Chapter 2, Table 2.10

All 1973 figures are for persons 15 years old or over, while the 1968 and 1969 figures are for those 14 years old or over. To calculate open unemployment by sector, all those unemployed about which no sectoral information is available are included in the nonagricultural sector, because most are urban teenagers seeking employment for the first time. All agricultural unemployment and underemployment rates are for 1969, because underemployment figures for agriculture were not reported in 1968. Agricultural and nonagricultural unemployment for 10–14-year-olds was estimated using the figures for urban rural unemployment. Underemployment is defined as part-time workers wishing full-time work plus those working part-time for economic reasons. The 1973 National Household Survey (PNAD) does not report underemployment for 10–14-year-olds. However, the 1972 PNAD does. Thus the 1972 proportions of the underemployed in the 10–14-yearold age group were applied to the 1973 10–14-year-old labor force, and then subtracted from the total reported underemployment.

Chapter 3, Table 3.1

For both salaried and self-employed workers, the 1968 figures are for persons 14 years old and over, while for 1973 they are for those 15 years old and over. The 1973 data are reported in fractions of the highest minimum wage in the country (Cr$312). Deflating by the Guanabara cost-of-living index (for November each year), this minimum wage is equivalent to Cr$133 in 1968. We then have to estimate the fractions of the relevant income classes in 1968 which fell below the level Cr$133 per month.