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procedure of their definition and classification. Malaysia is planning to begin
with jobs’ quadrant as the concept of jobs is the central of the framework as
th
mentioned during 15 ICLS. This will follow by persons’ quadrant which data
on employment are available from various sources including time series data.
Moreover, employed variable in persons’ quadrant were largely used in the
relationship with the other quadrants.
According to Table 5, employed variables are widely available in Malaysia
labour force sources information. Besides, the components in persons’ and
jobs’ quadrant showed the most completed data that available from
household, establishment and administrative data. The primary source for
each component needs to be selected or the combination of the sources of
data also can be done based on ILO guidelines and standards.

4. Discussion and Conclusion
Labour account provides a time series of estimates of the number of
employed persons, the number of jobs, hours worked and the income earned
for each industry in one coherent framework. It helps in identifying the
inconsistency and gaps in the process of developing labour account. The
statistics obtained from the development of labour account should provide a
reliable information which mostly being used by people engaged in the use of
labour statistics in macro-economic analysis, forecasting and in policy related
research.
Consolidation and compilation of labour statistics in Malaysia is quite
challenging considering various data sources. The data sources available
consist of primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through
census and surveys while secondary data is data that readily available and
recorded. These two types of data have different intentions and purpose of
collection where primary data are more reliable than secondary data.
Furthermore, the approach of every census and surveys also different,
household approach and establishment approach. For example, household
approach covers entire labour force including formal and informal sector while
establishment approach only covers formal sector which is employees in
registered company.
The reference period for each source are different. For example, LFS is
conducted every month while EC is conducted once in five years. The
comparability between each source are not suitable because it does not
represent the same situation between the data sources.
Furthermore, the concept, classification and definition of every sources are
different. This is due to the different objective and aim of every census, surveys
and research conducted. Thus, the objective to develop labour account is to
compile the available data sources in Malaysia including administrative

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