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The official unemployed rates are an internationally
recognised figure for unemployment based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics
New Zealand.
These are the latest figures for March 1998.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
PEOPLE REGISTERED
NOTIFIED VACANCIES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
LOSS OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
GAIN OF PART-TIME EMPLOYED
"Those without a job
These are the statistics that are more commonly used
by community workers and employment activists in New
Zealand because they more accurately reflect the
people who are their concern or clients.
These "Jobless" figures are also based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics NZ,
but include a wider definition of unemployment,
usually referred to "those without a job and wanting
a job".
According to Statistics NZ, the difference between
the official "unemployment" figures and the "jobless
figures" is that many of the people on the jobless
measurement are available for work, but not actively
seeking it.
The reasons for not actively seeking work range from
people being discouraged because they lack the skills
needed, or were the wrong age, or that the right work
was not available in their area, or they were only
looking for jobs in their newspaper. This measurement
also includes those actively seeking work but not yet
available for it.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF JOBLESS IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
PACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
NZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA)RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
MATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
LONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
VERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
TOTAL EFFECT OF THE SCHEMES
PERCENT OF OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYED
Official Unemployment in NZ
Registrations at NZ Employment Service
The Employed
Full-time and part-time
Global Unemployment Rates
Officially Jobless
Labour Force Participation Rate
Race / Ethnic Unemployment
Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment
The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs
March 1998 seasonally adjusted
129,000 people
March 1998 seasonally adjusted
7.1%
OR ONE IN 14 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Jan 1998 to March 1998
7,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 1997 to March 1998
13,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1998NORTHLAND
11.9%
or one in 8 people
AUCKLAND
7.6%
or one in 13 people
WAIKATO
7.8%
or one in 13 people
BAY OF PLENTY
9.5%
or one in 11 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
9.2%
or one in 11 people
TARANAKI
6.4%
or one in 16 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
7.6%
or one in 13 people
WELLINGTON
5.7%
or one in 18 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
5.4%
or one in 19 people
CANTERBURY
8.1%
or one in 12 people
OTAGO
7.1%
or one in 14 people
SOUTHLAND
6.2%
or one in 16 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
Jan 98 to March 98
Wellington
Southland
None
Otago
Northland
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Wanganui/Manawatu
Canterbury
Taranaki
Auckland
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Nelson/Malborough/Tasman/West Coast
Source -- Statistics NZ
AT NZ EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
March 98
187,582 people
for month of March 98
4,989 vacancies
Source -- New Zealand Employment Service
March 98 Seasonally Adjusted
1,694,000 people
Jan 98 to March 98
4,000 people
March 97 to March 98
4,000 people
Electricity,
Gas And Water
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Social and Personal Services
Business and Financial
Transport
Storage and Communication
Building and Construction
Agriculture
Forestry and Fishing
Source -- Statistics NZ
IN THE PAST YEAR
Jan 98 to March 98
800 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
Jan 98 to March 98
3,000 people
Full-time
Part-time
Men
845,500 (90%)
94,800 (10%)
Women
475,500 (63%)
274,700 (37%)
Total
1,321,000
369,500
overall %
78%
22%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
20.6%
FRANCE
12.6%
ITALY
12.1%
CANADA
9.0%
GERMANY
11.5%
BRITAIN
6.4%
AUSTRALIA
8.2%
OECD AVERAGE
7.3%
NEW ZEALAND
7,1%
UNITED STATES
4.9%
JAPAN
3.9%
and wanting a job ..."
March 98
208,300 people
March 98
12.1%
OR ONE IN 8 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Jan 98 to March 98
Nil
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 97 to March 98
7,300 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 98NORTHLAND
15.7%
or one in 6 people
AUCKLAND
12.2%
or one in 8 people
WAIKATO
13.0%
or one in 8 people
BAY OF PLENTY
16.6%
or one in 6 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
16.9%
or one in 6 people
TARANAKI
11.0%
or one in 9 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
12.1%
or one in 8 people
WELLINGTON
8.3%
or one in 12 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
9.2%
or one in 11 people
CANTERBURY
12.0%
or one in 8 people
OTAGO
12.2%
or one in 8 people
SOUTHLAND
9.0%
or one in 11 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1998
65.6%
(down slightly on last year)
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1998
18.3%
or one in 5 Maori people
March 1998
16.4%
or one in 6 Pacific Island people
March 1998
5.5%
or one in 18 NZ European (Pakeha)people
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
March 1998
17.4%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
March 1998
3.7%
or one in 27 mature people
March 1998
42,200 people
35% or one in 3 of the unemployed
March 1998
8,700 people
7% or one in 15 of the unemployed
Dec 1997
2,300 people
2% or one in 56 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
ON UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
Jan 98 (latest available figures)
30,124 people
ON A SCHEME OR SUBSIDISED WORK
Jan 98
19%
TASKFORCE GREEN
2,400 people
JOB PLUS
7,750 people
JOB INTRO
11 people
JOB CONNECTION
959 people
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
631 people
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
665 people
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
15,932 people (March 98
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army/Navy)
figures not available
CONSERVATION CORPS
1,561 people (March 98)
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
215 people (March 98)
JOB LINK
(still counted as unemployed)
22 people
COMMUNITY TASKFORCE
(still counted as unemployed)
4,193 people
TOTAL
30,124 people
Source -- figures from NZ Employment Service, ETSA and Youth Affairs
March 98 (Figures from NZES only available to Jan 98)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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