The
Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
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Coverage characteristics |
5.1.1 Statistical presentation
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Data are
disseminated on average monthly earnings in units of New Taiwan Dollars
(NT$).
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Earnings are
defined as including remuneration for an employee during the month (including
salary or wage, overtime payment, attendance and efficiency bonuses, living
allowance, food and transportation allowance, year-end and seasonal bonuses),
measured before any deductions for taxes and employee’s contribution to
pension/insurance fund.
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The data
are based on a sample survey of non-farm industries. Approximately 10,000
establishments are selected from 443 thousand non-farm establishment, and
about 28 percent of the non-farm employment.
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The data are published on both an
unadjusted and a seasonal-adjusted basis.
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Periodicity |
4.1.1 Periodicity
Monthly |
Timeliness |
4.1.2 Timeliness
Approximately
7 weeks after the end of the reference week each month
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Access
by the Public
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Advance
dissemination of release calendar |
5.1.3 Advance release calendar
The
dissemination dates of the figures are listed on the advance
dissemination of release calendar website (http://win.dgbas.gov.tw/dgbas03/bs7/sdds/english/calendar.htm) |
Simultaneous release to all
interested parties |
5.1.4 Simultaneous release
The data are released
simultaneously to all interested parties by issuing the press release
"Employee's Earning Survey" at 8:30 a.m. of the release day. Copies of
the news release are available for personal collection, and are also available
at the Internet
(http://eng.stat.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=1616&CtUnit=766&BaseDSD=7)
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Integrity
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Dissemination of terms
and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including ...
Confidentiality of individual responses |
0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics
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The DGBAS collects and disseminates
statistics under the authority of the Statistics Act (1972) and the
enforcement Rules.
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Every individual or establishment is under obligation
to complete and submit questionnaires or answer questions if requested. (20th clause)
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Specifies that the disseminating agencies cannot publish, or otherwise
make available to any individual or organization, statistics that would
enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity. (45th clause)
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The following DGBAS websites
disseminate the Statistics Act and the Enforcement Rules:
http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/512614362871.pdf
http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/5126143702.pdf
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The data on earnings are disseminated by DGBAS as a service to the
public.
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Identification of internal government access to data before release
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1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release
There is no internal government
access to data before release.
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Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical
releases
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1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products
No ministerial comments are made. |
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major
changes in methodology
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4.3.1 Revision schedule
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The data are generally considered to be final when first released,
but can be subject to revision. In the event that any such revision occurs,
these will be described in the next news release.
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A description of methodology is given on a regular basis in the monthly
bulletin.
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Quality
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Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in
preparing statistics
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5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques
Detailed methodological
documentation is published in DGBAS "Monthly Bulletin of Earnings and
Productivity Statistics(e-journal)." To obtain a copy of Bulletin, contact the
Earning and Productivity Sector of Forth Division, 2 Kwang Chow Street,
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: (d48g@dgbas.gov.tw). |
Dissemination of that support statistical cross-checks and provide
assurance of reasonableness
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4.2.2 Temporal consistency
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The "Monthly Bulletin of Earning
and Productivity Statistics(e-journal)" publishes detailed data on earnings
for the reference month, broken down as follows:
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The "Yearbook of Earning and
Productivity Statistics" publishes the following detailed data:
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time series data (monthly data
for the previous year, and average annual data for the previous 10 years);
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annual data breakdown by sex and
job position
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