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COMPARATIVE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE STATISTICS--TEN COUNTRIES--1959-1997
				Prepared by:
				U.S. Department of Labor
				Bureau of Labor Statistics
				Office of Productivity and Technology
				March 1998
(Edited by Dr. Robinson Rojas)
                                                                               
General Notes 
                          Tables:
 1.  Civilian Working Age Population, 1959-1997                                         
 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment, 1959-1997
    2.1 Civilian Labor Force (thousands)-Approximating U.S. Concepts
    2.2 Labor Force (thousands)-As published by originating country
    2.3 Civilian Employment (thousands)-Approximating U.S. concepts
    2.4 Employment (thousands-As published by originating country (5)
    2.5 Unemployment (thousands)-Approximating U.S. concepts
    2.6 Unemployment (thousands)-As published by originating country (6)
    2.7 Civilian Unemployment Rate (percent)-Approximating U.S. concepts
    2.8 Unemployment Rate (percent)-As published by originating country (8)
    2.9 Footnotes
 3.  Quarterly Civilian Unemployment Rates, Seasonally Adjusted, 1991-1997              
 4.  Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex, 1960-1997
    4.1 Both Sexes 
    4.2 Male
    4.3 Female                      
 5.  Civilian Employment-Population Ratios by Sex, 1960-1997
    5.1 Both Sexes
    5.2 Male
    5.3 Female                          
 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector, 1960-1997 
    6.1 Civilian Employment 
    6.2 Agriculture  
    6.3 Industry  
      6.3.1 Manufacturing 
    6.4 Services                        
 7.  Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment by Economic Sector, 1960-1997          
    7.1  Agriculture
    7.2  Industry
      7.2.1 Manufacturing
    7.3  Services
 8.  Civilian Unemployment Rates by Sex, 1960-1997 
    8.1 Male
    8.2 Female
 9.  Civilian Unemployment Rates by Age, 1991-1997                                      
10.  BLS, OECD, and EUROSTAT Comparative Unemployment Rates, 1993-1997

GENERAL NOTES

This document presents selected international labor force statistics
for 10 countries -- the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, and
six European countries.  Data for all 10 countries are shown on most
tables. (Tables 3 and 9  exclude the Netherlands, and Table 10 relates
to only five countries.)   Unless otherwise noted, the data are 
adjusted to U.S. concepts.

All data in this document labeled Germany refer to the Federal Republic
of Germany before unification.  Also, the German Statistical Office  has
not yet made revisions to data by economic sector to incorporate the
1987 Population Census benchmarks.  Several data series on Germany in
tables 6 and 7 are 'not available' for the years 1971-1979.

In Japan, Special Labor Force Surveys conducted in February or March
ask more probing questions than the regular monthly surveys and,
therefore, provide a better basis for adjustment to U. S. concepts.
These additional adjustments have a small effect  on the rates for both
sexes combined but a substantial effect on unemployment rates by sex.
Therefore, while the additional information from the special surveys is
not used to adjust the total unemployment rate, it is used to adjust the
Japanese rates by sex (table 9).  It should be noted that adjustment
factors from one month may not be fully indicative of the adjustment
factors  for  the  entire  year.   For further information, see
Sara Elder and Constance Sorrentino, "Japan's Low Unemployment:  A BLS
Update and Revision,"  Monthly Labor Review, October 1993.

BREAKS IN SERIES:  There are breaks in the data series for the United
States (1990, 1994, 1997), Canada (1966, 1976), and the adjusted series
for France (1992), Germany (1983), Italy (1986, 1991, 1993), the
Netherlands (1983, 1988), and Sweden (1987, 1993).  Canada's data have
been adjusted for the 1966 break back to 1959.  Sweden's data have been
adjusted for the 1993 break back to 1987.  No adjustments have been made
for the other breaks in series.  

The United States.  While current survey concepts and methods are very
similar to those introduced at the inception of the Current Population
Survey in 1940, a number of changes have been made over the years to
improve the accuracy and usefulness of the data.  Other changes, such as
introduction of new population controls from the decennial censuses,
also affect historical comparability.   Most of these changes have had
small effects on historical comparability.  However, the 1990 and 1994
breaks noted here reflect major changes. 

