Registered unemployment report March 2013
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
24 Apr 2013
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The March 2013 report shows that:
- on 31 March 2013, both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey were at the highest levels recorded to date
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work was 100 higher than a month earlier (February 2013); 80 higher than the average for the preceding three months
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 2,050. This latest monthly total is 20 higher than a month earlier (February 2013), 240 higher than that of a year earlier (March 2012) and almost double that of four years ago, in March 2009
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) now accounts for more than a sixth of total ASW and was at the highest level recorded to date
- 290 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW. 110 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
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