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STS463 Siti Asiah A. et al.
presence of these data gives Malaysia an opportunity to develop labour
account. The data from different sources will be harmonized and adjusted for
minimizing the errors through integration process.

Table 5: Malaysia Labour Force Information Sources
Labour force Employed Unemployed Main jobs Secondary jobs Job vacancies Filled jobs Hours paid for employees costs Payroll tax

Sources/Frequency Underemployed Hours actually worked Overtime hours paid Total labour income Employment subsidies Compensation of Employment related

Household Approach
Labour Force Survey (Monthly,        
Annually)
Salaries and Wages Survey     
(Monthly, Annually)
Informal sector workforce 
survey (Biennially)
Household Income Survey   
(Twice in 5 years)
Establishment Approach
Economic Census (5 years)               
Census of Distributive Trade (4              
years)
Annual Economic Survey              
(Annually)
Quarterly Employment             
Statistics (Quarterly)
Quarterly Services Survey             
(Quarterly)
Monthly Manufacturing Survey             
(Monthly)
Monthly Distributive Trade             
(Monthly)
Derived Statistics
Labour Productivity (Quarterly)  
GDP Income Approach 
(Annually)
Administrative Approach
Malaysian Employer    
Federation (MEF)
Employees Provident Fund   
(EPF)
Social Security Organisation   
(SOCSO)
Inland Revenue Board of    
Malaysia (LHDN)
JobsMalaysia and Jobstreet    

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