QATARI			NON-QATARI			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2007	40.322	21.223	61.545	686.430	79.608	766.038	726.752	100.831	827.583
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

Source: Bulletins of Labour Force Sample Surveys, 2007 to 2009 and 2011 to 2012; *: 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.

 

Labor Force	Sampling	Sample size
Sample Surveys	frame	(households)	individuals	Reference period
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

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference period for data collection.

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.

 

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)

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3. Data availability

 

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.

 

 

 

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