Live Register up in March
The seasonally-adjusted Live Register total increased from 155,900 in February to 159,000 in March, an increase of 3,100.
This compares with a decrease of 100 in March last year.
In the year to March 2005 there was an unadjusted decrease of 11,205 (-6.6%).This compares with an unadjusted decrease of 14,478 (-8.4%) recorded in the year to February 2005.
Other features include:
- The monthly increase was made up of an increase of 2,200 women and 900 men.
- The standardised unemployment rate in March was 4.3%. This compares with 4.4% in October 2004, based on the Quarterly National Household Survey.
- In the month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 8,210 males and 13,373 females.
The Live Register includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week) and seasonal and casual workers entitled to Unemployment Assistance or Benefit. Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest seasonally-adjusted figure, for September to November 2004, is 86,900 persons unemployed.
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