house keeping	student	retired	self sufficient	disabled	Others	Total
	2007	3.445.036	2.599.134	483.344	50.432	134.898	357.619	7.070.463
Saudis	2009	3.617.265	2.945.067	536.150	15.024	93.871	297.098	7.504.475
	2012	3.707.141	3.078.397	612.495	38.656	123.229	307.720	7.867.638
	2007	734.648	289.937	4.118	4.337	16.584	46.525	1.096.149
non-Saudis	2009	747.284	344.056	4.611	2.089	12.235	33.911	1.144.186
	2012	992.747	408.737	14.353	14.591	20.696	49.164	1.500.288
	2007	4.179.684	2.889.071	487.462	54.769	151.482	404.144	8.166.612
Total	2009	4.364.549	3.289.123	540.761	17.113	106.106	331.009	8.648.661
	2012	4.699.888	3.487.134	626.848	53.247	143.925	356.884	9.367.926

Source: Manpower Surveys, 2077 (Round 1); 2009; 2012 (Round 1)

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Manpower	Sampling	Sample size
Surveys	frame	(households)	Reference period
2007	Census	23.000	February 19th-March 20th, 2007
2009	2004	23.000	July 24th-August 22nd, 2009
2012  R1	Census 2010	29.000	January 25th-February 17th, 2012

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.

The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

 

(a) Household and household members: A person or group of persons, related or not related, who share housing and food.

Servants, drivers and similar categories are considered to be part of the household if they live in the same housing unit.

 

(b) Person out of the labour force: A person aged 15 years and over who is not included in the labour force, among which: the persons staying home for domestics activities, the students, the retired, the self-sufficients,

the ones unable to enrol in labour, who are not working and do not look for a job for any other reason.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in published form in PDF format. A selection of tables is also available in PDF or Excel format.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version) or https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814 (website Arabic version). The technical notes and tables of contents are in Arabic and the tables are in both languages.

Date of access: May 2013.

 

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