Nature of Work,

Unemployment and Leisure

PJ Bautista
Occupational Structure
Definition
Occupation
 refers to his trade, profession, type of work

Structure
 arrangement of and relations between the parts
or elements of something complex
 refers to the division of
Occupational its work force engaged

Structure in different economic

activities
 SIGNIFICANCE

REFLECTS THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP GIVES PROPER ILLUSTRATION OF RATIO

BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WORKING
AND OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AND NON-WORKING POPULATION
 Economic Composition

unfolds the diverse economic, demographic and cultural

attributes of an area, which form the basis for region's social
and economic development

The census organizations constitute the chief source of data

 Total Population

Active The Manpower

Population
• Economically Active
• Economically Non-
active
 Crude Activity Rate

General Activity Rate

Sex and Age Specific Activity
Rate
Measures
Dependency Ratio

Replacement Ratio

Rates for Working Ages

Working Force
and Its
Determinants
 Work

participation in any economically productive activity

such participation may be physical or mental in nature

Work involves not only
actual work but also
effective supervision and
direction of work. It also
includes unpaid work on
farm or in family enterprise
Summary