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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2003
17 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  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              
March 2 315 2 238 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 321 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 324 2 246 1 809 78 3.4 59 76
June 2 324 2 245 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 250 1 803 76 3.2 58 73
August 2 325 2 253 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 324 2 258 1 814 66 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 2 329 2 262 1 815 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 327 2 260 1 804 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 326 2 255 1 790 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 257 1 792 72 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 329 2 256 1 789 73 3.2 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 793 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 3.8 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 346 2 263 1 797 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 266 1 801 83 3.5 62 71
February 2 349 2 264 1 807 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 264 1 806 82 3.5 62 72
April 2 349 2 269 1 803 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 350 2 274 1 805 76 3.2 65 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 796 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 348 2 270 1 799 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 348 2 268 1 789 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 794 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 797 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 352 2 270 1 779 82 3.5 63 75
December 2 353 2 269 1 779 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 355 2 270 1 771 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 356 2 276 1 793 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 285 1 803 78 3.3 61 73
April 2 359 2 282 1 810 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 357 2 276 1 802 81 3.4 60 70
June 2 358 2 274 1 799 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 271 1 791 85 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 272 1 790 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 367 2 278 1 786 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 371 2 279 1 782 92 3.9 64 72
November 2 376 2 287 1 779 89 3.7 69 77
December 2 374 2 287 1 764 87 3.6 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 377 2 291 1 765 86 3.6 68 77
February 2 381 2 291 1 765 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 380 2 291 1 779 90 3.8 70 79
April 2 377 2 285 1 775 92 3.9 72 81
May 2 379 2 286 1 780 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 370 2 281 1 781 89 3.7 75 85
               
July 2 373 2 285 1 782 88 3.7 74 85
August 2 376 2 286 1 779 90 3.8 77 87
September 2 381 2 288 1 775 93 3.9 80 89
October 2 379 2 283 1 771 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 378 2 281 1 772 97 4.1 82 91
December 2 375 2 278 1 766 97 4.1 82 92
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 279 1 772 98 4.1 86 97
February 2 373 2 276 1 768 97 4.1 88 99
March .. .. .. .. .. 90 102

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.