DER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEIS ESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - D NAUTESEUROPEENNES - S' AFTEN - ISTITUTO STAT'ST. TATISTlSKE DEPARTEMENT F 'CAL OFFICE OF THE EUROPE UE COMUNITÀ EUROPEE - 8u. íuropaeiske FAELLESSKABI lunites - STATISTISCHES f eurosa OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - STATISTISCHES AMT OER EUROPAISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN - ISTITUTO A EUROPEE - BUREAU VOOR DE STAT.STiEK DER EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - DET STATISTISKE OEPARTI IEUESS*A3EH - OFFICE STATlST'QUE DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES - STATISTICAL OF'lCE OF STATISTISCHES AMT OER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN - is'ituto STATISTICO DELLE COMUNITÀ EURO TiSTiEK OER EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN - DET STATISTISKE DEPARTEMENT FOR DE EUROPAEISKE F loue DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - S' CHEN mmm GEMEINSCHAFTEN ISTITUTO STATISTICO DELLE COMUN'TA EUROPEE - BUREAU VOOR DE STATI HAPPEN - DET STATISTISKE DEPARTEMEN' íq" DE EURQPAEi5«E ' *ELLESS*ABER OFFICE STATISTIQUE e STATISTISK TELEGRAM STATISTISCHES TELEGRAMM STATISTICAL TELEGRAM TELEGRAMME STATISTIQUE TELEGRAMMA STATISTICO STATISTISCH TELEGRAM MONTHLY STATISTICS OP REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT IN THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITY January 977 Unemploymen is usually high for seasonal reasons inhe firs monhs ofhe year. I is no surprising herefore, ha he number of unemployed regisered a employmen offices in heeuropean Communiy 5,5 million a he endof December 976 increased o 5 9 million injanuary977. This increase on he previous monh for he Communiy as a whole of 7.5 %is he resul of ircreases of 7 %indenmark, 5 $ ingermany, 9 $ in Ialy, 6 %inhe Unied Kingdom, 4 %inhe Neherlands, 3 %inprance, 2 %in Ireland and %inbelgium. The general rend, however, would seem, according o daa forhe Communiy as a whole, correced for seasonal variaions o be owards a slowing down in he rae of increase, hough he level sill remains high. Compared wih January 976 he corresponding monh of he previous year here wasa fall inhe number of regisered unemployed in Germany ( 8 %) and heneherlands ( 6 %) f all oher member saes show increases bu of differing amouns Belgium + 6 #, Denmark + 5 $, Ialy + 7 $,he Unied Kingdom + $, Prance + 5 %and Ireland + 3 fo. The increase in he number of female unemployed in he Communiy wasparicularly noeworhy, 0 %compared wih %for male unemploymen, beween January 976and January 977 A considerable proporion of oal regisered unemployed are under 25years of age abou 40 %inprance,he Neherlands and Belgium (he only counries wih recen figures available). The number of regisered unemployed as a percenage of he civilian working populaion was of he order of 5.6 %forhe Communiy as a whole injanuary 977w In Germany, Prance and he Neherlands he percenage was around 4.8 $, in he Unied Kingdom 5.7 % in Ialy anddenmark aa lile under 7 %, in Belgium 7.5 %and in Ireland abou 0 fo. For heyear 976,he average number of regisered unemployed inhe Communiy as a whole as a percenage of he civilian working populaion was4.9 %, he corresponding figure for I975 was 4.4 %and for I974 3 fo. This saisical elegram is circulaed regularly abou he 20h of each monh in German, English and French. I is compiled by EUROSTAT in conjuncion wih he Direcorae General for Social Affairs. EUROSTAT P.O. 907 LUXEMBOURG TEL. 430 ex 3446 BEFOLKNINGSSTATISTIK OG SOCIOLOGISK STATISTIK BEVÖLKERUNGS- UND SOZIALSTATISTIK DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS STATISTIQUES DEMOGRAPHIQUES ET SOCIALES STATISTICHE DEMOGRAFICHE E SOCIALI SOCIALE EN BEVOLKINGSSTATISTIEK UNEMPLOYMENT -977 MONTHLY
