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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, March 2003
1 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              
April 2 322 2 242 1 807 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 246 1 810 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 59 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 1 798 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 257 1 793 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 1 791 87 3.7 61 69
October 2 349 2 261 1 801 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 802 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 346 2 263 1 796 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 350 2 266 1 800 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 349 2 264 1 806 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 265 1 807 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 270 1 804 79 3.4 62 72
May2 2 350 2 275 1 807 75 3.2 64 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 797 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 348 2 270 1 799 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 348 2 267 1 789 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 794 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 796 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 352 2 270 1 778 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 353 2 268 1 778 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 269 1 770 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 356 2 275 1 792 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 364 2 285 1 804 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 360 2 283 1 812 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 358 2 277 1 804 81 3.4 60 70
June 2 359 2 274 1 799 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 271 1 791 85 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 790 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 366 2 277 1 786 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 371 2 279 1 781 92 3.9 64 72
November 2 376 2 287 1 778 89 3.8 69 77
December 2 373 2 286 1 763 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 376 2 290 1 764 87 3.6 68 77
February 2 380 2 290 1 764 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 381 2 292 1 782 89 3.7 70 79
April 2 379 2 287 1 778 92 3.9 72 80
May 2 381 2 289 1 783 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 370 2 282 1 781 89 3.7 75 85
               
July 2 372 2 285 1 782 88 3.7 74 85
August 2 375 2 285 1 779 90 3.8 77 87
September 2 380 2 287 1 774 93 3.9 80 89
October 2 378 2 282 1 770 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 378 2 280 1 770 98 4.1 82 91
December 2 375 2 277 1 764 98 4.1 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 278 1 771 99 4.2 86 97
February 2 372 2 275 1 766 97 4.1 88 99
March 2 370 2 271 1 766 100 4.2 90 102
April .. .. .. .. .. 93 104

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.