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Monthly Employment Survey - PME - Previous Methodology

Table 1 - Estimates - December/2002

Main job (Minimum age: 15 years)

Metropolitan Area: RE, SA, BH, RJ, SP and POA
Sample: 40,360 households      Reference period: Week      Minimum age: 15 years
Estimates
Reference period: Open Unemployment Rate (%)
December/2001 November/2002 December/2002
Week 5.6 7.1 5.2
30 days 6.4 7.8 6.2
Activity sector      
Manufaturing industry 6.4 8.1 6.0
Civil construction 6.5 8.0 5.1
Trade 5.8 7.6 5.7
Services 4.6 5.6 4.0
Other activities 2.7 3.2 2.3
Sex      
Men 5.3 6.6 5.0
Women 6.1 7.7 5.6
Heads of Household 3.7 4.1 2.7
Unemployed worker/ Employed without income/Employed and receiving < 1 minimum wage 13.7 15.2 13.1
Average working hours (week) 55.8 56.4 55.3
Activity Rate 33,032,653 33,730,072 33,777,193
Working age population 18,464,549 19,046,420 18,708,096
Economically active population 14,568,104 14,683,652 15,069,097
Employed population - Total 17,430,006 17,686,071 17,721,065
Activity sector      
Manufacturing industry 2,777,123 2,807,356 2,775,717
Civil construction 1,132,485 1,060,306 1,061,280
Trade 2,740,352 2,669,469 2,723,894
Services 9,510,301 9,874,244 9,872,208
Employment type      
Workers with a formal contract 7,884,449 8,008,740 7,989,055
Workers without a formal contract 4,732,202 4,887,610 4,825,043
Self-employed 4,011,710 3,942,556 4,043,761
Employers 679,872 717,178 729,165
Unemployed population 1,034,543 1,360,350 987,030
Distribution of Employed Persons (%)      
Activity sector      
Manufacturing industry 15.8 15.7 15.5
Civil construction 6.5 6.1 6.0
Trade 15.7 15.1 15.4
Services 54.6 55.8 55.7
Other activities 7.4 7.3 7.4
Employment type      
Workers with a formal contract 45.2 45.2 45.1
Workers without a formal contract 27.1 27.6 27.1
Self-employed 23.1 22.5 23.0
Employers 3.9 4.1 4.1

(*) Including employed persons withour income

Table 2 - Estimates - November/2002

Main job (Minimum age: 15 years)

Metropolitan Area: RE, SA, BH, RJ, SP and POA
Sample: 40,360 households      Reference period: Week      Minimum age: 15 years
Estimates
Average income in minimum wages November/2001 October/2002 November/2002
Employed persons 4.2 4.0 4.1
Activity sector      
Manufacturing industry 4.6 4.3 4.4
Civil construction 2.8 2.8 2.8
Trade 3.4 3.2 3.3
Services 4.3 4.1 4.1
Employment type      
Workers with a formal contract 4.1 3.9 3.9
Workers without a formal contract 3.6 3.5 3.5
Self-employed 3.6 3.4 3.5
Employers 12.8 12.4 13.0
Setor Ativi.Posição na Ocupação:      
Manufacturing industry      
Workers with a formal contract 4.7 4.2 4.4
Civil construction      
Workers with a formal contract 3.6 3.8 3.6
Workers without a formal contract 1.8 1.6 1.7
Self-employed 2.4 2.3 2.2
Trade      
Workers with a formal contract 3.1 2.9 3.0
Workers without a formal contract 2.3 2.3 2.3
Self-employed 3.0 2.7 2.7
Services      
Workers with a formal contract 4.2 4.0 4.0
Workers without a formal contract 3.2 3.1 3.1
Self-employed 4.6 4.2 4.4
Index number/ Average real income      
Base: July/1994 = 100      
Employed persons 111.7 109.0 107.1
Activity sector      
Manufacturing industry 104.1 98.5 99.0
Civil construction 101.9 104.9 100.0
Trade 104.6 99.3 101.0
Services 115.3 112.0 110.1
Employment type      
Workers with a formal contract 105.4 101.7 99.7
Workers without a formal contract 131.8 131.4 126.1
Self-employed 123.2 117.5 116.1
Employers 106.1 104.3 106.3
Activity sector and Employment type      
Manufacturing industry      
Workers with a formal contract 105.7 96.6 96.6
Civil construction      
Workers with a formal contract 104.5 114.9 105.3
Workers without a formal contract 121.3 113.0 110.5
Self-employed 106.1 103.9 96.5
Trade      
Workers with a formal contract 112.8 107.5 109.7
Workers without a formal contract 110.7 110.8 106.3
Self-employed 107.9 99.2 95.8
Services      
Workers with a formal contract 104.9 103.0 100.2
Workers without a formal contract 141.6 137.6 134.0
Self-employed 132.3 125.2 126.4

Average income deflated by INPC.