B.R. DEUTSCH LAND FRANCE ITALIA NEDER LAND BELGIQUE BELGIË LUXEM BOURG UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND DANMARK EUR 9 I. REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED (OOO's) 0 974 ψ 975 çí 976 582,5 074,2 06 497,7 839,7 933,5 997,2 06,9 82, 34,9 93,3 2,0 24, 207,8 266,6 0,0 64,9 977, ί 245,ï 7 98,7 no, 5, 2, 22,C 3 073 4 622 5 32 Karch 976 June Ι976 Sepember 976 90,2 92,0 89θ,7 938,2 83,0 955,4 28,0 42,8 98,2 25,9 94, 206,9 24,7 238,C 29,2 284,S 33,f 455,7 3,2 07, 06, E 23, i 0,' 5,( 5 327 4 850 5 228 Ocober 976 November 976 943,7 984,7 025,3 04,3 73,7 99,3 205,2 206,3 289, 29,7 0,! 0, 377, 374,C 07,] IO9, 2,i 30,; 5 244 5 338* December 976 M F 089,9 573,4 56,6 036,9 479,5 557,4 28,4 757,5 460,9 27,6 62,2 55,4 289,7 20, 69,6 0,7 37,0 4,4 9,5 22,9 44, 90,i 54, 5 483, 3 28 5 * 2 98 January 977 τ M F 248,9 068,4 326,5 699,5 549,4 497,9 570,5 866,β 460,! 225,8 70,6 55,2 292,5 2,3 7,2 0,7 0,5 448,2 074, 374, 6, 93,3 22,8 69,2 05.C 64,2 5 896* 3 628* 2 268* January 976 M F 35,0 794,5 556,5 07,4 506,9 5 235, 769,4 465,7 238,7 89,0 49,4 252,0 7,5 34,5 0,5 0, 303, 07,4 285,8 2,9 9,9 2, 47, 03,7 43, ; 5 658 3 59 2 067 II. REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED AS $ OF CIVILIAN WORKING POPULATION 0 974 Φ 975 Φ 976 2,3 4,2 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 4.9 6,3 8,8 9,9 2, 5,0 5,o 2,9 4,4 4,9 Karch 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 5,0 5,2 5,7 0, 9,6 9,5 5, 4, 4,7 5, 4,6 5,0 Ocober 976 November 976 December Ι9/6 3,6 3,8 4,2 4,7 4,8 4,8 6,0 6,2 6,3 4,3 4,4 4,6 7,4 7,5 7,4 0,5 5.4 5,4 5,4 9,6 9,8 0,2 5,0 5,3 5,9 5,0, 5,, 5,2 January 977 τ 4,8 4,9 6,8' 4,8 7,5 0,5 5,7 6,9 5,6 January 976 5,2 4,7 6,3 5,0 6,4 5, 0, 6,0 5,4
B R DEUTSCH LAND FRANCE ITALIA NEDER LAND BELGIQUE BELGIË LUXEM BOURG UNITED IRELAND DANMARK KINGDOM EUR 9 I I I. NEW REGISTRATIONS TO UNEM PLOYMENT (OOO's) During Ocober I976 During November 976 During December 976 300,8 273,8 306,2 283,6 226,2 2 43,4 5,2 46,9 45,2 40, 43,4,6,4,0 482,4 IV. UNEMPLOYED UNDER 25 YEÍLRS a) as a 5» of all regisered unemployed March I976 June I976 Sepember I976 November I976 ø 25,7 28,6 I 39, 37,6 46,3 47,3 s 36,9 42,7 44, 4,c 37,2 34,8 43,9 40,8 (c) 42,0 s (c) 20, December 976 46,3 39,4 39,! December 975 45,8 (b) 4,3 4,2 i b) in housands December 976 M F i 48 80,7 299,6 85,8 53,2 32,6 3,2 39,6 73,6 December I975 M F 462,0 92,3 269,7 s (b) 87,2 (b) 57, ì 30, 04,8 42,9 6,9 I i V. UNEMPLOYED FOREIGNERS (OOO's) November 976 ' 90, s 2,6 39,5 i! December 976 95,0 95,7! 39,5 i Γ VI. VACANCIES a) recorded during he monh Ocober I976 November 976 December I976 80,2 57,0 3,4 83,4 74,8 68,4 s 29,6 2,5 9,0,3,0 0,2,3, 0,9 230,6 I 6,7 7,2 2,5 b) unfilled a end of monh November I976 December I976 T T 202, 85,9 04,8 95,0 49,5 42,8 3,6 3,4 0, 0,.3, January I977 T 20,9 96, 4,8 3,6 0,2, (a) May (b) November (o) July
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ANNEX TECHNICAL NOTE CONCERNING FIGURES OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES This Saisical Telegram is based on naional daa on numbers of persons regisered a employmen exchances. The informaion ÌB obained by regular ransmission o he Saisical Office of he European Communiies. The definiions have been sandardized in a number of respecs bu complee comparabiliy is no possible, naional legislaion and adminisraive pracices are oo differen. The saisics are herefore mainly inended for sudies of rends. Similarly he bases of calculaion of he percenages of regisered unemploymen in he oal civilian labour force (calculaed on he average labour force of he previous year ) have been sandardized in a number of respecs. They arc herefore somewha boer suied for comparison of