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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 2002
1 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
               
1997              
June 2 289 2 192 1 750 97 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 290 2 196 1 752 94 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 759 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 88 3.8 75 94
October 2 296 2 213 1 797 83 3.6 71 91
November 2 306 2 218 1 799 88 3.8 67 88
December 2 306 2 221 1 811 84 3.7 64 88
               
1998              
January 2 309 2 224 1 809 84 3.6 66 86
February 2 308 2 232 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
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 2 325 2 247 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 3.3 58 73
August 2 324 2 252 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 815 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 325 2 259 1 820 66 2.9 58 68
November 2 331 2 261 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 328 2 261 1 833 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 261 1 814 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 325 2 258 1 803 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 255 1 789 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 258 1 792 71 3.1 55 63
June 2 328 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 329 2 256 1 790 73 3.1 61 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 792 87 3.7 62 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 802 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 352 2 267 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 345 2 261 1 796 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 264 1 800 84 3.6 62 72
February 2 347 2 262 1 805 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 265 1 806 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 351 2 271 1 802 79 3.4 62 73
May2 2 352 2 276 1 805 75 3.2 64 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 797 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 348 2 271 1 800 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 348 2 268 1 791 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 354 2 274 1 796 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 796 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 353 2 271 1 779 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 351 2 267 1 777 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 353 2 268 1 771 85 3.6 62 74
February 2 353 2 273 1 791 80 3.4 62 73
March 2 364 2 286 1 802 78 3.3 61 73
April 2 361 2 284 1 809 76 3.2 60 72
May 2 359 2 279 1 802 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 359 2 274 1 800 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 355 2 271 1 793 84 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 792 85 3.6 61 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 789 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 371 2 279 1 782 92 3.9 64 73
November 2 377 2 288 1 779 90 3.8 70 76
December 2 371 2 284 1 762 87 3.7 67 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 289 1 766 86 3.6 69 78
February 2 377 2 288 1 765 89 3.8 69 78
March 2 381 2 292 1 781 89 3.7 70 79
April 2 379 2 287 1 776 91 3.8 72 81
May 2 381 2 290 1 784 91 3.8 74 83
June .. .. .. .. .. 75 85

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.