Improving the accounting of women workers in population censuses: lessons from Latin America

Catalina. Wainerman

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Based on surveys undertaken in two urban areas and two rural areas in Argentina and Paraguay. Seeks to identify possible sources of under- reporting and tests the adequacy of alternative census procedures.

Keywords: women workers; labour force participation; data collecting; methodology; survey.; rural area; urban area; informal economy; income generating activities; unpaid work; part time workers.; part time employment; measurement.; questionnaire; statistical table; travailleuses; taux d'activité; collecte des données; méthodologie; enquête; zone rurale; zone urbaine; économie informelle; activités rémunératrices; travail non rémunéré; travailleur à temps partiel; emploi à temps partiel; mesure; questionnaire; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; tasa de actividad de mano de obra; recopilación de datos; metodología; encuesta; zona rural; zona urbana; economía informal; actividades generadoras de ingresos; trabajo no remunerado; trabajador a tiempo parcial; empleo a tiempo parcial; medición; cuestionario; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 119 pages
Date: 1992
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme;

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