Employed/Employment

Definition

All persons above 15 years of age who, during the reference week, were in one of the following categories:

- Paid employment: persons who during the reference week worked for at least one hour for a wage or salary in cash or in kind.

- Self-employed: refers to persons who run a trade or business. A person is self-employed if s/he is a sole proprietor or a partner working in a business.

It includes also persons who were employed but absent from work: 
- due to sick leave, bad weather;
- were undergoing training or education;
- did not work due to a labour dispute;
- were on maternity or parental leave;
- did not work due to slack work for technical or economic reasons;
- were absent from work for a period of less than 3 months, or were not working because on layoff and receiving at least 50 per cent of the salary/wage; and
- unpaid family workers which refers to people who worked without pay in a family business or farm. 

Excluded from this definition are home makers.

Source(s)

Census in Malta

Labour Force Survey

NEWS RELEASE: International Day of Families

Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

Related Variable(s)

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