Question

Regarding the Current Daily Status (CDS) method, which statement is incorrect?

1. The reference period for the Current Daily Status method is a single day within the survey week.
2. If a person works for four hours or more during a day, they are considered unemployed for that entire day under CDS.
3. The CDS method is designed to capture person-days of unemployment, offering a very detailed measure.

• A. രണ്ട് മാത്രം
• B. ഒന്ന്
• C. ഒന്നും രണ്ടും
• D. മൂന്ന് മാത്രം

Answer 1

Answer:

A. രണ്ട് മാത്രം

• The Current Daily Status (CDS) method provides the most disaggregated view of unemployment, tracking a person's work status for each day over a seven-day reference period.

• Its purpose is to quantify 'person-days' of unemployment, which means it considers how many full days an individual was available for work but could not find it.

• A crucial aspect of this method is its definition of employment for a day: if a person works for four hours or more, they are counted as employed for the entire day.

• If they work for less than four hours but at least one hour, they are counted as employed for half a day.

• This granularity often leads to the highest unemployment estimates as it accounts for partial as well as full-day unemployment spells within a week.