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4.2_Labour market activity1
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Commonly-used UK Stats Prelim Estimate Of GDP Jan 25 GDP Month 2 May 25 Gross Domestic Product (O) Aug 26 Motor Vehicle Prod Mar 2
UK Economic Accounts Dec 22 Detailed Index of Prod Dataset Jan 12 Productivity Dec 23 Public Sector Finances, Jan 24 Public Sector Accounts, Jun 30
Public Sector Trans: Calendar ... Jun 30 Public Sector Employment Stats Dec 14 PPI Aggregate Level Jan 13 Producer Prices - MM22 Jan 24 Consumer Price Indices Aug 16
Claimant Count & Vacancies Jan 18 Labour Market Stats - Integrat... Jan 18 Employment & Earnings Jan 18 Financial Stats Freestanding Jul 12 Financial Stats Consistent Jul 12
Mergers & Acquisitions Dec 6 Share Ownership Jan 27 Inv't by Ins Comps, Pens Funds... Mar 25 Ins Comps', Pens Funds' & Trus... Dec 21 Balance of Payments Quarterly Dec 22
Trade in Goods Industry BOP MQ... Dec 9 Trade in Goods MRETS (all BOP ... Jan 11 Monthly Digest of Stats Jul 28 Economic Trends Dec 16 Economic Trends Annual Supp Oct 10
Index of Distribution Feb 24 Pink Book Jul 30 Blue Book Jul 30 Cap Stocks Tables for Publication Jul 31 Retail Sales - Detailed Level Jan 20
Metal Working Machine Tools 0 MM17 - PINCCA Dec 29 Engineering Turnover & Orders ... Feb 17 Business Inv't Dec 22 Consumer Trends Dec 22
Consumer Credit Business Jul 1 Profitability of UK Comps Jan 4


  SubTable 18 of 43   4.2_Labour market activity1   Monthly data  
Month
Quarter
Year
et_1.1__ Selected monthly indicators1   et_2.2__ GDP: by category of exp   et_2.9__ Gross val added chnd vol measrs basic prices, by category of output   et_4.5A_ Unemployment rates1   et_5.5__ Number of property trans1 2 3   et_6.3__ Counterparts to changes in money stock M41 2   et_X2.15 Measrs of UK competitiveness in trade in manufactures  
et_2.1__ National accts aggregates   et_2.3__ GDP & shares of incm & exp   et_3.1__ Prices   et_4.6__ Averearnings (including bonuses)1   et_5.6__ Changes in inventories   et_6.4__ Public sector receipts & exp  
et_2.10_ Summ cap accts & net lending/net borrowing   et_2.4__ Incm, product & spending per head   et_4.1__ Labour mkt activity1   et_4.7__ Productivity & unit wcosts1   et_5.7__ Inventory ratios   et_6.5__ Public sector key fiscal indicators1  
et_2.11_ Prvt non-finl corps:   et_2.5__ Hshlds'1 disposable incm & cons   et_4.2__ Labour mkt activity1   et_5.1__ Output of production industries1   et_5.8__ Retail sales, new registrations of cars & credit business (Great Britain)   et_6.6__ Consumer credit & other household sector borrowing  
et_2.12_ Prvt non-finl corps:   et_2.6__ Household final cons exp, by purpose1 2   et_4.3__ Labour mkt activity by age1   et_5.2__ Engineering & construction: output & orders   et_5.9__ Inland energy cons: primary fuel input basis   et_6.7__ Anal of bank lending to UK residents1 2  
et_2.13_ Bal of pymts: curr acct   et_2.7__ Gross fixed cap formation   et_4.4__ Jobs & claimant count   et_5.3__ Motor vehicle & steel production   et_6.1__ Sterling exchange rates & UK reserves1   et_6.8__ Interest rates & yields1  
et_2.14_ Trade in goods (on a bal of pymts basis)   et_2.8__ Gross val added chnd vol measrs basic prices, by category of output   et_4.5__ Regional claimant count rates1 2 3   et_5.4__ Indicators of fixed invst in dwellings   et_6.2__ Monetary aggregates1 2   et_6.9__ A selection of asset prices  
  4.2 Labour market activity1. { total observations, n=43869 }1     UK National Statistics titles: [ et_doc.txt| ES mirror ] data: [ et (index ) | mirror et ]
