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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 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              
September 2 339 2 254 1 784 85 3.6 61 68
October 2 348 2 261 1 807 87 3.7 62 68
November 2 349 2 264 1 814 85 3.6 61 69
December 2 344 2 260 1 807 85 3.6 62 69
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 263 1 818 85 3.6 61 70
February 2 347 2 261 1 812 86 3.7 62 71
March 2 346 2 262 1 796 84 3.6 62 72
April 2 350 2 269 1 775 81 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 275 1 779 76 3.2 64 73
June 2 349 2 274 1 788 76 3.2 63 73
July 2 350 2 272 1 802 78 3.3 63 74
August 2 349 2 269 1 798 80 3.4 63 74
September 2 353 2 274 1 801 79 3.4 62 74
October 2 352 2 274 1 805 78 3.3 63 74
November 2 352 2 271 1 791 81 3.4 63 74
December 2 354 2 271 1 802 83 3.5 64 74
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 802 84 3.6 62 72
February 2 357 2 276 1 813 81 3.4 62 72
March 2 365 2 285 1 784 79 3.3 61 72
April 2 362 2 285 1 783 77 3.3 60 70
May 2 362 2 279 1 776 82 3.5 60 69
June 2 363 2 277 1 791 86 3.7 60 69
               
July 2 359 2 272 1 786 86 3.7 61 70
August 2 357 2 273 1 791 84 3.6 62 70
September 2 363 2 277 1 800 87 3.7 64 71
October 2 366 2 276 1 792 89 3.8 64 71
November 2 371 2 283 1 784 88 3.7 69 75
December 2 370 2 284 1 778 87 3.7 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 766 87 3.7 68 76
February 2 383 2 291 1 769 92 3.9 68 76
March 2 383 2 292 1 769 91 3.8 70 77
April 2 382 2 289 1 781 93 3.9 71 79
May 2 383 2 291 1 786 92 3.9 73 81
June 2 373 2 284 1 788 89 3.8 74 82
               
July 2 376 2 287 1 777 89 3.7 75 84
August 2 375 2 286 1 774 89 3.7 77 85
September 2 378 2 286 1 769 91 3.8 79 87
October 2 372 2 278 1 771 93 3.9 81 89
November 2 373 2 276 1 767 97 4.1 83 90
December 2 374 2 277 1 770 98 4.1 82 92
               
2003              
January 2 379 2 278 1 777 101 4.3 86 96
February 2 375 2 274 1 774 100 4.2 88 98
March 2 370 2 268 1 758 102 4.3 91 100
April 2 373 2 267 1 742 106 4.5 93 103
May 2 375 2 265 1 743 109 4.6 93 104
June 2 373 2 262 1 751 112 4.7 95 107
               
July 2 372 2 262 1 763 111 4.7 93 107
August 2 377 2 267 1 775 110 4.6 96 109
September 2 379 2 271 1 774 108 4.5 96 110
October 2 383 2 277 1 774 106 4.4 95 110
November 2 378 2 269 1 768 108 4.6 93 108
December 2 377 2 268 1 744 109 4.6 94 110
               
2004              
January 2 371 2 266 1 741 105 4.4 92 108
February 2 370 2 268 1 740 103 4.3 92 109
March 2 375 2 273 1 779 102 4.3 91 109
April 2 377 2 272 1 784 104 4.4 92 109
May 2 383 2 274 1 782 109 4.6 93 109
June 2 382 2 274 1 776 108 4.5 91 107
               
July 2 385 2 276 1 767 109 4.6 94 109
August 2 387 2 279 1 769 108 4.5 92 106
September .. .. .. .. .. 92 106

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.