Open market retail prices of food and miscellaneous items with respect to all district towns are collected on weekly,monthly and quarterly basis…

The most crucial third stage of the Census of Population and Housing where the enumeration of persons and housing will take place will be conducted in two main rounds.

Official Poverty line at national level for December  2011 is Rs. 3307

Survey results indicate that there has been a slight upturn in the total fertility rate since the 2000. The total fertility rate for Sri Lanka is 2.3

The economic output of Sri Lanka as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 3rd Quarter 2011 recorded an 8.4 percent growth.

The male participation rate for the 2nd quarter 2011 was about 66.4 percent and it was 33.1 percent for females.

12.9% of the children in Child labour who are in the compulsory schooling age of 5 to 14 years were found to be not attending school.

The survey reveals that an average household received Rs. 36,451 per month at national level in 2009/10.

The latest calculation of poverty indices shows that poverty level of the country has further declined from 15.2% to 8.9% in 2009/10.

Since semi government sector consists mostly industrial oriented occupations, proportion of female employees was very low..

Department of Census and Statistics conducts the Census of Public & Semi-Government Sector Employment once in four years since 1980.

This survey is the 24th of the ASI series, conducted in 2009 and the reference period is 2008. The report contains important industrial indicators.