This summary offers a snapshot of the key findings and insights that will be detailed in the final report. [...] Kei Deputy Director General for Information and Coordination Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT 2Outline 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT Background and Context Objectives Methodology Key Findings Policy Implications & Recommendations 3• Creating more and quality jobs is key to boosting growth, re [...] • Population censuses usually collect information on work activities the population is engaged in, sector of employment and industry of employment Background and Context 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT• To estimate the size of the Labour force and related aggregates like unemployment and persons outside the Labour force • To analyze the characteristics of the working populati [...] • The analysis has been done for the national population, disaggregated by sex, locality and county of residence Methodology 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT7 Work Activity Rate (5 Years and above) 42.2% 47.5% 36.8% National Male Female The national activity rate is 42.2%, with the rate for males (47.5%) higher than that of females (36.8%). [...] 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT8 Economic Activity by work status and sex More males are found in salary/wage work while females dominate in own account work 20.2 24.8 14.2 49.7 46 56.6 30.1 29.2 31.2 National Male Female Salary/Wage Own account Contributing family worker 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT9 Activity rate by locality and sex Activity rate is [...] Those currently attending school constitute the lowest proportion of the persons who worked 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT13 Education attainment of person who performed economic activity The persons who performed economic activities were dominated by persons who had attained secondary educational level (33.4%) and persons with no level of educational attainment (33. [...] For own account work, the lower the education attainment, the higher the likelihood of being engaged in that work activity 10.8 10.8 14.3 25.9 42.2 60.3 53.3 53.6 44.4 28.6 29 35.9 32.1 29.8 29.2 None Preschool Primary Secondary Tertiary Salary/Wage Own account Contributing family worker 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT15 Activity Rate by County 33 34.6 34.7 37.4 38.7 39.1 [...] The proportion of males in salary/wage work is higher than that of females 7.8 48.3 43.9 Male 6.7 48.4 44.9 Female 7.3 48.3 44.4 Total 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT24 Distribution of the youth by work activity More that half of youth in the two age groups were engaged in own account work. [...] This makes it difficult for the working-age population to be employed in decent jobs 26 Policy Implications 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT• Put a mechanisms in place to encourage entrepreneurship and skills development • The Government should consider extending social security to informal sector workers (own account and contributing family workers) • An affirmative action [...] • Vocational training to be decentralized and a new certification scheme developed to absorb grade-nine graduates. A comprehensive national skills development programme needs to be in place for those with less or no educational attainment.
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