In 1994, a major redesign of the labor force survey questionnaire and
collection methodology was introduced. Second, revised population
estimates based on the 1990 Census, adjusted for the estimated
undercount, were incorporated.   In 1996, previously published data for
the 1990-1993 period were revised to reflect the 1990 census-based
population controls, adjusted for the undercount.  Therefore, data for
1994 onward are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier
years because of the redesign, and data for 1990 onward are not directly
comparable with data for 1989 and earlier years because of the
introduction of the 1990-census based population controls, adjusted for
the undercount.  The estimated effect of the introduction of the
population controls, adjusted for the undercount,  was to raise 1990
employment by 879,000 and raise the overall unemployment rate by 0.1
percentage point.  The redesign effect cannot be precisely determined
for employment, but it has been estimated to raise the overall
unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point.

In 1997, revised population controls were introduced into the household
survey.  The introduction of these controls results in an increase in
the population and labor force estimates and represents a break in
series with data prior to January 1997. The revised controls result in
an increase of 470,000 in the January 1997 estimate of the population 16
years and over.  The labor force and employment levels were increased by
about 320,000 and 290,000, respectively.  Unemployment rates and other
percentages of labor market participation were virtually unaffected by 
the revisions.

Canada.  The 1966 break reflects a change in the definition of the labor
force.  BLS has adjusted the Canadian data for this break based on 1966
ratios of the revised data to the old series.  The 1976 break reflects
the incorporation of 1991 Census results, an adjustment for historical
net Census undercoverage, and an adjustment designed to prevent a break
in the time series in January 1995 when non-permanent residents were
included in the population covered by the labor force survey for the
first time.  The impact of these changes was an upward revision of the
population estimates in 1976 and both the absolute and relative size of
the revision have increased gradually over time.  The levels of
employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force have also
increased.  Estimates of the unemployment rate have been little changed
(an increase of 0.1 percentage point in about half of the years covered).

France.    The 1992 break reflects the substitution of standardized
European Union Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) unemployment statistics for
the unemployment data estimated according to the International Labor
Office (ILO) definition and published in the OECD annual yearbook and
quarterly update.  This change was made because the EUROSTAT data are
more up-to-date than the OECD's figures.  Also, since 1992, the EUROSTAT
definitions are closer to the U.S. definitions than they were in prior
years.  The  impact of this revision was to lower the unemployment 
rate by 0.1 percentage point in 1992 and 1993, by 0.4 percentage point
in 1994, and by 0.5 percentage point in 1995.  There is no 1992 break in
the series in the employment data.  The 1993 break in the employment
data by economic sector (Tables 6 and 7) reflects a change in the
classification system used to delineate sectors.

Germany.  The 1983 break reflects the replacement of labor force survey
results tabulated by the national statistical office with those tabulated
by  EUROSTAT.  The impact of the change was to lower the adjusted
unemployment rate in 1983 by 0.3 percentage point from 7.2 to 6.9
percent.

Italy.  The 1986 break reflects a change in the survey questionnaire
resulting in a significant increase in the number of people reported as
seeking work in the past 30 days.  The impact was to increase the
Italian unemployment rate approximating U.S. concepts by 1.2 percentage
points in 1986,  from 6.3 to 7.5 percent.

In 1991, the method of weighting sample data was revised.  The impact
was to increase the unemployment rate by approximately 0.3 percentage
point, from 6.6 to 6.9 percent in 1991.

In October 1992, the survey methodology was revised and the definition
of unemployment was changed to include only those who were actively
looking for a job within the 30 days preceding the survey and who were
available for work. In addition, the lower age limit for the labor force
was raised from 14 to 15 years.  (Prior to these changes, BLS adjusted
Italy's published unemployment rate downward by excluding from the
unemployed those persons who had not actively sought work in the past
30 days.)   The impact of these changes was to raise Italy's adjusted
unemployment rate by approximately 1.2 percentage points, from 8.3 to
9.5 percent in fourth quarter 1992.  The 1993 population, labor force,
employment and unemployment figures incorporate Italian adjustments to
the lower population levels of the 1991 Census; comparable adjustments
are not yet available for earlier years.  BLS estimates that employment
in 1993, approximating U.S. concepts, would have been about 20,660,000
if not adjusted to the 1991 Census rather than the 20,430,000 shown
for 1993.