rends han he unemploymen raes calculaed naionally on differen basca in he various counries. However, i mus be emphasized ha he degree of sandardizaion is insufficien o permi direc comparison eiher of absolue levels or of raes of unemploymen) any such analysis mus be made wih exreme cauion. The following daa have been used F.R. OF GERMANY χ Unemployed according o he definiion of he Bundesansal für Arbei, namely persons wihou job seeking permanen work for a leas 20 hours a week. FRANCE ITALY NETHERLANDS BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND DENMARK As defined by he Minisère du Travail and regisered a he Agence Naionale pour l'emploi persons wihou work available o sar work immediaely and seeking permanen employmen for a leas 30 hours a week.» Persons regisered in classes I and II on labour exchange lise provided by he Minisero del Lavoro e della Previdenza Sociale. These comprise unemployed persons who have worked before as well as young per ons under 2 years and oher persons seeking heir firs job, including hose who have finished heir legal miliary service and are seeking work.! Person under 65 years, as normally covered by saisics of he Miniserie van Sociale Zaken, who do no have or no longer have a job, and are seeking a full ime work for 30 hours or more a week. s Persons ou of work on regiser a he Office Naional de l'emploi, comprising unemployed persons receiving benefi, oher persons seeking work who are obliged o regiser and persons seeking work regisered volunarily. i Persons wihou a job beween 6 and 65 years seeking full ime work (a leas 40 hours per week) provided hey are available on he labour marke, regisered a he Adminisraion de l'emploi. Unemployed persons, capable of work and available for work for more han 30 hours a week; saisics compiled by Deparmen of Employmen for Grea Briain and Deparmen of Kanpower Services for Norhern Ireland. Unemployed persons on live regiser capable of work and available for a job comprising claimans o unemploymen benefis, applicans for unemploymen benefis, applicans for unemploymen assisance and oher regisered persons. s Unemployed persons aged a leas 7 years seeking work, wheher or no hey are members of he rade unions unemploymen insurance funds, as normally couned by Danmarks Saisik. According o agreemens reached in he working pary of he Saisical Office, he sandardized figures in principle do no include shor ime work for economic and meeorological reasons, unemployed persons aking par in vocaional raining schemes and persons for whom work has been provided by public iniiaives in order o avoid unemploymen. In some cases his may no be he usual naional undersanding of regisered unemploymen. The naional daa published are absolue figures wihou seasonal adjusmen. For comparison figures for he corresponding monh of he previous year are shown. Siuaion a he end of he monh means a he las day of he monh excep for Unied Kingdom where hey refer o he second Thursday of he monh, Ireland o he las Friday of he monh and Denmark o he las Wednesday of he monh. All regisraions during he monh are included and he oals shown gross, ha is, wihou deducion of regisraions cancelled during he monh. To mee general demand, figures of unfilled or regisered vacancies have been added o his elegram. I mus however be born in mind ha hese cover only noificaions o employmen exchanges and hus do no always reflec he acual siuaion, especially in counries wih high unemploymen when enerprises may easily obain workers wihou he help of he employmen exchange offices. SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS T Toal * esimaed by EUROSTAT M Kales ρ preliminary F Females s no available φ Average blank no ye available
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