25.03.1999
PRESIDENT OF STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS EXPLAINED THE
RESULT OF THE INDEXES OF PRODUCTION WORKERS AND PRODUCTION WORKED HOURS
WHICH ARE CALCULATED USING THE DATA COMPILED FROM 2500 LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1998 (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)TAKING
1992 AS A BASE YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE RESULT OF INDEXES OF PRODUCTION WORKERS
AND PRODUCTION WORKED HOURS, PRODUCTION WORKERS DECREASED BY 3.4 % AND
WORKED HOURS DECREASED BY 5.0 % IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
OF 1998 OVER TO THE SAME QUARTER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE
DATA USED CALCULATING THE
INDEXES ARE CONDUCTED FROM ALL
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN PUBLIC
SECTOR AND THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN PRIVATE
SECTOR WHICH REPRESENT 89 % VALUE
ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS IN PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGED 10 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.
Obtaining the results for the fourth quarter of 1998 to the same quarter
of the previous year;
The number of production workers decreased by 6.6 % in public sector
and decreased by 2.7 % in private sector.
When the number of production worked hours of the same establishments
for the fourth quarter of 1998 compared to the same quarter of the previous
year;
The number of production worked hours decreased by 7.8 % in public sector
and decreased by in % 4.4 in private sector.