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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, September 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              
October 2 325 2 258 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 261 1 832 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 261 1 814 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 804 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 326 2 254 1 790 71 3.1 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 2 259 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 86 3.7 61 69
October 2 349 2 261 1 802 88 3.7 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 1 800 83 3.6 62 71
February 2 349 2 263 1 806 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 264 1 806 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 270 1 803 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 275 1 805 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 347 2 273 1 797 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 800 78 3.3 63 75
August 2 347 2 268 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 352 2 273 1 794 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 352 2 274 1 796 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 352 2 269 1 779 82 3.5 63 75
December 2 352 2 268 1 778 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 268 1 770 85 3.6 62 74
February 2 355 2 275 1 791 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 364 2 285 1 803 79 3.4 61 73
April 2 360 2 284 1 811 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 359 2 278 1 802 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 361 2 276 1 801 84 3.6 60 70
               
July 2 357 2 272 1 793 85 3.6 61 71
August 2 355 2 271 1 791 84 3.5 62 71
September 2 365 2 276 1 785 88 3.7 63 73
October 2 369 2 278 1 781 91 3.9 64 73
November 2 377 2 287 1 780 89 3.8 70 77
December 2 373 2 286 1 763 87 3.7 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 289 1 763 87 3.6 68 77
February 2 379 2 289 1 762 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 381 2 291 1 780 91 3.8 69 78
April 2 379 2 287 1 775 92 3.9 71 80
May 2 382 2 290 1 781 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 373 2 285 1 783 87 3.7 74 84
               
July 2 374 2 287 1 785 87 3.7 75 85
August 2 374 2 285 1 780 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 378 2 286 1 773 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 376 2 280 1 769 96 4.0 82 90
November 2 379 2 280 1 772 99 4.2 83 91
December 2 375 2 276 1 764 99 4.2 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 376 2 276 1 770 100 4.2 85 96
February 2 371 2 273 1 765 98 4.1 87 98
March 2 368 2 267 1 764 101 4.3 90 102
April 2 370 2 265 1 759 105 4.4 92 105
May 2 371 2 262 1 759 109 4.6 93 106
June 2 373 2 263 1 759 110 4.6 94 109
               
July 2 373 2 264 1 753 110 4.6 92 109
August 2 380 2 270 1 758 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 382 2 273 1 756 109 4.6 96 112
October .. .. .. .. .. 96 113

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.