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 The economically active population marked 24,525 thousand in August, which grew 144 thousand persons or 0.6 percent year-on-year.
The labor force participation rate stood at 61.1 percent in August, down 0.4%p year-on-year.
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< Employed persons and employment-population ratio > |
The number of employed persons totaled 23,620 thousand persons in August, which went up 3 thousand persons or 0.0 percent year-on-year.
The employment-population ratio recorded 58.8 percent in August, down 0.8%p year-on-year.
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< Unemployed persons and unemployment rate > |
The number of unemployed persons totaled 905 thousand people in August, which rose 141 thousand persons or 18.5 percent year-on-year.
The unemployment rate marked 3.7 percent in August, up 0.6%p year-on-year.
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< Economically inactive population > |
The economically inactive population totaled 15,643 thousand people in August, increasing 366 thousand persons or 2.4 percent year-on-year.
< Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) in August 2009 >
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(Unit: thousand persons, %, year-on-year) |
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2008. 8 |
2009. 7 |
2009. 8 |
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Change rate |
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Change rate |
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Change |
Change rate |
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⊙ Population 15 years & over |
39,657 |
1.1 |
40,125 |
1.3 |
40,168 |
510 |
1.3 |
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▣ Economically active population |
24,380 |
0.7 |
24,756 |
0.3 |
24,525 |
144 |
0.6 |
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(Participation rate) |
(61.5) |
|
(61.7) |
|
(61.1) |
(-0.4p) |
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┌ Male |
14,289 |
0.8 |
14,494 |
0.8 |
14,393 |
104 |
0.7 |
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│ (Participation rate) |
(73.8) |
|
(73.9) |
|
(73.3) |
(-0.5p) |
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└ Female |
10,092 |
0.5 |
10,261 |
-0.3 |
10,132 |
40 |
0.4 |
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(Participation rate) |
(49.7) |
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(50.0) |
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(49.3) |
(-0.4p) |
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○ Employed persons |
23,617 |
0.7 |
23,828 |
-0.3 |
23,620 |
3 |
0.0 |
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Employment-population ratio |
59.6 |
|
59.4 |
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58.8 |
-0.8p |
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┌ Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
1,822 |
-2.1 |
1,794 |
-1.2 |
1,788 |
-34 |
-1.9 |
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├ Mining & manufacturing |
3,923 |
-1.0 |
3,824 |
-4.4 |
3,784 |
-139 |
-3.5 |
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│ · Manufacturing |
3,899 |
-1.2 |
3,802 |
-4.3 |
3,761 |
-138 |
-3.5 |
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└ Social overhead capital & other services |
17,872 |
1.3 |
18,210 |
0.7 |
18,048 |
176 |
1.0 |
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· Construction |
1,786 |
-1.9 |
1,692 |
-7.0 |
1,681 |
-105 |
-5.9 |
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· Wholesale & retail trade, restaurants & hotels |
5,648 |
-0.8 |
5,572 |
-2.9 |
5,495 |
-153 |
-2.7 |
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· Electricity, transport, telecom & finance |
2,769 |
-1.0 |
2,747 |
-2.0 |
2,741 |
-29 |
-1.0 |
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· Business, personal, public service & others |
7,669 |
4.7 |
8,198 |
6.1 |
8,131 |
462 |
6.0 |
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┌ Regular employees |
9,107 |
3.9 |
9,383 |
3.6 |
9,472 |
365 |
4.0 |
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├ Temporary employees |
4,970 |
-1.5 |
5,255 |
1.8 |
5,117 |
147 |
3.0 |
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├ Daily workers |
2,027 |
-2.3 |
1,952 |
-9.1 |
1,890 |
-137 |
-6.7 |
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├ Self-employed workers |
6,035 |
-1.5 |
5,834 |
-3.8 |
5,760 |
-276 |
-4.6 |
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└ Unpaid family workers |
1,478 |
1.9 |
1,405 |
-4.9 |
1,381 |
-97 |
-6.6 |
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○ Unemployed persons |
764 |
1.0 |
928 |
20.6 |
905 |
141 |
18.5 |
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Unemployment rate |
3.1 |
|
3.7 |
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3.7 |
0.6p |
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(Seasonally adjusted) |
(3.2) |
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(3.8) |
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(3.8) |
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┌ Male |
509 |
1.4 |
619 |
22.8 |
606 |
97 |
19.1 |
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│ Unemployment rate |
3.6 |
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4.3 |
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4.2 |
0.6p |
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│ (Seasonally adjusted) |
(3.7) |
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(4.4) |
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(4.3) |
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└ Female |
255 |
0.1 |
309 |
16.4 |
299 |
44 |
17.3 |
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Unemployment rate |
2.5 |
|
3.0 |
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3.0 |
0.5p |
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(Seasonally adjusted) |
(2.6) |
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(3.1) |
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(3.1) |
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┌ Middle school graduates & under |
114 |
9.7 |
120 |
1.4 |
119 |
6 |
5.0 |
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│ (Unemployment rate) |
(2.1) |
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(2.3) |
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(2.3) |
(0.2p) |
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├ High school graduates |
377 |
1.1 |
507 |
24.8 |
458 |
80 |
21.3 |
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│ (Unemployment rate) |
(3.8) |
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(5.0) |
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(4.6) |
(0.8p) |
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└ College, univ. graduates & over |
273 |
-2.4 |
301 |
22.9 |
328 |
55 |
20.3 |
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(Unemployment rate) |
(3.0) |
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(3.2) |
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(3.5) |
(0.5p) |
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▣ Economically inactive population |
15,277 |
1.7 |
15,369 |
2.8 |
15,643 |
366 |
2.4 |
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