Definition: Usually active population

Category: ILO terminology

The usually active population comprises all persons above a specified age whose main activity status as determined in terms of number of weeks or days during a long specified period (such as the preceding 12 months or the preceding calendar year) was employed or unemployed. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/ecacpop_en.pdf
Source:
International Labour Organisation (ILO), Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, adopted by the Thirteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, October 1982
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