Main statistics and indicators on social security are calculated on the basis of administrative data collected at the scheme level and aggregated at the national level or collected directly from household through household sample surveys.
Some examples of i) indicators - indicators identified to monitor progress towards decent work - and ii) results and statistics from existing household surveys are presented below.
» Indicators identified to monitor progress towards decent work
In the context of the Decent Work Agenda, a set of statistical indicators have been selected to monitor progress towards decent work in its inter related dimensions. In the field of Social security, the following indicators have been identified:
| Core indicators | Sources | Implementation issues | Nber of countries covered |
| DWI Social security 1a Total public social security benefit expenditure
DWI Social security 1b Total public social security benefit expenditure excluding health care
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| Social security expenditure includes expenditure on health care and non-health social security expenditure. The two components of this indicator should be presented separately along the total. Available data allow such disaggregations. | More than 100 countries (More ...) |
| DWI Social security 2 [More ... ] Extent of coverage by health protection systems: percentage of total (public and private) health care expenditure not financed by private household's out of pocket payments (as a proxy indicator) | WHO estimates of national health accounts give information on public health expenditure and on private health expenditure by financing agent (More ...) |
| 191 countries (More ...) |
| DWI Social security 3 Extent of coverage by old-age pensions Number of old-age pensioners (total, female, male) as a proportion of a population at 65 and older or 60 and older (total, female, male).
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| More than 100 countries
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» Data & statistics derived from household survey data
| Mozambique People security survey 2006 | |
| Tanzania Integrated labour force survey | |
| Tanzania Poeple Security Survey 2001 | |
| Zambia Living conditions monitoring survey 2006 |
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| Zambia Labour force survey |
» Main Resources
Documents
- Measurement of decent work
Discussion paper for the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work, 8-10 September 2008. More...