Netherlands.  The 1983 break reflects the replacement of labor force
survey results tabulated by the national statistical office with those
tabulated by EUROSTAT.  The Dutch figures for 1983 onward also reflect
the replacement of man-year employment data with data from the Dutch
Survey of Employed Persons.  The impact of the changes was to lower the
adjusted unemployment rate by about 2 percentage points in 1983.  In
1992, a new survey questionnaire was introduced that allowed for a
closer application of ILO guidelines.  EUROSTAT has revised the Dutch
series back to 1988 based on  the 1992  changes.  The 1988 revised
unemployment rate is 7.6 percent; the previous figure for 1988 was
9.3 percent.

The data published by the Dutch statistical agency as shown in Table 2
contain two breaks in series for both employment and unemployment.  The
1987 break in employment reflects the introduction of the new continuous
labor force survey which began that year.  The 1992 break in employment
reflects changes in the labor force survey definitions. The 1975 break
in unemployment reflects a change in the enumeration of the registered
unemployed. Beginning in 1988, the unemployment figures are based on a
combination of registration data provided by the public employment
offices and data from the labor force survey.

Sweden.  There have been two breaks in series in the Swedish labor force
survey, in 1987 and 1993.  Adjustments have been made for the 1993 break
back to 1987.  In 1987, a new questionnaire was introduced.  Questions
regarding current availability were added and the period of active
workseeking was reduced from 60 days to 4 weeks. These changes lowered
Sweden's 1987 unemployment rate by 0.4 percentage point, from 2.3 to
1.9 percent.  In 1993, the measurement period for the labor force survey
was changed to represent all 52 weeks of the year rather than one week
each month and a new adjustment for population totals was introduced.
The impact was to raise the unemployment rate by approximately 0.5
percentage point from 7.6 to 8.1 percent.  Statistics Sweden revised its
labor force survey data for 1987-1992 to take into account the break in
1993.  The adjustment raised the Swedish unemployment rate by 0.2
percentage point in 1987 and gradually rose to 0.5 percentage point
in 1992.

Beginning with 1987, BLS has adjusted the Swedish data to classify
students who also sought work as unemployed. The impact of this change
was to increase the adjusted unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point
in 1987 and by 1.8 percentage points in 1994, when unemployment was
higher.  By 1994, the adjusted unemployment rate rose from 7.8 to 
9.6 percent due to the adjustment to include students. The net effect
of the 1987 and 1993 changes and the BLS adjustment for students seeking
work lowered Sweden's 1987 unemployment rate from 2.3 to 2.2 percent.

POPULATION COVERAGE:  Data relate to the total or civilian
noninstitutionalized working age population, except that the
institutionalized working age population is included in Japan and
Germany.   Data for the United States relate to the population 16 years
of age and over.  The lower age limits used by other countries vary and
Sweden imposes an upper age limit of 64 (prior to 1986, the upper age
limit was 74).  The statistics adjusted to U.S. concepts have been
adapted, insofar as possible, to the age at which compulsory schooling
ends in each country and the Swedish statistics have been adjusted to
include persons older than the upper age limit.  The following tabulation
shows the lower age limits for the published and adjusted statistics:


Country       As published Adjusted  Country      As published Adjusted

United States      16	      16     Italy             
Canada                                 1959-92        14          14
  1959-65	   14         15       1993-          15          15
  1966-	           15         15     Netherlands
Australia          15         15       1973-74        13          14
Japan              15         15       1975-91        14          15
France                                 1992-          15          15
  1959-70          14         16     Sweden           16          16
  1971-            15         16     United Kingdom
Germany            14         15       1959-72        15          15
                                       1973-          16          15		


OTHER COMPARATIVE SERIES:  Three organizations compile internationally
"comparable" series of unemployment rates for groups of developed
countries.  The BLS series, shown in this supplement, provides
unemployment rates adjusted to U.S. concepts, insofar as possible.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(OECD) publishes "Standardized Unemployment Rates" (SURS) for 21 member
countries (see OECD, Quarterly Labor Force Statistics, Appendix Section).
The SURS are adjusted to International Labour Office (ILO) concepts which
are more general than U.S. concepts. The third organization, the
Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT), publishes comparable
unemployment rates for European Union countries based on their own
specific interpretation of ILO concepts.  Since 1992, (1993 for Italy),
these concepts are close to U.S. concepts, but there are some 
differences. Beginning in Autumn 1996, the OECD has published the
comparable unemployment rates produced by EUROSTAT for the European
Union countries.  Table 10 compares the unemployment rates published by
these  three organizations.

