Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Monthly Employment Survey - PME
Estimates for July 2008 (thousand persons)
Metropolitan Area: Recife
Minimum age: 10 years
| Specification | Jul/07 | Jun/08 | Jul/08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons at active age | 3,066 | 3,155 | 3,141 |
| Economically active persons (PEA) | 1,514 | 1,468 | 1,515 |
| Non-economically active persons (PNEA) | 1,551 | 1,686 | 1,627 |
| Employed persons | 1,323 | 1,344 | 1,361 |
| Unemployed persons | 191 | 124 | 153 |
| Persons marginally connected to PEA | 149 | 107 | 111 |
| Discouraged persons | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Persons who left their last job in the period of the last 365 days | 161 | 123 | 138 |
| Underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 74 | 74 | 67 |
| Employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 459 | 511 | 489 |
| Workers with a formal contract signed in the formal sector (*) | 481 | 507 | 509 |
| Workers without a formal contract in the private sector (**) | 185 | 149 | 176 |
| Employment rate | 87.4 | 91.5 | 89.9 |
| Unemployment rate | 12.6 | 8.5 | 10.1 |
| Percentage of underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| Percentage of employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 34.7 | 38.0 | 35.9 |
| Percentage of employed persons looking for a job in the period of last 30 days | 5.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Distribution of persons at active age (%): | |||
| Economically active (Activity Rate) | 49.4 | 46.5 | 48.2 |
| Employed | 43.2 | 42.6 | 43.3 |
| Unemployed | 6.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Non-economically active | 50.6 | 53.5 | 51.8 |
| Distribution of employed persons (%) - Main activity | |||
| Groups of activity | |||
| Mining and quarrying ind. and production and distrib. of electricity, gas and water | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.0 |
| Construction | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Trade, repair of automotive vehicles and of personal and domestic objects and retail trade of fuels | 25.8 | 25.4 | 25.1 |
| Financial mediation, real estate activities, rents and services rendered to enterprises | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 |
| Public administration, defense, social security, education, health and social services | 19.4 | 18.7 | 19.1 |
| Domestic services | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Other services | 15.1 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Other activities | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Position in the actitvity | |||
| Workers | 72.2 | 71.6 | 72.2 |
| Workers with a formal contract (***) | 40.1 | 41.5 | 40.7 |
| Workers without a formal contract (***) | 21.8 | 19.2 | 20.8 |
| Own-account | 21.7 | 23.9 | 23.2 |
| Employers | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Non-paid workers | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Distribution of non-economically active persons (PNEA): | |||
| PNEA who would like and were available to work (%) | 22.5 | 18.9 | 17.5 |
| Marginally connected to PEA | 9.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Discouraged | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| PNEA who would like and were not available to work (%) | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Distribution of unemployed persons (%): (by job searching period) |
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| Up to 30 days | 31.2 | 42.3 | 47.8 |
| From 31 days to 6 months | 49.5 | 31.8 | 35.8 |
| From 7 to11 months | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| From 1 year to less than 2 years | 11.1 | 14.6 | 8.5 |
(*) Except domestic workers
(**) Except domestic workers and non-paid workers of the housing unit in which they were employed
(***) Including domestic workers