  Code     Variable   ( skkd )   Mthly     Qtrly     Yrly     Monthly Range     2004 feb     2004 mar     2004 apr     2004 may     2004 jun     2004 jul     2004 aug     2004 sep     2004 oct     2004 nov     2004 dec     2005 jan     2005 feb     2005 mar     2005 apr     2005 may     2005 jun     2005 jul     2005 aug     2005 sep     2005 oct     2005 nov     2005 dec     2006 jan     2006 feb     2006 mar     2006 apr     2006 may     2006 jun     2006 jul     2006 aug     2006 sep     2006 oct     2006 nov     2006 dec     2007 jan     2007 feb     2007 mar     2007 apr     2007 may     2007 jun     2007 jul     2007 aug     2007 sep     2007 oct     2007 nov     2007 dec     2008 jan     2008 feb     2008 mar     2008 apr     2008 may     2008 jun     2008 jul     2008 aug  
1 MGTA 265. LFS: Employees: UK: All: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1131 obs 1240 obs 339 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 24498 24472 24508 24498 24571 24680 24775 24736 24748 24816 24853 24843 24806 24783 24792 24863 24959 25094 25101 25080 24950 24955 24974 24964 24965 24998 25006 25062 25131 25268 25218 25172 25114 25147 25087 24997 24950 25002 25093 25118 25184 25272 25348 25351 25350 25413 25410 25356 25313 25369 25400 25409 25453 25496 25508
2 MGTD 266. LFS: Self-employed: UK: All: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1308 obs 1021 obs 304 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 3607 3614 3605 3650 3632 3621 3594 3621 3641 3633 3602 3617 3599 3596 3612 3592 3611 3620 3666 3643 3690 3693 3692 3710 3716 3722 3672 3680 3706 3725 3761 3789 3795 3795 3808 3807 3815 3801 3766 3763 3783 3802 3813 3834 3846 3836 3842 3873 3868 3825 3816 3809 3819 3798 3797
3 MGTG 267. LFS: Unpaid family workers: UK: All: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1388 obs 936 obs 256 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 104 111 99 95 87 89 91 93 96 97 96 104 105 106 101 98 93 87 91 91 93 89 90 87 90 89 85 90 98 107 104 96 101 100 98 98 104 105 101 99 106 107 100 95 103 104 106 107 109 118 116 110 101 91 91
4 MGTJ 268. LFS: Government supported training & employment programmes: UK: All: 000s: NSA NSA nominal 1133 obs 799 obs 201 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 122 128 131 122 128 129 124 126 131 128 125 125 131 128 119 112 110 105 102 99 102 112 106 94 98 99 100 94 89 84 87 98 115 108 108 104 104 106 109 113 117 111 107 107 108 116 111 116 120 124 123 113 111 103 101
5 MGTM 269. LFS: In employment: UK: All: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1308 obs 726 obs 203 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 28331 28326 28343 28365 28417 28518 28583 28577 28616 28675 28677 28689 28641 28613 28624 28665 28773 28905 28960 28914 28836 28850 28862 28855 28869 28908 28864 28926 29023 29183 29176 29154 29125 29150 29101 29005 28973 29014 29069 29093 29191 29292 29369 29387 29408 29468 29470 29451 29410 29437 29455 29440 29485 29488 29497
6 MGTP 270. LFS: ILO unemployed: UK: All: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1164 obs 775 obs 195 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 1430 1425 1384 1394 1434 1470 1475 1453 1431 1391 1380 1412 1410 1402 1384 1397 1438 1488 1513 1559 1564 1533 1501 1547 1597 1609 1615 1649 1718 1761 1773 1753 1701 1661 1645 1664 1691 1658 1616 1621 1667 1718 1731 1692 1658 1563 1553 1574 1610 1626 1568 1643 1750 1869 1922