Table 1.  Civilian Working Age Population, 1959-1997 (in thousands)

         United                                                  Nether-         United
Year     States   Canada Australia  Japan France Germany  Italy    lands Sweden  Kingdom

1959    115,329   11,278      NA   64,030 30,982 43,103   36,754     NA   5,458  38,614
1960    117,245   11,494      NA   64,990 31,144 43,436   37,130     NA   5,514  38,952
1961    118,771   11,708      NA   65,820 31,467 43,647   37,358     NA   5,577  39,287
1962    120,153   11,940      NA   67,330 32,305 43,972   37,815     NA   5,643  39,804
1963    122,416   12,179      NA   69,170 33,196 44,232   38,083     NA   5,703  40,036
1964    124,485   12,453   7,668   71,000 33,707 44,525   38,515     NA   5,769  40,281

1965    126,513   12,755   7,830   72,650 34,261 44,909   38,724     NA   5,840  40,481
1966    128,058   13,083   8,023   74,090 34,615 45,174   39,276     NA   5,909  40,631
1967    129,874   13,444   8,208   75,340 34,947 45,111   39,456     NA   5,957  40,779
1968    132,028   13,805   8,403   76,550 35,372 45,163   39,833     NA   5,994  40,874
1969    134,335   14,162   8,612   77,580 35,753 45,570   39,781     NA   6,039  41,006

1970    137,085   14,528   8,819   78,610 36,166 46,094   40,279     NA   6,106  41,101
1971    140,216   14,872   9,036   79,560 36,598 46,687   40,385     NA   6,158  41,320
1972    144,126   15,186   9,238   80,470 36,990 47,100   40,780     NA   6,179  41,452
1973    147,096   15,526   9,425   82,150 37,375 47,594   41,186   9,750  6,199  40,799
1974    150,120   15,924   9,614   83,170 37,745 47,904   41,745   9,885  6,224  40,963

1975    153,153   16,323   9,763   84,190 38,079 48,018   42,131   9,803  6,257  41,130
1976    156,150(1)17,124   9,957   85,160 38,366 48,128   42,312   9,960  6,287  41,322
1977    159,033   17,493  10,136   86,070 38,743 48,418   42,529  10,103  6,321  41,568
1978    161,910   17,839  10,406   87,020 39,073 48,788   43,000  10,256  6,360  41,832
1979    164,863   18,183  10,575   88,000 39,431 49,255   43,436  10,415  6,396  42,128

1980    167,745   18,550  10,778   89,080 39,852 49,849   43,860  10,588  6,441  42,447
1981    170,130   18,883  10,994   89,930 40,181 50,344   44,184  10,744  6,479  42,706
1982    172,271   19,177  11,204   90,920 40,582 50,714   44,847  10,871  6,514  42,921
1983    174,215   19,433  11,401   92,080 40,904 50,928   45,457  10,996  6,553  43,191
1984    176,383   19,681  11,605   93,230 41,217 51,112   45,853  11,131  6,586  43,509

1985    178,206   19,929  11,852   94,410 41,574 51,261   46,174  11,271  6,606  43,802
1986    180,587   20,182  12,084   95,630 41,875 51,467   46,628  11,403  6,634  44,081
1987    182,753   20,432  12,315   96,960 42,295 51,643   46,986  11,543  6,678  44,325
1988    184,613   20,690  12,594   98,250 42,675 51,893   47,778  11,649  6,715  44,511
1989    186,393   20,968  12,849   99,500 43,115 52,279   47,660  11,749  6,766  44,691

1990 (1)189,164   21,277  13,074  100,650 43,416 53,135   48,016  11,837  6,823  44,830
1991    190,925   21,613  13,247  101,750 43,742 53,694(1)48,044  11,942  6,857  44,947
1992    192,805   21,986  13,407  102,590 44,035 54,509   48,203  12,028  6,879  45,006
1993    194,838   22,371  13,558  103,460 44,332 55,210(1)47,366  12,112  6,888  45,086
1994    196,814   22,717  13,729  104,200 44,623 55,574   47,657  12,196  6,926  45,236
1995    198,584   23,027  13,932  104,860 44,933 55,889   47,723  12,256  6,941  45,444
1996    200,591   23,352  14,118  105,470 45,244 56,091   47,814  12,317  6,940  45,619
1997 (1)203,133   23,686  14,322  106,370     NA     NA   47,901     NA     NA      NA

NA = Not available.
(1)  Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.


Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment, 1959-1997
            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                         Civilian Labor Force (thousands)
                                            Approximating U.S. Concepts

1959         68,369     6,286       NA     43,320    18,480    25,850    21,020       NA   (3)3,609    23,880
1960         69,628     6,462       NA     44,120    18,520    25,990    20,820       NA   (3)3,669    24,130
1961         70,459     6,575       NA     44,610    18,530    26,160    20,830       NA      3,695    24,380
1962         70,614     6,670       NA     45,040    18,720    26,210    20,680       NA      3,718    24,720
1963         71,833     6,805       NA     45,430    19,100    26,290    20,240       NA      3,725    24,940
1964         73,091     6,994     4,559    46,040    19,430    26,270    20,220       NA      3,720    25,070

1965         74,455     7,207     4,689    46,780    19,650    26,360    19,900       NA      3,744    25,240
1966         75,770     7,493     4,862    47,850    19,850    26,290    19,620       NA      3,795    25,320
1967         77,347     7,747     5,022    48,810    20,070    25,730    19,800       NA      3,773    25,290
1968         78,737     7,951     5,140    49,690    20,190    25,690    19,780       NA      3,822    25,180
1969         80,734     8,194     5,284    50,140    20,470    25,960    19,620       NA      3,851    25,160

1970         82,771     8,395     5,478    50,730    20,800    26,240    19,720       NA      3,909    25,110
1971         84,382     8,639     5,624    51,120    21,000    26,380    19,660       NA      3,955    24,950
1972         87,034     8,897     5,752    51,320    21,150    26,470    19,450       NA      3,963    25,190
1973         89,429     9,276     5,901    52,590    21,430    26,780    19,590     5,210     3,971    25,440
1974         91,949     9,639     6,053    52,440    21,660    26,660    19,900     5,290     4,036    25,470

1975         93,775     9,974     6,169    52,530    21,770    26,430    20,090     5,340     4,123    25,730
1976         96,158 (4)10,530     6,244    53,100    22,050    26,290    20,290     5,390     4,148    25,900
1977         99,009    10,860     6,358    53,820    22,380    26,330    20,510     5,480     4,168    26,050
1978        102,251    11,265     6,443    54,610    22,540    26,520    20,570     5,540     4,203    26,260
1979        104,962    11,630     6,519    55,210    22,780    26,860    20,850     5,640     4,262    26,350

1980        106,940    11,983     6,693    55,740    22,930    27,260    21,120     5,870     4,312    26,520
1981        108,670    12,332     6,810    56,320    23,090    27,540    21,320     6,090     4,327    26,590
1982        110,204    12,398     6,910    56,980    23,320    27,710    21,410     6,150     4,350    26,560
1983        111,550    12,610     6,997    58,110    23,400 (4)27,670    21,590  (4)6,120     4,369    26,610
1984        113,544    12,853     7,135    58,480    23,560    27,800    21,670     6,200     4,385    27,110

1985        115,461    13,123     7,300    58,820    23,620    28,020    21,800     6,250     4,418    27,350
1986        117,834    13,378     7,588    59,410    23,760    28,240 (4)22,290     6,380     4,443    27,550
1987        119,865    13,631     7,758    60,050    23,890    28,390    22,350     6,500  (4)4,437    27,870
1988        121,669    13,900     7,974    60,860    23,980    28,610    22,660  (4)6,310     4,494    28,270
1989        123,869    14,151     8,228    61,920    24,170    28,840    22,530     6,430     4,552    28,580

1990     (4)125,840    14,329     8,444    63,050    24,300    29,410    22,670     6,640     4,597    28,730
1991        126,346    14,408     8,490    64,280    24,490   p29,760 (4)22,940     6,750     4,591    28,610
1992        128,105    14,482     8,562    65,040 (4)24,570   p30,030   p22,910     6,950     4,520    28,410
1993        129,200    14,663     8,619    65,470    24,660   p29,950(4)p22,760     7,090     4,443    28,310
1994     (4)131,056    14,832     8,776    65,780    24,760   p29,860   p22,640     7,190     4,418    28,280

1995        132,304    14,928     9,001    65,990    24,860   p29,710   p22,700     7,270     4,460    28,480
1996        133,943    15,145     9,127    66,450    25,100   p29,590   p22,820     7,320     4,459   p28,620
1997     (4)136,297    15,354    p9,206   p67,200       NA        NA    p22,860        NA        NA        NA
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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued
            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                     Labor Force (thousands)
                                 As published by originating country (5)

