Registered unemployment report March 2011
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
21 Apr 2011
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The registered unemployment report for March 2011 has been released by the Statistics Unit
The March 2011 report shows that:
- the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 1,310
- the latest monthly ASW total is 160 lower than that of a month earlier (February 2011) and 140 higher than that of a year earlier (March 2010)
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the ASW total was some 50 lower than a month earlier, in February 2011, and was at a similar level to the last 6 months of 2010
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) has increased by 60 over the last 12 months and now accounts for 1 in 7 of the ASW total
- 310 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, a similar number as in the previous month; 140 teenagers were on the Advance to Work Scheme
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