Domestic employment ratio

The indicator reports domestic employment (workplace employment) to the population aged 15-64, on an annual average. It gives an indication of the jobs offered to the working-age population of the observed entity.
It is similar to the employment rate because it uses the same denominator. However, this is not a rate since the numerator is not necessarily included in the denominator. In addition, the counting unit of the numerator (workstation), relating to the place of work, is different from that of the denominator (persons), relative to the place of residence.
The estimated domestic employment here is expressed in workstations and is therefore higher than if expressed in persons. Indeed, a worker may occupy several salaried jobs (see the definition of the ONSS workstation), but may also combine one or more salaried work positions with a self-employed or carer’s job.

Series breaks:
— as of 1 January 2011: output of statistics of inactive employees following the modification of the declaration of public sector staff (Capelo reform), revision of the distribution between the private and public sectors.
— as of 1 January 2012: output of statistics of inactive employees following the amendment of the declaration of public sector staff (Capelo reform): continuation and end.

See also:
— on our website Statistics — Labour Market, Employment Accounts and the Working Paper of the IWEPS Statistics — Labour Market \2.