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A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

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This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers, street vendors, waste pickers and domestic workers. The methods discussed can be used in designing questions in surveys to collect data on these workers. It can also be used in preparing tabulations based on the survey data.

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Vanek, Joann, Chen, Martha A., and Raveendran, Govindan. A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8, , . WIEGO, 2015. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdfVanek, J., Chen, M. A., and Raveendran, G. (2015). A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdfVanek, Joann, Chen, Martha A., and Raveendran, Govindan. "A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics." WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8, WIEGO, 2015, .Vanek Joann, Chen Martha A., and Raveendran Govindan. "A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics." WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8 (2015). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdfVanek, J, Chen, M A, and Raveendran, G 2015, 'A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics', WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdfJoann Vanek, Martha A Chen, and Govindan Raveendran, 'A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics' (2015) WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8 Vanek J., Chen M. A., and Raveendran G. A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8. 2015. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdfVanek, Joann, Chen, Martha A., and Raveendran, Govindan. A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8. 2015. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vanek-Guide-Obtaining-Data-Informal-Workers-WIEGO-SB8.pdf

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