0	0
Craft and Related Trades Workers	4,588	41.60	0	0	467,065	52.74	81	50.00	4,588	41.60	467,146	52.74	471,653	52.26	81	50.00
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers	1,292	39.11	0	0	146,890	51.33	486	47.15	1,292	39.11	147,376	51.32	148,182	51.05	486	47.15
Elementary Occupations	4,843	40.28	273	38.53	215,906	52.68	86,230	57.47	5,116	40.18	302,136	54.05	220,749	51.63	86,503	57.40
Total	55,609	40.28	26,992	38.71	1,117,577	50.94	140,404	52.38	82,601	39.78	1,257,981	51.50	1,173,186	49.76	167,396	49.81

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFB 2012: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 6895 households and 37629 individuals from: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) households; 3- Non-Qatari small collective households (2 – 6 persons); 4- Non-Qatari large collective households (7 persons or more).

Reference period for data collection: April 2012.

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference period for data collection (April 2012).

Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households present in Qatar on the night of survey, living in normal and collective households.

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.

Occupations are categorised according to ISCO 88 international classification of occupations (major (1-digit) group titles).

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

The table refers to employed workers (15 years or older) having worked no less than one hour during the week prior to data collection day in April 2012.

2. Institution which provides data

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)

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3. Data availability

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.

Most Labour Force Surveys and publications related to the labour force are available on QSA’s website, in PDF format and can be downloaded from:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce

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

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

Date of access: September 2013.

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce