A S E K D E R E U R O P E S E G E M E E N S C H A P P E N Q U E O E S C O M M U N A U R E S E U R O P E E N N E S C H E N G E M E N S C H A E N S U O S A S C O D Ü H A P P E N - D E S A S S K E D E P A R E M E N O R D E J OCE SASQUE OES COMMUNAUES EUROPEENNES - SASCAL OfHCE O HE EUROPEAN COMMu DER EUROPÄSCHEN GEMENSCHAEN - SUO SASCO DELLE COMUNÀ EUROPEE BUREAU V PESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - DE SASSKE DEPAREMEN OR DE EUROPAESKE faellesskaber - O AUES EUROPEENNES - SASCAL OCE O HE EUROPEAN COMMUNES - SASSCHES AM DE«! AEN - S'UO SASCO DELLE COMUNÀ EUROPEE BUREAU VOOR DE SASEK DER EUROPESE Γ ASlSKE DEPAREMEN OR DE EUROPAElSKE AËLLESSKABER - OCE SASQUE DES COMMUNAUE] CAL O MCE O HE EUROPEAN COMMUNES - SASSCHES AM DER EUROPASCHEN GEMENSCHAd φ COMUNÀ EUROPEE - BUREAU \ UROPAESKE AELfSSKAeE WMUNES - SASSCHE! VOOR DE SASEK DER må plcí SASQUE DES CO ^ _ ^ AEL LESSKABER - DER EUROPASCHEN GEMEN SASSCHES AM DER EUROPASCHEN GEMENSCL ESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - D NAUESEUROPEENNES - S AEN - SUO SAS! ASlSKE DEPAREMEN CAL\)CE O HE EUROPE eurosa :NNES SASCAL OCE O HE EUROPEAN COM LE COMUNÀ EUROPEE - ;UROPA SK AELLESSKAJ! MUNES - SAS'lSCHES Γ O HE EUROPEAN COMMUNES - SASSCHES AM DER EUROPASCHEN GEMENSCHAEN - SUO A EUROPEE - 9UREAU VOOR DE SASEK DER EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - DE SASSKE DEPAR^ E AEUESSKA9ER - OCE SASQUE DES COMMUNAUES EUROPEENNES - SASCAL OCE O SAS'SCHES AM DER EUROPÄSCHEN G(UÍNSCMAÍEN - SUO SASCO DE LE COMUNÀ EUROfl rslek DER EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN DE SVA'SSKE DEPAREMEN OR DE EUROPAESKE AEn QUE DES COMMUNAUES EUROPEENNES - SASCAL OC O HE EUROPEAN COMMUNES - SA«CHEN GEMENSCHAEN SU 0 SASCO DELLE COMUNÀ EUROPEE - BUREAU VOOR DE SASlE HAPPEN - CE S'J'-ίί S»E jr^a'emen- τ R.'E E wrqpae ΐ,κΓ. AE.LESSKABER OfHCE SASQUE d SASSK ELEGRAM SASSCHES ELEGRAMM SASCAL ELEGRAM ELEGRAMME SASQUE ELEGRAMMA SASCO SASSCH ELEGRAM MONHLY SASCS O REGSERED UNEMPLOYMEN N HE EUROPEAN COMMUNY 8.3.977 EBRUARY 977 n spe of a reducon of abou one hundred housand n unemploymen n ebruary 977 compared wh January 977 nearly 5.8 mllon people reman regsered as unemployed. he reducon for he Communy s abou 2 $, and resuls from falls of 8 $ n Luxembourg, 3 # n he Neherlands, he ederal Republc of Germany and n Belgum, 2 % n he Uned Kngdom and $ n rance, aly and reland. hese reducons can be arbued o he normal seasonal varaons. However, here are abou wo hundred housand, or abou 3 $> more unemployed now han n ebruary 976, he correspondng monh of las year. Only he ederal Republc of Germany and he Neherlands show reducons (- 0 $ and - 8 $) whle he oher counres all show ncreases * Denmark (+ 7 $)» Belgum (+ 5 #), he Uned Kngdom (+<? ), rance (+ 8 ), aly (+ 7 %), and reland(+ jo). Analysng separaely he fgures for men and women, boh show he same fall of 2 jo from he January 977 fgures, bu a very dfferen pcure compared wh ebruary 976. here has been a 2 % reducon for men, bu a 3 % ncrease for women, who now accoun for 39 % of "he regsered unemployed compared wh 36 % n 976. Unemploymen of young workers (hose less han 25 years old), always Hakes up an mporan par of he oal, alhough a par whch s reducng gradually. he percenage of unemploymen n relaon o he cvlan workng populaon s 5.5 % for he Communy j wh 3 counres, he ederal Republc of Germany, he Neherlands and rance beng below and he remander above hs average. here are suggesons of a slgh ncrease n he number of unflled vacances a he end of he monh, alhough he general level remans relavely low. hs sascal elegram s crculaed regularly abou he 20h of each mo;h n German, Englsh and rench. s compled by EUROSA n conjuncon wh he Drecorae General for Socal Affars. EUROSA P.O. 907 LUXEMBOURG EL. 430 ex 3446 BEOLKNNGSSASK OG SOCOLOGSK SASK BEVÖLKERUNGS- UND SOZALSASK DEMOGRAPHC AND SOCAL SASCS SASQUES DEMOGRAPHQUES E SOCALES SASCHE DEMOGRACHE E SOCAL SOCALE EN BEVOLKNGSSASEK UNEMPLOYMEN MONHLY 2-977
B.R. DEUSCH LAND RANCE ALA NEDER LAND BELGQUE BELGË LUXEM BOURG UNED RELAND DANMARK KNGDOM EUR 9. Regsered unemployed (OOO's) S* 974 975 0 976 582,5 074,2 06 497,7 839,7 933,5 997,2 06,9 82,6 34,9 95,3 20,8 24, 207,8 266,6 0,0 0,5 64,9 977,6 360,0 7 98,7 0,5 5, 2,7 22,0 3 073 4 622 5 247 March 976 June 976 Sepember 976 90,2 92,0 898,7 938,2 83,0 955,4 28,0 42,8 20 25,9 94, 206,9 24,7 238,0 29,3 284,9 33,8 455,7 3,3 07, 06,8 23,9 0,7 5 327 4 850 5 235 November Ι976 December 976 984,7 04,3 99,3 036,9 28,4 206,3 27,6 29,7 289,7 0,6 0,7 374,0 37,0 09,4 4,4 30,9 44,6 5 338 5 483 089,9 January 977 τ Μ 248,9 699,5 549,4 068,4 497,9 570,5 34,3 86,7 497,6 225,8 70,6 55,2 292,5 2,3 7,2 0,7 448,2 074, 374, 6, 93,3 22,8 60,5 04,9 55,6 5 876 3 579 2 297 ebruary 977 Μ 23,7 676,3 537,4 05 30 494,7 806,9 56 493,5 29,0 66,2 52,8 285,2 6,6 68,6 0,7 42,8 055,5 366,3 5,4 92,6 22,8 60,8 04,5 56,3 5 772 3 54 2 258 ebruary 976 Μ 346,7 80,6 536, 978,9 487,6 49,3 28,9 770,9 448,0 238, 90,9 47,2 247,8 4,5 33,3 0, 304,4 04,6 289,8 4, 93,0 2, 37,0 95,7 4,3 5 586 3 578 2 008. Regsered unemployed as % o cvlan workng populaon <l 974 τ <f> 975 τ 0 976 2,2 4, 4, 2,3 3,9 4,3 5,2 5,7 6, 2,9 4, 4,5 3,2 5,3 6,8 0,0 0,2 2,4 3,8 5,3 6,3 8,8 9,9 2, 2,9 4,4 Maroh 976 June 976 Sepember 976 4,6 3,6 3,5 4,3 3,8 4,4 6,3 5,9 6,2 4,6 4, 4,4 6,2 6, 7,4 0,2 0,2 5,2 5,7 0, 9,6 9,5 5, 4, 4,7 5, 4,6 November 976 December 976 January 977 3,8 4,2 4,8 4,8 4,8 4,9 6,2 6,3 6,8 4,4 4,6 4,8. 7,5 7,4 7,5 0,5 0,5 «5,4 5,4 5,7 9,8 0,2 5,3 5,9 6,5 «5, 5,2 5,6 ebruary 977 τ 4,7 4,9 6,7 4,6 7,3 0,5 5,6 6,6 5,5 ebruary 976 5,2 4,5 6,3 6,3 5, 0,2 5,6 5,3
B.R. DEUSCH LAND RANCE ALA NEDER LAND BELGQUE BELGË LUXEM BOURG UNED RELAND :VWMARK KNGDOM EUR 9. New regsraons o unemploymen (000s) Durng November 976 Durng December 976 273,8 306,2 226,2 2 54,2 46,9 40, 43,4,4,0 Durng January 977 46,8 222,4 > 36,0 44,8,0 V. Unemployed under 25 years a) as a % of all regsered unemployed March 976 June 976 Sepember 976 December 976 τ γ 0 25,7 28,6 39, 37,6 46,3 46,3 36,9 42,7 44, 39,4 37,2 34,8 43,9 39, 0) 42,0 4} 20, < January 977 s 42,2 38,2 37,8 36,6 January 976 4,5 38,8 39,8 36,3 20,5 b) n housands January 977 M 45,3 68,4 282,5 > 86,2 54,: 3,5 0,7 38,2 72,5 53 39, 2,2 January 976 V. Unemployed foregners (OOO's) M 42, 69,4 252,4 92,ï 64,2 28,: 00,2 4 59,9 473,7 309, 64,6 30,2 8,8,4 December 976 9 95,* 39,5 > January 977 0 3,6 40,7 s V. Vacances a) recorded durng he monh November 976 December 976 57,0 3,4 74,ε 68,4 2,! 9,c 9,0 0,2, 0,9 f s 7,2 2,5 January 977 60,2 76,5 9,: 0,0,0 2,3 5,4 < b) unflled a end of monh December 976 January 977 85,9 20,9 95.C 96, 42,( 4, ( 3,4 3,6 0,.0,2,4,', ebruary 977 224,5 98,2.42,: 3,9 0,2 33,9.3 - (a) May (b) July
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ANNEX ECHNCAL NOE CONCERNNO GURES O REGSEREO UNEMPLOYMEN AND VACANCES hs Sascal elegram s based on naonal daa on numbers of persons regsered a publc employmen offces. he nformaon s obaned by regular ransmsson o he Sascal Offce of he European Communes. he defnons have been sandardzed n a number of respecs bu complee comparably s no possble; naonal legslaon and admnsrave pracces are oo dfferen. he sascs are herefore useful manly for sudes of rends. Smlarly he bases of calculaon of he percenages of regsered unemploymen n he ovlan workng populaon have been sandardzed n a number of respecs. hey are herefore somewha beer eued for comparson of rends han are unemploymen raes calculaed naonally on dfferen bases n he varous counres. However, mus be emphaszed ha he degree of sandardzaon s nsuffcen o perm relable comparson eher of absolue levels or of raes of unemploymen) any such analyss mus be made wh exreme cauon. or regs^re^unemplovmen, he followng daa have been used.r. O GERMANY» Unemployed accordng o he defnon of he Bundesansal für Arbe, namely persons whou job seekng permanen work for a leas 20 hours a week. RANCE ALY NEHERLANDS BELGUM LUXEMBOURG UNED KNGDOM RELAND As defned by he Mnsère du raval and regsered a he Agence Naonal pour l'emplo persons whou work avalable o sar work mmedaely and seekng permanen employmen for a leas 30 hours a week. Persons regsered n classes and on employmen exchange lss provded by he Mnsero del Lavoro e della Prevdenza Socale. hese comprse unemployed persons who have worked before as well as young persons under 2 years and oher persons seekng her frs job, ncludng hose who have fnshed her legal mlary servce and are seekng work. Persons under 65 years, as normally covered by sascs of he Mnsere van Socale Zaken, who do no have or no longer have a job, and are seekng full me work for 30 hours or more a week. Persons ou of work on regser a he Offce Naonal de l'emplo, oomprsng unemployed persons recevng benef, oher persons seekng work who are oblged o regser and persons seekng work regsered volunarly. Persons whou a job beween 6 and 65 years seekng full me work (a leas 40 hours per week) provded hey are avalable on he labour marke and regsered a he Admnsraon de l'emplo. Unemployed persons regsered for employmen a a local employmen offce or careers offce on he dae of he monhly coun who on ha day have no job and are capable of and avalable for work for more han 30 hours a week. hese sascs are compled by Deparmen of Employmen for Grea Bran and Deparmen of Manpower Servces for Norhern reland. s Unemployed persons on he Lve regser capable of work and avalable for a job comprsng clamans o Unemploymen Benefs, applcans for Unemploymen Asssance and ceran oher regsered persons. DENMARK Unemployed persons aged a leas 7 years seekng work, wheher or no hey are members of he rade unons unemploymen nsurance funds, as normally couned by Danmarks Sask. Accordng o agreemens reached n he workng pary of he Sascal Offce, he sandardzed fgures n prncple do no nclude shor me work for economc and meeorologcal reasons, unemployed persons akng par n vocaonal ranng schemes and persons for whom work has been provded by publc naves n order o avod unemploymen. n some oases, hs may no be he usual naonal undersandng of regsered unemploymen. Suaon a he end of he monh means a he las day of he monh excep for Uned Kngdom where hey refer o he second hursday of he monh, reland o he las rday of he monh and Denmark o he las Wednesday of he monh. All regsraons durng he monh are ncluded and he oals shown gross, ha s, whou deducon of regsraons cancelled durng he monh. he naonal daa publshed are absolue fgures whou seasonal adjusmen. or comparson fgures for he correspondng monh of he prevous year are shown. or he ohar, seasonal adjusmen has been done for EUR 9 accordng o he EUROSA mehod. Cv an_worknjg_poj3ulaon l comprses persons n employmen and unemployed, excludng armed foroes. or calculaon of he percenage of regsered unemployed n he cvlan workng populaon, naonal esmaes sandardzed accordng o OECD defnona have been used. he fgures shown are annual average or md year esmaes of he laes common avalable year for all counres (.e. 975). gures of unfl d_vacancjes_ relae eolely o vacances nofed o publc employmen offces and are no a measure of oal vacances. Employers may be able o recru workers whou necessarly seekng he asssance of publc employmen offces. SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAONS M f oal Males emales Average» esmaed by EUROSA ρ prelmnary no avalable blank no ye avalable
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