The publication describes: changes in the size of the population of beneficiaries of social assistance and the scale of benefiting from this assistance including regional differentiation of its range; the group of beneficiaries of social assistance in 2018, with numerous references to the beginning of the decade 2009–2018; poor beneficiaries of social assistance; households of beneficiaries of social assistance including regional differentiation of their range; poor beneficiaries' households; single-person households; the problem of permanence of benefiting from social assistance.

The publication consists of methodological notes, comments to tables, analytic chapter and statistical tables and graphs (in Polish and English). The presented data concern unemployed persons registered in powiats labour offices and searching a job through these offices. The information on the unemployed is presented by sex, age, level of education, duration of unemployment, regions, voivodships, subregions, and powiats.

In the second quarter of 2019, 31.9% of the total number of the employed (i.e. 5 million 260 thousand) at least once a month had to adjust their working time to the employer’s or client’s requirements of to the specifics of the performed tasks, while in almost half of the cases such availability was required at least once a week.

The Yearbook contains information on the socio-economic development of the world, continents and economic groups, which allows to describe trends in the world economy. It comprises also a set of indicators monitoring the implementation of the Sustainability Goals of the Agenda 2030 in the world and its regions.

Registered unemployed persons and unemployment rate by macroregion, region and subregions. As of the end of November 2019.

The Statistical Office in Gdańsk presents a successive edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Pomorskie Voivodship. The publication comprises a wide range of statistical information characterizing the social and economic situation, as well as the condition of the natural environment in the Voivodship. Statistical data are grouped in 22 thematic chapters. They are preceded by general notes (including detailed explanation of methodology and scope of the study) and the review tables.

The elaboration is rich in statistical information characterizing socio-economic situation and the condition of environment in the Voivodship by subregions, powiats and gminas. The elaboration makes a valuable supplement to the content of the simultaneously issued Yearbook.

The publication contains a rich set of information characterizing living conditions of society and state of the economy of Śląskie Voivodship. Publication begins with review tables presenting the general picture of the voivodship against the background of the country in 2018 and major data for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014-2018. Statistical data are presented in 22 thematic chapters preceded by general notes containing explanations of the terminology, methodology and scope of published information. The current edition of the publication presents information on councillors elected to the organs of local government units in the elections held in autumn 2018. The “Household budgets” chapter has been renamed to “Households. Dwellings” to which the households projection table has been moved from the “Population” chapter and most of the tables from the previous chapter “Municipal infrastructure”. Dwellings” chapter (with the exception of tables on municipal waste and liquid waste and generally accessible green areas and green areas of housing estates, which are included in the “Environmental protection” chapter). To the chapter “Wages and salaries. Social benefits”, the table “Benefits from the Family 500+ programme” was added, which contains information from the previous table “Family support” from the chapter “Health care and social welfare”. The entire publication has been enriched with a set of charts and maps.

The publication contains a rich set of statistical data characterizing the standard of living and state of the economy in Śląskie Voivodship in the territorial breakdown. It complements The Statistical Yearbook of The Ślaskie Voivodship 2019. Statistical data on subregions, powiats and gminas is presented in 16 thematic sections preceded by general notes. Publication begins with review tables containing basic categories of data for voivodship for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014–2018 and selected data regarding the diversity of socio-economic phenomena in 2010 and 2018 according to subregions and powiats. In current edition of the publication, data on municipal infrastructure are presented in the chapter “Environmental protection”. The chapter “Administrative division and local government” presents information on councillors elec¬ted to the organs of local government units in the elections held in autumn 2018. The entire publication has been enriched with graphic illustration in the form of maps and charts.