Labour force survey, Q4 2012

Population aged 15-74 by labour force status (LFS) and sex. Per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012¹	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012
	2011	2012	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012¹	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012
¹The figures for the 2nd quarter of 2012 was corrected 11 June 2013.
²The figures on "Outside the labour force in per cent of the population" for the 4th quarter of 2012 was corrected on 12 April 2013.
Labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	71.4	71.5	71.8	71.3	71.4	72.1	71.6	71.0
Males	74.1	74.4	74.5	74.3	74.5	75.0	74.4	73.8
Females	68.7	68.5	68.9	68.3	68.3	69.1	68.7	68.1

Employed persons in per cent of the population
Both sexes	69.1	69.2	69.5	69.2	69.1	69.7	69.4	68.7
Males	71.5	71.7	72.3	71.8	71.6	72.1	72.0	71.2
Females	66.6	66.7	66.6	66.5	66.5	67.3	66.7	66.1

Unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force²
Both sexes	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.2
Males	3.5	3.6	3.0	3.3	3.9	3.9	3.2	3.5
Females	3.1	2.7	3.4	2.7	2.5	2.6	3.0	2.9

Outside the labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	28.6	28.5	28.2	28.7	28.6	27.9	28.4	29.0
Males	25.9	25.6	25.5	25.7	25.5	25.0	25.6	26.2
Females	31.3	31.5	31.1	31.7	31.7	30.9	31.3	31.9

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