就业人口:16岁及以上,在调查参考期内(通常为一周),为了取得劳动报酬或经营收入而工作了至少1小时的人口,包括休假、临时停工等在职但未工作的人员。
All persons who worked for pay or profit, or worked as unpaid family workers for at least one hour during the reference week. -unpaid family workers类似国内的农民家庭成员,或者一些(小)企业主的家庭成员。
失业人口:16岁及以上,没有工作,但在三个月内积极寻找工作,如果有合适的工作能够在2周内开始工作的人。
A person aged 15 or over who simultaneously meets three conditions: being unemployed for a given week; being available to take a job within two weeks; having actively sought a job in the last four weeks or having found one starting in less than three months. -这个中英文定义差别其实蛮大的。