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TANZANIA, THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF. SADC WORKSHOP ON INFORMAL SECTOR AND INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT. National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania and Ministry of Labour. Contents. Introduction. Section I: Data collection The Integrated Labour Force Survey Informal Sector Module
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TANZANIA, THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF SADC WORKSHOP ON INFORMAL SECTOR AND INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania and Ministry of Labour
Contents • Introduction • Section I: Data collection • The Integrated Labour Force Survey • Informal Sector Module • Informal Employment • Challenges
Contents • Section II: Data analysis and interpretation • Informal Sector • Informal Employment
Data Analysis (IS) Informal Sector Tanzania defn of informal sector : Adopted from the 15th ICLS in 1993 and modified to suit the Tanzania situation (excluding agric.)
Data Analysis (IS) Features of Informal Sector • Is considered as a subset of household enterprises or unincorporated enterprises owned by households • Are not separate legal entities independently of the households or households member that own them.
Data Analysis (IS) • Features (cont..) • Are not separate legal entities independently of the households or households member that own them. • Do not have a complete set of accounts • May or may not employ paid labour and the activities may be carried out inside or outside the owners’ home
Data Analysis (IS) • Features (cont..) • All or at least some of the goods or services of the business have to be produced for sale • Comprises informal own-account enterprises as well as enterprises of informal employers • Enterprises rendering professional or business services (e.g. doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc) are included if they meet the requirements of informal own-account
Data Analysis (IS) • Criteria used to derive the formal or informal sector • Respondents in group one, are considered in formal sector • Those responded group two are in informal sector • Respondents in group three were subjected to further diagnosis…
Data Analysis (IS) • Qn. Number of people paid by working in your/this enterprise on continuous basis? • None………............................ 1 • Less than 10 (employees).... 2 • 10 and above (employees) .. 3 • Don’t know............................. 4 • If the answer code = 1, are considered in informal sector • If the answer code =3, are considered in formal sector • Answer code 2 and 4 goes to further probing…
Data Analysis (IS) • Qn. In order to be able to monitor the activities of the Enterprise, do you /does your employer keep any written records or accounts? • I Don’t know........................................................... 1 • NO............................................................................2 • YES, Order Book/record .......................................3 • Sales book/records................................................4 • Accountancy book ................................................5 • Final accounts for Business year......................... 6 • If the answer code = 1 or 2, are considered in informal sector • If the answer code >=3, are subjected to further probing…
Data Analysis (IS) • Qn. Do the accounts show all of the following Balance sheets of assets and liabilities, Investment/ withdraw of capital by the Business Owner(s), withdrawals of income by the Business Owner(s), earnings Retained within the Business as saving? • YES…………..…..1 • NO……….…..…...2 • Don’t know……...3 • If the answer code = 1, are considered in formal sector • If the answer code >=2, are considered in informal sector
Data Analysis (IS) Magnitude of Informal sector in Tanzania
Data Analysis (Informal Emplo) Tanzania defn. of Informal employment (It is still under discussion) Tanzania used a job based concept of Informality (adopted from ICLS 2003) with regard to status in employment and the National definition of informal sector
Data Analysis (IE) • Criteria for informal employment: • Contributing family workers (agriculture and non-agriculture) • Own-account workers on own farm or shamba • Paid employees and self-employed workers (non-agriculture, with or without employees) in the informal sector or household production units
Data Analysis (IE) • Criteria for formal employment: • All paid employees and self-employed workers (non-agriculture, with or without employees) in the formal sector (defined ealier)
END OF PART TWO • Thank you for Listening • James E. Mbongo • National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania