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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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              
December 2 326 2 259 1 826 66 2.9 60 70
               
1999              
January 2 325 2 259 1 809 65 2.8 58 66
February 2 324 2 259 1 822 65 2.8 57 66
March 2 321 2 251 1 807 69 3.0 58 66
April 2 317 2 247 1 821 70 3.0 59 67
May 2 328 2 255 1 801 72 3.1 56 65
June 2 333 2 261 1 775 72 3.1 59 68
               
July 2 334 2 259 1 747 74 3.2 60 71
August 2 331 2 254 1 754 77 3.3 62 71
September 2 339 2 254 1 780 85 3.7 61 69
October 2 348 2 261 1 808 87 3.7 62 69
November 2 349 2 264 1 816 86 3.6 61 70
December 2 345 2 260 1 812 85 3.6 62 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 264 1 821 85 3.6 61 71
February 2 347 2 261 1 812 86 3.6 62 72
March 2 345 2 261 1 793 83 3.6 62 73
April 2 349 2 269 1 772 80 3.4 62 73
May2 2 351 2 275 1 779 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 349 2 274 1 789 75 3.2 62 74
July 2 350 2 272 1 801 78 3.3 63 76
August 2 349 2 269 1 794 80 3.4 63 75
September 2 353 2 274 1 796 79 3.4 62 75
October 2 352 2 274 1 803 79 3.3 63 76
November 2 352 2 271 1 795 81 3.5 63 75
December 2 354 2 271 1 801 84 3.6 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 798 84 3.6 62 73
February 2 356 2 276 1 806 81 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 285 1 784 78 3.3 61 73
April 2 360 2 284 1 786 76 3.2 60 71
May 2 361 2 279 1 779 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 363 2 277 1 794 86 3.6 60 70
               
July 2 359 2 272 1 786 86 3.7 61 71
August 2 357 2 273 1 789 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 364 2 277 1 796 87 3.7 64 73
October 2 367 2 276 1 792 91 3.8 64 72
November 2 372 2 283 1 790 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 371 2 283 1 778 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 376 2 289 1 762 87 3.7 68 77
February 2 382 2 291 1 762 91 3.8 68 77
March 2 381 2 291 1 771 90 3.8 69 78
April 2 380 2 288 1 786 92 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 290 1 790 92 3.9 72 82
June 2 373 2 285 1 790 89 3.7 74 84
               
July 2 375 2 287 1 776 88 3.7 75 85
August 2 375 2 286 1 771 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 379 2 287 1 765 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 374 2 279 1 771 95 4.0 82 90
November 2 374 2 276 1 773 98 4.1 83 92
December 2 375 2 276 1 769 99 4.1 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 379 2 278 1 773 101 4.2 86 97
February 2 373 2 273 1 767 100 4.2 88 99
March 2 368 2 267 1 760 101 4.3 90 102
April 2 370 2 266 1 748 105 4.4 92 105
May 2 374 2 265 1 748 109 4.6 93 106
June 2 373 2 262 1 753 111 4.7 94 109
               
July 2 372 2 262 1 760 111 4.7 93 109
August 2 378 2 268 1 772 110 4.6 96 111
September 2 382 2 272 1 770 110 4.6 96 112
October 2 386 2 278 1 776 108 4.5 95 112
November 2 379 2 269 1 773 109 4.6 93 110
December .. .. .. .. .. 95 111

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.