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Title : Economically Active Population Survey in June 2009
Date : 2009-07-15 Writer : 관리자
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< Economically active population and labor force participation rate >

The economically active population marked 24,927 thousand in June, which grew 200 thousand persons or 0.8 percent year-on-year.

The labor force participation rate stood at 62.2 percent in June, down 0.3%p year-on-year.

< Employed persons and employment-population ratio >

The number of employed persons totaled 23,967 thousand persons in June, which went up 4 thousand persons or 0.0 percent year-on-year.

The employment-population ratio recorded 59.8 percent in June, down 0.7%p year-on-year.

< Unemployed persons and unemployment rate >

The number of unemployed persons totaled 960 thousand people in June, which rose 196 thousand persons or 25.6 percent year-on-year.

The unemployment rate marked 3.9 percent in June, up 0.8%p year-on-year.

< Economically inactive population >

The economically inactive population totaled 15,151 thousand people in June, increasing 297 thousand persons or 2.0 percent year-on-year.

< Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) in June 2009 >

(Unit: thousand persons, %, year-on-year)
  2008. 6 2009. 5 2009. 6
  Change rate   Change rate   Change Change rate
⊙ Population 15 years &over 39,581 1.0 40,027 1.2 40,078 497 1.3
▣ Economically active population 24,727 0.5 24,658 -0.1 24,927 200 0.8
(Participation rate) (62.5)   (61.6)   (62.2) (-0.3p)  
┌ Male 14,344 0.5 14,455 0.8 14,578 234 1.6
│ (Participation rate) (74.3)   (73.9)   (74.4) (0.1p)  
└ Female 10,383 0.7 10,203 -1.4 10,349 -34 -0.3
(Participation rate) (51.2)   (49.9)   (50.5) (-0.7p)  
○ Employed persons 23,963 0.6 23,720 -0.9 23,967 4 0.0
Employment-population ratio 60.5   59.3   59.8 -0.7p  
┌ Agriculture, forestry &fishing 1,883 -2.9 1,837  -2.6 1,858 -25 -1.3
├ Mining &manufacturing 4,014 -1.0 3,868 -3.5 3,858 -156 -3.9
│ · Manufacturing 3,993 -1.1 3,846 -3.5 3,836 -157 -3.9
└ Social overhead capita l& other services 18,067 1.4 18,016 -0.2 18,251 184 1.0
 · Construction 1,864 -3.6 1,768 -6.6 1,776 -88 -4.7
 · Wholesale &retail trade, restaurants & hotels 5,674 -0.6 5,519 -2.8 5,551 -123 -2.2
 · Electricity, transport, telecom & finance 2,804 1.2 2,774 -2.1 2,779 -24 -0.9
 · Business, personal,public service & others 7,726 4.2 7,954 4.1 8,145 420 5.4
┌ Regular employees 9,039 4.9 9,316  3.4 9,340 301 3.3
├ Temporary employees 5,132 -1.6 5,076 -1.7 5,281 149  
├ Daily workers 2,214 -3.3 2,092 -6.2 2,115 -99 2.9
├ Self-employedworkers 6,093 -1.6 5,791 -4.9 5,806 -287 -4.5
└ Unpaid family workers 1,485 -0.9 1,445 0.2 1,425 -60 -4.7
○ Unemployedpersons 764 -1.7 938 24.5 960 196 25.6
Unemployment rate 3.1   3.8   3.9 0.8p  
(Seasonally adjusted) (3.2)   (3.9)   (4.0)    
┌ Male 478 -7.1 607 23.9 617 139 29.1
│ Unemployment rate 3.3   4.2   4.2 0.9p  
│ (Seasonally adjusted) (3.5)   (4.3)   (4.4)    
└ Female 287 8.8 331 25.5 344 57 19.9
Unemployment rate 2.8   3.2   3.3 0.5p  
(Seasonally adjusted) (2.8)   (3.4)   (3.4)    
┌ Middle school graduates & under 125 22.3 152 39.1 142 17 13.6
│ (Unemployment rate) (2.2)   (2.8)   (2.6) (0.4p) 27.9
├ High school graduates 387 1.9 440  20.9 495 108  
│ (Unemployment rate) (3.8)   (4.4)   (4.9) (1.1p) 28.1
└ College, univ. graduates& over 253 -14.6 346 23.5 324 71  
(Unemployment rate) (2.8)   (3.7)   (3.5) (0.7p)  
▣ Economically inactive population 14,854 1.8 15,369 3.5 15,151 297 2.0

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