Title: Improving censal accounting of female workers.

POPLINE Document Number: 076949

Author(s):

Wainerman CH

Source citation:

In: African Population Conference/Congres Africain de Population, Dakar, Senegal, November/novembre 7-12, 1988. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1988. :1.1.31-46.

Abstract:

The author assesses the collection of labor force statistics, particularly the quality of data on women in developing countries. She tests "1) the extent to which the standard census procedure distorts the portrait of [female labor force] participation, mainly in the agricultural and the informal sector, 2) the effects of various factors assumed responsible for it, and 3) the adequacy of an alternative procedure which follows closely the [International Labour Office] standards and is able to be applied in censuses." (SUMMARY IN FRE) (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

Developing Countries
Data Sources
Evaluation
Data Collection
Labor Force
Population Statistics
Census Methods
Agricultural Workers
Reliability
Error Sources
Women
Research Methodology
Human Resources
Economic Factors
Census
Measurement
Demographic Factors
Population