Population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and marital status (2012)

	Qatari			Non-Qatari			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Never Married	29.433	31.035	60.468	251.968	51.499	303.467	281.401	82.534	363.935
Married	51.549	44.078	95.627	888.224	190.400	1.078.624	939.773	234.478	1.174.251
Divorced	1.187	2.956	4.143	4.503	1.539	6.042	5.690	4.495	10.185
Widowed	614	5.161	5.775	328	2.065	2.393	942	7.226	8.168
Total	82.783	83.230	166.013	1.145.023	245.503	1.390.526	1.227.806	328.733	1.556.539

Source: Labour Force Bulletin 2012

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.

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.

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:

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.