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Table 28

Labour Force Characteristics*

land civilian population aged 14 and above)

1975

1976

1976

Sep

Mar

Sep

Labour force

1,982,000

1,946,000

1,918,000

Unemployed

180,000

109,000

€8,000

Labour force participation

rate

64.25

62.4%

61.0%

Unemployment rate

9.195

5.6,4

4.6%

:

Figures for September 1975 and March 1976 are obtained from labour force sample surveys but adjusted by using information from the 1976 population By-Census; figures for September 1976 are estimated from the 1976 population By-Census.

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