Standard reference

ILO 19th ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment, and labour underutilization (https://www.ilo.org/resource/resolution/ilo-resolution-concerning-statistics-work-employment-and-labour)

Tripartite classification: employed, unemployed, outside the labour force.

Aligned standards

Standard Equivalent Match
OpenCRVS v1 GraphQL No v1 equivalent none
OpenCRVS v1 does not include an employment status field or vocabulary.

Values

Code Label Standard code Definition
employed Employed Persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit.
unemployed Unemployed Persons of working age who were not in employment, carried out activities to seek employment, and were currently available to take up employment.
outside_labour_force Outside the labour force Persons of working age who were neither employed nor unemployed during the reference period (e.g., students, retirees, homemakers, discouraged workers).