7 MGTS 271. LFS: Economically active: UK: All: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1294 obs 939 obs 235 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 29761 29750 29727 29759 29851 29988 30058 30030 30047 30066 30057 30101 30051 30015 30008 30062 30212 30393 30473 30473 30399 30383 30363 30402 30466 30518 30479 30575 30741 30944 30949 30907 30826 30811 30746 30670 30664 30672 30685 30714 30858 31010 31100 31080 31066 31031 31023 31026 31019 31063 31023 31083 31235 31357 31419
8 MGTV 272. LFS: Economically inactive: UK: All: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1294 obs 892 obs 224 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 17541 17581 17635 17632 17569 17469 17436 17499 17520 17538 17583 17576 17662 17734 17779 17761 17648 17499 17452 17484 17590 17639 17691 17685 17654 17635 17705 17642 17508 17340 17368 17444 17559 17607 17706 17816 17855 17882 17902 17907 17796 17676 17619 17671 17716 17783 17824 17853 17891 17880 17952 17924 17804 17716 17688
9 MGSL 273. LFS: Population aged 16+: UK: All: 000s: NSA:Annual = 4 quarter average NSA nominal { 2nd } 1543 obs 765 obs 200 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 47302 47332 47362 47391 47420 47457 47494 47530 47567 47603 47640 47677 47714 47750 47787 47824 47859 47892 47925 47957 47990 48022 48055 48087 48120 48152 48185 48217 48249 48283 48317 48351 48385 48418 48452 48486 48519 48553 48587 48621 48654 48686 48718 48750 48782 48814 48846 48879 48911 48943 48975 49007 49039 49073 49107
10 MGUH 274. LFS: Employment rate: UK: All: Aged 16-59/64: %: NSA NSA nominal 1294 obs 928 obs 233 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 74.60 74.5 74.5 74.5 74.60 74.80 75 74.90 74.90 75 74.90 74.80 74.60 74.5 74.40 74.5 74.70 75 75.10 74.90 74.60 74.60 74.5 74.40 74.40 74.40 74.30 74.40 74.60 74.90 74.90 74.80 74.70 74.60 74.5 74.20 74.10 74.10 74.20 74.30 74.5 74.70 74.80 74.90 74.80 75 74.90 74.80 74.60 74.60 74.60 74.5 74.60 74.60 74.60
11 MGTB 275. LFS: Employees: UK: Male: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1150 obs 840 obs 211 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 12538 12514 12559 12542 12603 12689 12737 12710 12689 12713 12725 12703 12692 12670 12665 12726 12773 12861 12869 12871 12800 12779 12772 12751 12731 12773 12777 12818 12880 12974 12971 12947 12887 12898 12855 12820 12784 12821 12889 12909 12942 13026 13075 13069 13052 13036 13023 12966 12944 12996 12995 13024 13043 13077 13090
12 MGTE 276. LFS: Self-employed: UK: Male: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1294 obs 624 obs 158 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 2638 2651 2640 2674 2670 2666 2652 2668 2685 2682 2653 2651 2642 2645 2651 2635 2645 2642 2678 2671 2707 2719 2720 2715 2694 2696 2669 2670 2680 2689 2724 2739 2767 2757 2776 2762 2771 2754 2739 2740 2749 2748 2746 2772 2792 2795 2790 2812 2817 2784 2775 2768 2770 2752 2752
13 MGTH 277. LFS: Unpaid family workers: UK: Male: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1230 obs 619 obs 148 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 44 46 40 40 34 32 35 33 38 37 40 43 43 44 39 36 34 33 32 31 30 29 32 30 31 32 33 36 37 42 42 42 40 41 39 40 42 41 39 36 38 41 40 37 38 39 38 39 38 41 41 39 36 32 30
14 MGTK 278. LFS: Government supported training & employment programmes: UK: Male: 000s: NSA NSA nominal 973 obs 616 obs 156 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 71 75 77 71 71 71 73 76 79 77 74 71 73 74 71 70 67 66 61 58 57 63 61 60 62 62 59 54 51 49 53 57 67 62 64 58 59 61 61 62 67 63 59 54 59 65 68 75 77 75 71 64 63 66 63
