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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 2004
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
               
1999              
June 2 333 2 261 1 775 72 3.1 59 68
               
July 2 334 2 259 1 749 75 3.2 60 71
August 2 331 2 254 1 755 77 3.3 62 71
September 2 339 2 254 1 784 85 3.6 61 69
October 2 348 2 261 1 808 87 3.7 62 69
November 2 349 2 263 1 814 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 260 1 807 85 3.6 62 70
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 263 1 818 85 3.6 61 71
February 2 347 2 261 1 812 86 3.7 62 72
March 2 346 2 262 1 796 84 3.6 62 73
April 2 350 2 269 1 775 81 3.4 62 73
May2 2 351 2 275 1 780 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 349 2 274 1 789 75 3.2 63 74
July 2 350 2 272 1 801 78 3.3 63 76
August 2 349 2 269 1 797 80 3.4 63 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 800 79 3.4 62 75
October 2 352 2 274 1 805 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 351 2 270 1 792 81 3.4 63 75
December 2 354 2 271 1 802 84 3.6 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 802 84 3.6 62 74
February 2 357 2 276 1 813 81 3.4 62 73
March 2 365 2 286 1 784 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 362 2 285 1 784 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 362 2 279 1 777 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 362 2 276 1 792 86 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 358 2 272 1 785 86 3.6 61 71
August 2 357 2 272 1 790 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 364 2 277 1 798 87 3.7 64 73
October 2 366 2 276 1 793 90 3.8 64 72
November 2 371 2 283 1 784 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 371 2 284 1 779 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 766 87 3.7 68 78
February 2 383 2 291 1 769 92 3.9 68 77
March 2 383 2 292 1 770 91 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 782 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 291 1 787 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 372 2 283 1 790 88 3.7 74 84
               
July 2 374 2 286 1 776 88 3.7 76 86
August 2 375 2 286 1 773 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 379 2 287 1 767 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 373 2 279 1 771 94 4.0 81 90
November 2 373 2 276 1 767 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 375 2 277 1 770 98 4.1 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 379 2 277 1 777 101 4.3 86 98
February 2 374 2 274 1 774 100 4.2 88 99
March 2 370 2 268 1 758 102 4.3 90 102
April 2 373 2 267 1 743 106 4.5 93 105
May 2 374 2 265 1 744 109 4.6 93 106
June 2 371 2 260 1 753 111 4.7 95 109
               
July 2 370 2 261 1 761 110 4.6 94 109
August 2 377 2 267 1 774 110 4.6 96 111
September 2 381 2 272 1 771 109 4.6 96 112
October 2 385 2 278 1 775 107 4.5 94 112
November 2 378 2 270 1 768 109 4.6 93 110
December 2 378 2 269 1 744 109 4.6 94 111
               
2004              
January 2 371 2 266 1 741 105 4.4 92 110
February 2 370 2 268 1 741 103 4.3 92 111
March 2 375 2 273 1 779 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 376 2 272 1 784 104 4.4 91 111
May 2 382 2 274 1 783 108 4.5 93 111
June .. .. .. .. .. 91 109

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.