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LABORSTA Main ILO database on labour statistics covering household income and expendture statistics, economically active population (data since 1945), employment, unemployment, employment (or labour force) by detailed occupational group and sex, obtained from population censuses or labour force surveys, comparable employment and unemployment estimates, public sector employment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices, october inquiry results, occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts (data since 1969), statistical sources and methods.
UNION A special database on trade union membership. Based on official figures mainly from national publications, it contains data for 45 countries from 1990 onwards. Available in Excel files on request from the ILO Bureau of Statistics.
INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT Information on informal sector employment and informal sector survey methodologies for developing countries and transition countries. Number of persons employed in the informal sector and share of informal sector employment in total employment, by sex and urban-rural areas. Available in machine-readable form from the ILO Bureau of Statistics.

Created by AL. Last update: 6.10.06.