15 MGTN 279. LFS: In employment: UK: Male: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1197 obs 1070 obs 283 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 15292 15286 15317 15327 15377 15458 15497 15486 15492 15509 15492 15468 15449 15433 15427 15468 15519 15602 15640 15631 15595 15590 15585 15556 15517 15563 15538 15578 15649 15755 15794 15786 15761 15757 15733 15680 15655 15677 15729 15747 15796 15878 15921 15932 15941 15935 15920 15891 15876 15897 15881 15895 15912 15926 15936
16 MGTQ 280. LFS: ILO unemployed: UK: Male: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1294 obs 1188 obs 297 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 851 845 807 824 841 863 847 819 827 816 827 838 843 835 819 817 848 881 880 901 904 904 876 907 941 950 954 959 992 1009 1018 995 954 949 949 965 980 968 940 930 956 981 979 937 926 885 905 922 944 944 925 970 1034 1101 1125
17 MGTT 281. LFS: Economically active: UK: Male: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1150 obs 840 obs 211 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 16143 16132 16123 16151 16218 16321 16344 16306 16319 16325 16319 16306 16292 16269 16245 16285 16367 16483 16520 16532 16498 16494 16461 16462 16458 16513 16492 16537 16641 16763 16812 16780 16715 16706 16681 16645 16635 16646 16669 16677 16752 16858 16900 16869 16866 16820 16824 16812 16820 16841 16806 16865 16946 17027 17060
18 MGTW 282. LFS: Economically inactive: UK: Male: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1247 obs 876 obs 234 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 6754 6782 6807 6797 6746 6662 6660 6718 6726 6740 6767 6799 6834 6878 6921 6902 6840 6743 6724 6730 6782 6805 6857 6873 6896 6859 6899 6872 6786 6684 6655 6705 6790 6819 6862 6918 6947 6956 6952 6963 6907 6820 6796 6846 6867 6931 6946 6976 6987 6985 7038 6998 6935 6873 6859
19 MGSM 283. LFS: Population aged 16 and over: UK: Male: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal { 2nd } 1496 obs 1071 obs 283 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 22897 22914 22931 22947 22964 22984 23004 23024 23045 23065 23085 23106 23126 23146 23166 23187 23207 23225 23243 23262 23281 23299 23317 23335 23354 23373 23391 23409 23427 23447 23466 23486 23505 23524 23544 23563 23582 23602 23621 23640 23660 23678 23697 23715 23733 23752 23770 23789 23807 23825 23844 23862 23881 23900 23919
20 MGUI 284. LFS: Employment rate: UK: Male: Aged 16-64: %: NSA NSA nominal 2201 obs 1003 obs 252 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 79 78.90 79 78.90 79.10 79.5 79.70 79.60 79.5 79.5 79.30 79.10 78.90 78.70 78.60 78.80 79 79.40 79.5 79.30 79.10 78.90 78.90 78.60 78.40 78.5 78.30 78.5 78.80 79.30 79.40 79.30 79.10 79 78.80 78.5 78.30 78.30 78.5 78.60 78.70 79.10 79.20 79.30 79.20 79.20 79 78.80 78.60 78.60 78.5 78.5 78.60 78.60 78.70
21 MGTC 285. LFS: Employees: UK: Female: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1908 obs 730 obs 184 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 11960 11958 11949 11956 11968 11991 12038 12027 12059 12103 12128 12140 12114 12113 12127 12137 12186 12232 12232 12209 12150 12176 12201 12214 12235 12224 12229 12244 12251 12293 12247 12225 12227 12249 12233 12178 12167 12181 12204 12210 12242 12246 12273 12282 12298 12377 12387 12390 12369 12373 12405 12384 12411 12419 12418
22 MGTF 286. LFS: Self-employed: UK: Female: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1891 obs 1196 obs 303 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 968 964 964 976 962 955 942 953 956 952 949 966 957 951 961 957 966 978 988 973 983 974 973 995 1022 1027 1003 1010 1026 1035 1037 1049 1028 1038 1033 1044 1044 1047 1027 1022 1035 1054 1067 1062 1054 1041 1052 1061 1051 1041 1041 1041 1050 1046 1044
