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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Colombia Labor market: Unemployment (Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares ) Last Posted: Jan-29-2009 Last Certified: Oct-3-2008 Last Updated: Mar-31-2005 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mr. Eduardo Efrain Freire Delgado, DIMPE, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísticas (DANE), Transversal 45 No. 26-70 Int. 1 CAN Edificio DANE, Santafé de Bogotá, D.C, Colombia   Phone : 57 1 5978300   Fax : 57 1 5978399   Email : eefreired@dane.gov.co  Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation  Data are published for both the number of unemployed persons and the percentage of unemployed persons in the working force population. The first release of data shows a combined set of four major labor market indicators: (1) economic active population; (2) general participation rate; (3) unemployment rate; and (4) occupation rate. Detailed data on unemployment become available within the next quarter.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness One month after the end of the reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar An advance release calendar giving one-quarter ahead notice of the precise release dates is dissseminated on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board of the IMF (http://dsbb.imf.org). A note to this effect is published in Revista del Banco de la Republica.
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties by issuing a press release (Boletín de Prensa). Following the press release, the data are available in the DANE databank (at the DANE library), and are disseminated in its Statistical Preview (print-outs), the Boletín de Estadística (Statistics Bulletin) and Indicadores de Coyuntura (Economic Indicators). The data are also disseminated on DANE's Internet website (http://www.dane.gov.co/inf_est/inf est.htm) at the employment option.
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) DANE is legally responsible for preparing Colombia's national accounts. Decree-Law 3167 of 1968 and Decree 2118 of 1992 authorize DANE to prepare all statistics required to carry out its functions. Labor market: Unemployment The data on unemployment are published by DANE as a service to the public. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) Article 75 of Decree 1633 of 1960, ("Diario Oficial" 30289 of July 27, 1960) establishes the principles of confidentiality and discretion; thereby forbidding communication of data by name or individually. The Law 79 of 1993 establishes the principles of confidenciality and discretion and also the author rights. 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) Decree-Law 3167 of 1968 was published in the "Diario Oficial" (Official Gazette) 32700 of February 1, 1969 and Decree 2118 of 1992 in the "Diario Oficial" 40704 of December 31, 1992. These documents are in Spanish only. The public can obtain copies of these documents directly from DANE or by consulting Colombia's Diario Oficial.
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release No government officials outside DANE have access to the data before they are released to the public.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products No ministerial commentary is attached to the release of the data. DANE presents an analysis of the of the data in its "Boletín de Prensa" (Press Release).
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The data are published in the Press Release and are considered final. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Methodological changes are announced at the time the data are released in the Boletín de Prensa (Press Release) and later in the Boletín de Estadística (Statistics Bulletin) and in Indicadores de Coyuntura (Economic Indicators).
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques A description of the methodology is included in the DANE publication Boletín de Estadística (Statistics Bulletin), which is available for consultation in the databank at the DANE library (Phone: 57 1 597 8300. Fax: 57 1 597 8378). (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.2 Temporal consistency The Central Bank's (Banco de la República) website disseminates quarterly data on employment from 1984 and monthly data since 2000.
Footnotes Last posted: Date IMF staff last posted an update to these metadata on the DSBB. Last certified: Date subscriber last officially certified the accuracy of these metadata. Last updated: Date subscriber last submitted an update of these metadata to the IMF.