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Survey on Immigrant‘s Living Conditions and Labour Force
Title | 2013 Foreigner Labour Force Survey |
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Date | 2013-11-07 |
- The number of employed foreigners was 760 thousand persons in May 2013, which dropped by 31 thousand persons (-3.9%) from June 2012. The employment-population ratio for foreigners recorded 67.5 percent in May 2013, down 3.5%p from June 2012. - As for the employed foreigners by industry, the number of employed foreigners in 'Manufacturing' showed an increase. In the meantime, the number of employed foreigners in 'Construction', 'Wholesale & Retail Trade and Hotels and Restaurants' and 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' showed a decrease. As for the employed foreigners by occupation, 'Elementary workers' showed a rise, while 'Craft workers and machine operating & assembling workers' showed a drop. - As for the employed foreigners by status of sojourn, 'Non-professional employment (E-9)', 'Working visit (H-2)' and 'Overseas Koreans (F-4)' occupied the majority of the employed foreigners. Compared to June 2012, 'Overseas Koreans (F-4)' and 'Permanent residence (F-5)' recorded an increase, while 'Working visit (H-2)' and 'Non-professional employment (E-9)' recorded a decrease. - As for the employed foreigners by employment status, the regular employees occupied the largest share. As for the wage & salary workers by monthly average wages, foreigners earning 1 million won to less than 2 million won occupied the largest share. - The economically inactive population for foreigners was 333 thousand persons in May 2013, which increased by 43 thousand persons (14.8%) from June 2012. Their economic inactivities were mainly due to 'Child care and home duties', 'Rested' and 'Attending a regular school'. - As for the total length of stay in Korea, foreigners staying for 1 year to less than 5 years accounted for 56.4 percent. Foreigners who had ever stayed in other countries (excluding Korea) for the past year accounted for 25.8 percent. Most of them stayed for less than 3 months. - For the past year, 28.3 percent of foreign students had ever worked in Korea. After graduation, 56.4 percent of foreign students wanted to stay in Korea. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file. |
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