23 MGTI 287. LFS: Unpaid family workers: UK: Female: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 2292 obs 1476 obs 316 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 60 65 59 56 53 56 56 60 58 60 56 61 62 63 61 62 60 54 58 60 63 60 58 56 58 57 52 54 60 65 62 55 61 59 59 57 62 64 62 63 68 66 60 58 66 65 68 68 71 76 75 71 64 60 61
24 MGTL 288. LFS: Government supported training & employment programmes: UK: Female: 000s:NSA NSA nominal 1970 obs 1124 obs 287 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 51 53 54 51 57 58 50 50 52 51 51 54 58 54 48 43 43 39 41 41 45 49 45 35 36 37 41 40 37 35 34 40 48 47 44 46 45 45 47 51 51 48 48 53 49 51 44 42 43 49 53 49 48 37 38
25 MGTO 289. LFS: In employment: UK: Female: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1436 obs 671 obs 157 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 13039 13039 13026 13038 13040 13060 13086 13091 13124 13166 13185 13221 13192 13180 13198 13198 13255 13304 13319 13283 13241 13260 13277 13299 13351 13345 13326 13348 13374 13428 13382 13368 13364 13393 13368 13325 13318 13336 13340 13346 13396 13414 13448 13456 13467 13533 13550 13561 13534 13540 13574 13545 13573 13562 13561
26 MGTR 290. LFS: ILO unemployed: UK: Female: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1436 obs 622 obs 157 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 579 579 577 570 593 607 628 634 604 575 553 573 567 567 565 580 590 607 633 658 660 629 625 640 656 659 661 690 725 752 756 758 747 713 696 699 711 690 676 690 710 738 752 755 733 678 649 653 665 682 643 673 716 768 798
27 MGTU 291. LFS: Economically active: UK: Female: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1792 obs 989 obs 269 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 13618 13619 13603 13608 13633 13667 13714 13724 13728 13741 13738 13795 13760 13747 13763 13778 13845 13911 13953 13941 13901 13889 13903 13940 14007 14004 13987 14038 14100 14181 14138 14126 14110 14106 14064 14025 14029 14026 14016 14036 14106 14152 14200 14211 14200 14211 14199 14213 14199 14222 14217 14218 14289 14330 14359
28 MGTX 292. LFS: Economically inactive: UK: Female: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal 1809 obs 709 obs 190 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 10787 10799 10828 10835 10824 10806 10775 10781 10794 10798 10817 10776 10828 10857 10858 10859 10808 10756 10728 10754 10808 10835 10835 10812 10759 10775 10807 10770 10722 10656 10713 10739 10769 10788 10844 10898 10908 10926 10950 10944 10889 10856 10822 10825 10849 10852 10878 10877 10905 10895 10914 10926 10869 10843 10829
29 MGSN 293. LFS: Population aged 16 and over: UK: Female: Thousands: NSA NSA nominal { 2nd } 1397 obs 859 obs 229 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 24405 24418 24431 24443 24457 24473 24489 24505 24522 24538 24555 24571 24588 24603 24621 24637 24653 24667 24681 24695 24709 24723 24737 24751 24766 24780 24794 24808 24822 24836 24851 24865 24879 24894 24908 24923 24937 24951 24966 24980 24995 25008 25022 25035 25049 25063 25076 25090 25104 25117 25131 25144 25158 25173 25188
30 MGUJ 294. LFS: Employment rate: UK: Female: Aged 16-59: %: NSA NSA nominal 1849 obs 726 obs 169 obs 0 to 2008 Aug 69.90 69.80 69.70 69.70 69.70 69.80 69.90 69.90 70.10 70.20 70.20 70.20 70 69.90 69.90 69.90 70.10 70.40 70.40 70.20 69.90 69.90 69.90 69.90 70.10 70.10 69.90 70 70 70.30 70 70 69.90 70 69.80 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.60 69.60 69.90 70 70.10 70 70.10 70.40 70.40 70.40 70.20 70.30 70.40 70.20 70.30 70.20 70.20
Abbreviations:
  NSA = not seasonally adjusted (raw data)
  SA = seasonally adjusted
  LFS = Labour Force Survey 		43869 obs 26870 obs 6884 obs