"It is the distribution of the new work permits issued for employees during a year in the private sector (excluding the Free zone) from abroad by the following attributes: (1) gender, (2) age class, (3) emirate, (4) skill level as per labour law in UAE, (5) the occupation at the level of major group of the International Standard Classification of Occupations ISCO-08 and (6) the economic activity at the section level of the International Standard Industries Classifcation version 3.1 (ISIC 3.1) 2011-2019" *metadata sheet included in the file