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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, April 2011

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Still increasing employment

Figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) show that employment increased by 24 000 persons from January to April. The unemployment rate was 3.4 per cent in April.

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government initiatives to promote employment. Seasonally-adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2011

Seasonally-adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2004-2011. Percentage of the labour force

Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 24 000 more employed persons in April 2011 (average number March-May) than in January (average number December-January). The increase is equally distributed between men and women.

Stable unemployment

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment increased by 0.1 percentage point, equal to 3 000 persons, from January to April. A total of 3.4 per cent of the labour force was unemployed in April. The increase is within the LFS error margin.

In comparison, the number of registered unemployed persons with the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) decreased by 4 000 persons during the same period. These figures have also been adjusted for seasonal variations.

The labour force is the total of employed and unemployed persons between 15-74 years of age. From January to April, employment increased by 24 000 persons and unemployment rose by 3 000 persons. This means an increase in the labour force of 27 000 persons.

The coherence between the concepts

Unemployed + Employed = Labour force

Labour force + Outside the labour force = Population

Declining unemployment in Scandinavia

Employment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2011

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average. 1999-2011. In per cent of the labour force.

In Sweden, the unemployment rate was reduced by 0.4 percentage points between January and April, with the unemployment rate for April ending at 7.4 per cent. During the same period, Denmark also had a decrease of 0.4 percentage points, ending at 7.2 per cent. In Germany, the unemployment rate was reduced by 0.3 percentage points, leaving 6.1 per cent of the labour force unemployed. All figures refer to seasonally-adjusted data from Eurostat .

Employment and unemployment figures include permanent residents

The LFS only includes persons who are registered as residents in the population register. Persons working in Norway who are not registered as permanent residents or who are planning to stay for less than six months are not included in the employment figure in the LFS. If these people lose their job, it does not count as a fall in employment or a rise in unemployment. In national accounts figures (NR), employed non-residents are included in the employment figure as long as they work in an establishment in Norway. If employment decreases in this group it will count as a fall in employment in NR. Statistics Norway publishes separate figures for all registered non-residents once a year. See short-term immigrants .

Uncertain figures

The purpose of making seasonal adjustments is to describe the development over the last year, corrected for seasonal variations. In order to reduce uncertainty, the published series are three-month moving averages of the seasonally-adjusted figures. However, uncertainty means that sampling errors must be considered when interpreting the figures from the LFS. We normally compare the latest non-overlapping three-month periods. An overview of sampling errors in the LFS can be found in “ About the statistics ”, chapter 5, section 3.

Quarterly LFS figures, not seasonally adjusted, are presented in a separate article .

Revisions

The complete time series is re-estimated each month, and this may cause some adjustments of previously published figures. See Revisions for more information . Interviews that arrive late are included in the LFS the following month. This applies for the first two months of every quarter.

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