Registered unemployment report October 2011
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 Nov 2011
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The October 2011 report for registered unemployment shows:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 90 higher than a month earlier (September 2011) and 120 higher than the average for the preceding 3 months
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,500; this latest monthly total is 130 higher than a month earlier (September 2011), 210 higher than that of a year earlier (October 2010) and 500 higher than that of 2 years earlier (October 2009)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) has more than doubled during the last 12 months and now accounts for 1 in 5 of the ASW total
- 290 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW; of these, 140 were on the Advance to Work scheme
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