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The official unemployed rates are an internationally
recognised figure for unemployment based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics
New Zealand.
These are the latest figures for December 1998.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
PEOPLE REGISTERED
NOTIFIED VACANCIES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
FALL IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
LOSS OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
GAIN OF PART-TIME EMPLOYED
"Those without a job
These are the statistics that are more commonly used
by community workers and employment activists in New
Zealand because they more accurately reflect the
people who are their concern or clients.
These "Jobless" figures are also based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics NZ,
but include a wider definition of unemployment,
usually referred to "those without a job and wanting
a job".
According to Statistics NZ, the difference between
the official "unemployment" figures and the "jobless
figures" is that many of the people on the jobless
measurement are available for work, but not actively
seeking it.
The reasons for not actively seeking work range from
people being discouraged because they lack the skills
needed, or were the wrong age, or that the right work
was not available in their area, or they were only
looking for jobs in their newspaper. This measurement
also includes those actively seeking work but not yet
available for it.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF JOBLESS IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
Labour Force Participation Rate
Not in The Labour Force
MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
PACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
NZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA)RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
MATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
LONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
VERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
TOTAL EFFECT OF THE SCHEMES
PERCENT OF OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYED
Official Unemployment in NZ
Registrations at NZ Employment Service
The Employed
Full-time and part-time
Global Unemployment Rates
Officially Jobless
Labour Force Participation Rate
Race / Ethnic Unemployment
Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment
The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs
December 1998 seasonally adjusted
144,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
December 1998 seasonally adjusted
7.7%
OR ONE IN 13 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
October 1998 to December 1998
5,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
December 1997 to December 1998
18,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1998NORTHLAND
13.1%
or one in 8 people
AUCKLAND
6.5%
or one in 15 people
WAIKATO
8.7%
or one in 11 people
BAY OF PLENTY
11.4%
or one in 9 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
7.5%
or one in 13 people
TARANAKI
7.1%
or one in 14 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
5.3%
or one in 19 people
WELLINGTON
6.9%
or one in 14 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
5.3%
or one in 19 people
CANTERBURY
8.3%
or one in 12 people
OTAGO
7.3%
or one in 14 people
SOUTHLAND
6.9 %
or one in 14 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
October 98 to December 98
Auckland
Wanganui/Manawatu
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Southland
None
Northland
Taranaki
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Wellington
Canterbury
Otago
Source -- Statistics NZ
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
December 98
Figures unavailable
for month of December 98
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
December 98 Seasonally Adjusted
1,725,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
October 98 to December 98
5,000
December 97 to December 98
13,000 people
Social and Personal Services
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
Business and Financial
Transport
Storage and Communication
Building and Construction
Electricity, Gas And Water
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Source -- Statistics NZ
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 97 to December 98
23,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 97 to December 98
11,000 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
848,500 (89%)
100,900 (11%)
Women
483,000 (61%)
303,800 (39%)
Total
1,331,500
403,800
overall %
77%
23%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
18.9%
FRANCE
11.9%
ITALY
12.1%
CANADA
8.4%
GERMANY
9.8%
BRITAIN
7.1%
AUSTRALIA
8.1%
OECD AVERAGE
7.0%
NEW ZEALAND
7.7%
UNITED STATES
4.4%
JAPAN
4.2%
and wanting a job ..."
December 98
226,500 people
December 98
11.5%
OR ONE IN 9 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
October 98 to December 98
12,100
IN THE LAST YEAR
December 97 to December 98
13,800 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 98NORTHLAND
17.1%
or one in 6 people
AUCKLAND
10.3%
or one in 10 people
WAIKATO
13.0%
or one in 8 people
BAY OF PLENTY
17.3%
or one in 6 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
14.0%
or one in 7 people
TARANAKI
9.9%
or one in 10 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
10.5%
or one in 10 people
WELLINGTON
9.8%
or one in 10 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
8.3%
or one in 12 people
CANTERBURY
12.4%
or one in 8 people
OTAGO
11.9%
or one in 8 people
SOUTHLAND
11.7%
or one in 9 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1998
65.1%
(down from 65.4% on last year)
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1998
19.5%
or one in 5 Maori people
December 1998
13.3%
or one in 8 Pacific Island people
December 1998
5.4%
or one in 19 NZ European (Pakeha)people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
December 1998
17.2%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
December 1998
4.7%
or one in 21 mature people
December 1998
51,900 people
36% or one in 3 of the unemployed
December 1998
13,200 people
9% or one in 11 of the unemployed
December 1998
10,500 people
7% or one in 14 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
ON UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
December 98 (latest available figures. Figures have been unavailable since January for MOST of these categories)
Not available
ON A SCHEME OR SUBSIDISED WORK
June 98
Not available
TASKFORCE GREEN
Not available
JOB PLUS
Not available
JOB INTRO
Not available
JOB CONNECTION
Not available
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
Not available
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
Not available
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
6,557 people (December 98
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army/Navy)
67 people
CONSERVATION CORPS
862 people (December 98)
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
127 people (December98)
JOB LINK
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
COMMUNITY TASKFORCE
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
TOTAL
Not available
Source -- figures from Work &Income NZ, ETSA and Youth Affairs
December 98 (Figures from WINZ unavailable since Jan 98)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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