The data are disseminated on the new Household Survey with four important changes: i) now the periodicity is monthly instead of quarterly; ii) new changes and new concepts were introduced to calculate the variables of employment and unemployment; iii) a new indicator was defined for employment and unemployment with national information including the thirteen major cities plus the rest of the urban areas and most of the rural areas of the country; and iv) relative to the urban indicators, the coverage was extended to the thirteen largest cities and its metropolitan areas. Previously, the coverage only included the seven major cities of the country with its metropolitan areas. Initially, the new household survey was performed for the thirteen major cities obtaining monthly results since January 2000. Next, the information was extended with national statistics, completing the coverage of the curvey for being disseminated since January 2001. Therefore, there is no compatible information for 2000 and it is not possible to calculate the annual percentage change for the national information.
En enero de 2001 se amplió la información con la obtención de estadísticas para el total nacional, completando la cobertura de la encuesta para ser divulgada a partir de esta misma fecha. Por lo anterior, para el año 2000 no se dispone de información compatible para el cálculo de la variación anual a nivel nacional.