TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1991
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR APRIL
+
JUNE 1991
RATE
ROSE,
RATE
THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT
JUNE 1991. THE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE DURING THE PERIOD APRIL
CENSUS LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ARE DETAILED BELOW.
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR APRIL WAS 2.4%, COMPARED WITH 1.8% FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING AND 1.6% FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
—
JUNE 1991 MARCH 1991
PRECEDING
POINT OVER BOTH STATISTICALLY
THE
THE INCREASES OF 0.6 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE
OF PERIOD THREE-MONTH
AND 0.8
A PERCENTAGE YEAR A
EARLIER ARE CORRESPONDING SIGNIFICANT.
PERIOD
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN APRIL
THREE JUNE 1991 WAS ESTIMATED AT 67,700, COMPARED WITH 49,900 IN THE MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1991 AND 43,900 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
THE
RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT
JANUARY COMPARED WITH 1.5% FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
FOR APRIL
-
MARCH
JUNE 1991 WAS 1991 AND 0.9%
1.7%, FOR THE
THE PRECEDING
THE INCREASE OF 0.2 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT WHILE THE INCREASE OF 0.8 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE CORRESPONDING EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
PERIOD A YEAR
T
JUNE
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS IN APRIL 1991 WAS 47,200, COMPARED WITH 43,600 IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1991 AND 26,100 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR FARLIER.
OF CONSISTEN'T WITH THE
• RECOMMENDATIONS CURRENT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO), PERSONS WHO WORKED LESS 35 HOURS A WEEK DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS (SUCH AS SLACK WORK, SHORTAGE, MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND INABILITY TO FIND FULL-TIME WERE REGARDED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY WERE EITHER AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
THE THAN MATERIAL WORK)
SEEKING OR
EXAMPLE ΤΟ MONTH, TAKE ACCOUNT JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE
(FOR
AS THE
FIRST-TIME OF PROPORTION HAVE JUST
LEFT SCHOOL)
VARIES
JOB-SEEKERS
FROM MONTH PEOPLE WHO UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED TO OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY JULY 1991 WAS 2.3% AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.4%.
OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
/THE SURVEY