WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980
EMPLOYMENT CHANGE IN THE FIRST QUARTER 1980
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ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1980 BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, NEARLY ALL INDUSTRIES REGISTERED AN INCREASE COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1979.
A TOTAL OF 883 827 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT MARCH 14, 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN
INCREASE OF ABOUT 12 900 PERSONS OR 1.5 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 870 898 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 812 446 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979, THERE WAS AN
INCREASE OF ABOUT 71 400 PERSONS OR 8.8 PER CENT.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 43 457 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN MARCH 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 1 175 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 42 282 ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER 1979 AND AN INCREASE OF 2 826 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 40 631 IN MARCH 1979.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE WEARING APPAREL- ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES- TEXTILES PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS. A COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN MARCH 1980 AND DECEMBER 1979 IS GIVEN BELOW:
CHANGE OF MARCH 1980 OVER DEC. 1979
INDUSTRY GROUP
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN DEC. 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1980
PERSONS ENGAGED
* CHANGE
WEARING
APPAREL
271 819
277 270
282 558
+5 288
+1.9
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPLIANCES
AND SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
92 567
117 713
TEXTILES
99 244
100 825
120 350
101 068
+2 637
+2.2
243
+0.2
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
84 540
87 853
88 450
597
+0.7
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
78 693
84 805
85 632
827
+1.0
THE MORE