Registered unemployment report March 2012
Produced by
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 Apr 2012
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
ββThe March 2012 report shows that:
- 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 (February 2012) and 140 higher than the average for the preceding 3 months. It was the highest level recorded to date
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,810. This latest monthly total is 10 lower than a month earlier (February 2012), 500 higher than that of a year earlier (March 2011) and 640 higher than that of 2 years earlier (March 2010)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) has almost doubled during the last 12 months and now accounts for more than 1 in 6 of total ASW
- 280 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, some 20 fewer than a month earlier (February 2012) and 110 were on the Advance to Work scheme
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