Statistics Sweden will be using the international unemployment figures for the LFS for October 2007 onwards. Until now, people who have been studying full-time at any time during the three weeks before the reference week have been classified as not in the labour force instead of as unemployed. Revised data regarding the number of unemployed people are within the statistical margin of error for all months in 2007.
Labour Force Survey (LFS), March 2012
In March 2012 the number of employed persons aged 15-74 amounted to 4 643 000. Compared to the same period last year this is an increase of 78 000, of whom 74 000 were women. The number of unemployed persons amounted to 389 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 7.7 percent. The number of hours worked increased by 2.3 percent. Seasonally adjusted data shows an increase of the employment among women.
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