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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2004
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
               
1999              
December 2 344 2 260 1 807 85 3.6 62 69
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 263 1 818 85 3.6 61 70
February 2 347 2 261 1 813 86 3.6 62 71
March 2 346 2 262 1 795 84 3.6 62 72
April 2 350 2 269 1 774 81 3.4 62 72
May2 2 352 2 275 1 778 76 3.3 64 73
June 2 349 2 274 1 788 76 3.2 63 73
July 2 351 2 272 1 801 78 3.3 63 74
August 2 350 2 269 1 798 80 3.4 63 74
September 2 352 2 273 1 802 79 3.4 61 74
October 2 352 2 273 1 805 78 3.3 63 74
November 2 351 2 270 1 791 81 3.4 63 74
December 2 354 2 271 1 803 83 3.5 64 74
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 803 84 3.6 62 72
February 2 357 2 276 1 814 81 3.4 62 72
March 2 365 2 286 1 783 79 3.3 61 72
April 2 362 2 285 1 782 77 3.3 60 70
May 2 362 2 279 1 775 83 3.5 60 69
June 2 363 2 277 1 790 86 3.7 60 69
               
July 2 359 2 273 1 785 87 3.7 61 70
August 2 357 2 272 1 791 84 3.6 62 70
September 2 363 2 276 1 800 87 3.7 63 71
October 2 366 2 276 1 794 90 3.8 64 71
November 2 370 2 283 1 784 87 3.7 69 75
December 2 371 2 284 1 779 87 3.7 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 376 2 289 1 765 87 3.6 68 76
February 2 383 2 291 1 768 92 3.8 68 76
March 2 383 2 292 1 768 91 3.8 70 77
April 2 381 2 288 1 781 93 3.9 71 79
May 2 383 2 291 1 785 93 3.9 73 81
June 2 373 2 284 1 787 89 3.8 74 82
               
July 2 376 2 287 1 776 89 3.7 75 84
August 2 375 2 286 1 774 89 3.7 77 85
September 2 377 2 285 1 770 92 3.9 79 87
October 2 372 2 278 1 773 94 4.0 81 88
November 2 372 2 276 1 768 96 4.1 83 90
December 2 375 2 278 1 771 97 4.1 82 92
               
2003              
January 2 379 2 278 1 776 101 4.2 86 96
February 2 375 2 275 1 774 100 4.2 88 98
March 2 370 2 268 1 757 102 4.3 91 101
April 2 373 2 266 1 742 106 4.5 93 103
May 2 374 2 265 1 742 109 4.6 94 105
June 2 373 2 261 1 750 112 4.7 95 107
               
July 2 373 2 262 1 762 111 4.7 93 107
August 2 377 2 267 1 775 110 4.6 96 109
September 2 379 2 270 1 775 109 4.6 95 110
October 2 384 2 277 1 777 107 4.5 94 110
November 2 377 2 269 1 769 108 4.5 93 108
December 2 378 2 270 1 743 108 4.6 95 110
               
2004              
January 2 371 2 267 1 734 104 4.4 92 109
February 2 371 2 269 1 732 102 4.3 93 110
March 2 375 2 273 1 769 102 4.3 92 109
April 2 375 2 272 1 774 103 4.4 92 109
May 2 381 2 273 1 771 108 4.5 93 109
June 2 381 2 273 1 766 107 4.5 91 107
               
July 2 385 2 277 1 758 108 4.5 94 109
August 2 387 2 278 1 760 108 4.5 91 106
September 2 389 2 282 1 755 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 390 2 283 1 760 106 4.5 91 106
November 2 390 2 284 1 781 106 4.4 89 106
December .. .. .. .. .. 88 105

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.