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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 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              
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 89 3.9 75 94
October 2 297 2 213 1 796 84 3.7 71 91
November 2 306 2 218 1 799 89 3.8 67 88
December 2 305 2 221 1 811 85 3.7 64 87
               
1998              
January 2 309 2 224 1 809 85 3.7 66 85
February 2 308 2 232 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 316 2 238 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 246 1 809 79 3.4 59 77
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 2 325 2 253 1 811 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 815 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 325 2 259 1 820 67 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 1 815 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 326 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 2 257 1 792 72 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 256 1 790 73 3.1 62 72
August 2 327 2 250 1 794 77 3.3 62 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 791 86 3.7 61 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 801 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 351 2 267 1 803 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 260 1 797 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 347 2 263 1 801 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 346 2 261 1 806 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 264 1 806 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 271 1 803 79 3.4 62 73
May2 2 351 2 275 1 806 75 3.2 65 74
June 2 347 2 273 1 796 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 799 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 349 2 269 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 354 2 274 1 796 80 3.4 61 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 796 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 354 2 271 1 779 83 3.5 63 74
December 2 351 2 267 1 778 85 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 353 2 267 1 771 86 3.6 62 73
February 2 353 2 273 1 791 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 364 2 285 1 802 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 360 2 283 1 810 77 3.3 60 72
May 2 358 2 277 1 802 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 360 2 276 1 800 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 357 2 273 1 793 85 3.6 60 71
August 2 358 2 274 1 792 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 367 2 279 1 789 89 3.8 63 72
October 2 370 2 279 1 781 91 3.9 64 72
November 2 377 2 287 1 779 90 3.8 70 76
December 2 370 2 284 1 762 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 374 2 288 1 766 86 3.6 69 78
February 2 375 2 286 1 765 89 3.8 69 78
March 2 379 2 291 1 781 89 3.7 70 79
April 2 378 2 287 1 777 91 3.8 72 81
May 2 380 2 289 1 785 91 3.8 74 83
June 2 372 2 284 1 785 88 3.7 75 85
               
July 2 374 2 287 1 787 87 3.7 74 85
August 2 377 2 288 1 784 89 3.8 77 86
September .. .. .. .. .. 79 88

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.