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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (September 17) the September 2012 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
In this issue, two feature articles entitled "Composite Employment Estimates 2011" and "Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 2001 to 2011" are included.
"Composite Employment Estimates 2011"
In the study of employment statistics, there is a common issue arising from the discrepancies observed between the employment data obtained from establishment-based surveys which refer to occupied posts in firms, and those data obtained from household surveys which refer to persons employed. In Hong Kong, this issue is tackled through the compilation of a set of Composite Employment Estimates (CEE) which reconcile, under a designated statistical framework, the results obtained from the household-based General Household Survey and the establishment-based Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies.
This feature article provides the CEE figures for 2006 to 2011. It also gives an account of the characteristics of CEE and briefly discusses the differences and usage of the CEE vis-à-vis the other employment figures.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Employment Statistics and Central Register of Establishments Section, C&SD (Tel.: 2582 4751).
"Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 2001 to 2011"
An upward trend can be seen in the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) expenditure during 2001-02 to 2011-12. The CSSA expenditure of 2011-12 rose slightly from $18.5 billion in 2010-11 to $19.5 billion, which was however increased noticeably by 35.7% as compared with the expenditure in 2001-02. Its share among total recurrent government expenditure in 2011-12 was 8.0%, compared with 7.4% in 2001-02. As at end-2011, total number of CSSA cases amounted to 276 710, smaller than that as at end-2010 by 2.3%. However, as compared with the 241 673 cases in end-2001, the average growth in the total number of cases increased by 1.4% per annum over the past decade.
This feature article describes the major changes in the number of cases and recipients over this period.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Research and Statistics Section, Social Welfare Department (Tel.: 2892 5225).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 140 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; national income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; public accounts, money and finance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest free of charge at the website of C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp140.jsp?productCode=B1010002).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the General Statistics Section of C&SD (Tel.: 2582 4738).
Ends/Monday, September 17, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:00
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