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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2003
17 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force.
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons (LFS) in per cent of the labour force Registered unemployed1 Registered unemployed +government measures1
               
1998              
September 2 324 2 257 1 814 67 2.9 57 69
October 2 325 2 258 1 820 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 822 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 262 1 832 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 262 1 814 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 803 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 254 1 790 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 798 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 257 1 792 71 3.1 55 63
June 2 330 2 259 1 796 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 256 1 790 74 3.2 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 62 70
September 2 339 2 252 1 790 87 3.7 61 69
October 2 349 2 261 1 801 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 351 2 266 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 346 2 263 1 797 83 3.6 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 265 1 800 83 3.5 62 71
February 2 348 2 263 1 806 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 264 1 807 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 270 1 803 79 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 275 1 806 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 348 2 273 1 798 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 350 2 271 1 801 78 3.3 63 75
August 2 348 2 268 1 791 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 352 2 272 1 793 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 352 2 274 1 795 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 352 2 269 1 778 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 353 2 268 1 778 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 269 1 770 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 355 2 275 1 791 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 364 2 285 1 803 79 3.4 61 73
April 2 360 2 284 1 811 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 359 2 278 1 803 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 361 2 276 1 802 84 3.6 60 70
               
July 2 357 2 273 1 794 85 3.6 61 71
August 2 356 2 272 1 792 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 364 2 276 1 785 89 3.7 64 73
October 2 369 2 277 1 780 91 3.9 64 72
November 2 376 2 287 1 778 89 3.7 68 76
December 2 373 2 286 1 763 87 3.6 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 376 2 289 1 764 87 3.7 68 77
February 2 379 2 288 1 762 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 382 2 291 1 780 91 3.8 69 78
April 2 379 2 287 1 776 92 3.9 71 80
May 2 382 2 290 1 782 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 373 2 285 1 784 88 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 375 2 287 1 786 88 3.7 75 86
August 2 375 2 286 1 781 89 3.7 77 87
September 2 377 2 285 1 772 92 3.9 80 89
October 2 376 2 280 1 768 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 378 2 280 1 771 98 4.1 82 91
December 2 375 2 277 1 764 98 4.1 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 376 2 277 1 771 100 4.2 85 96
February 2 371 2 273 1 765 98 4.1 87 98
March 2 368 2 267 1 765 101 4.3 90 102
April 2 370 2 265 1 760 105 4.4 92 105
May 2 371 2 262 1 760 109 4.6 94 106
June 2 373 2 263 1 760 110 4.6 94 109
               
July 2 374 2 264 1 754 110 4.6 92 109
August 2 381 2 271 1 760 110 4.6 95 111
September .. .. .. .. .. 96 113

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.
2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.