1959         68,369     6,242       NA     44,330    18,883    26,337    21,879     4,144  (3)3,603    23,745
1960         69,628     6,411       NA     45,110    18,887    26,518    21,545     4,192  (3)3,662    24,072
1961         70,459     6,521       NA     45,620    18,870    26,772    21,535     4,235     3,688    24,351
1962         70,614     6,615       NA     46,140    19,024    26,845    21,306     4,319     3,712    24,628
1963         71,833     6,748       NA     46,520    19,377    26,930    20,852     4,381     3,720    24,767
1964         73,091     6,933     4,559    47,100    19,664    26,922    20,870     4,467     3,718    24,953

1965         74,455     7,141     4,689    47,870    19,857    27,034    20,612     4,512     3,742    25,139
1966         75,770  (4)7,493     4,862    48,910    20,014    26,962    20,367     4,555     3,792    25,237
1967         77,347     7,747     5,022    49,830    20,198    26,409    20,507     4,580     3,775    25,105
1968         78,737     7,951     5,140    50,610    20,286    26,291    20,555     4,620     3,822    25,022
1969         80,734     8,194     5,284    50,980    20,525    26,535    20,369     4,670     3,855    25,028

1970         82,771     8,395     5,478    51,530    20,857    26,817    20,436     4,725     3,913    25,001
1971         84,382     8,639     5,624    51,860    21,024    26,957    20,404     4,762     3,961    24,820
1972         87,034     8,897     5,752    51,990    21,182    27,121    20,272     4,781     3,970    25,007
1973         89,429     9,276     5,901    53,260    21,456    27,433    20,448     4,780     3,977    25,254
1974         91,949     9,639     6,053    53,100    21,690    27,411    20,650     4,807     4,043    25,340

1975         93,775     9,974     6,169    53,230    21,783    27,184    20,861     4,900     4,129    25,478
1976         96,158 (4)10,530     6,244    53,780    22,062    27,034    21,177     4,932     4,155    25,603
1977         99,009    10,860     6,358    54,520    22,391    27,038    21,476     4,972     4,174    25,701
1978        102,251    11,265     6,443    55,320    22,549    27,212    21,577     5,030     4,209    25,901
1979        104,962    11,630     6,519    55,960    22,779    27,528    21,898     5,101     4,268    26,157

1980        106,940    11,983     6,693    56,500    22,935    27,948    22,171     5,296     4,318    26,183
1981        108,670    12,332     6,810    57,070    23,096    28,305    22,439     5,552     4,332    26,122
1982        110,204    12,398     6,910    57,740    23,325    28,558    22,416     5,665     4,356    26,043
1983        111,550    12,610     6,997    58,890    23,400    28,605    22,697     5,624     4,375    26,242
1984        113,544    12,853     7,135    59,270    23,560    28,659    22,933     5,669     4,391    26,888

1985        115,461    13,123     7,300    59,630    23,620    28,897    23,117     5,710     4,424    27,261
1986        117,834    13,378     7,588    60,200    23,766    29,188 (4)23,467     5,760     4,386    27,410
1987        119,865    13,631     7,758    60,840    23,895    29,386    23,669  (4)6,395  (4)4,373    27,678
1988        121,669    13,900     7,974    61,660    23,984    29,607    23,988     6,543     4,420    28,009
1989        123,869    14,151     8,228    62,700    24,169    29,799    23,870     6,623     4,475    28,200

1990     (4)125,840    14,329     8,444    63,840    24,302    30,369    23,925     6,784     4,524    28,430
1991        126,346    14,408     8,490    65,050    24,491    30,662 (4)24,245     6,934     4,506    28,216
1992        128,105    14,482     8,562    65,780    24,599    30,941    24,257  (4)7,054     4,428    28,095
1993        129,200    14,663     8,619    66,150    24,681    30,952 (4)22,802     7,009     4,320    28,037
1994     (4)131,056    14,832     8,776    66,450    24,812    30,884    22,681     7,124     4,266    27,985

1995        132,304    14,928     9,001    66,660    24,873   p30,712    22,733    p7,259     4,320    27,903
1996        133,943    15,145     9,127    67,110    25,113   p30,651    22,851    p7,354     4,310    27,893
1997     (4)136,297    15,354    p9,206    67,870       NA        NA     22,891       NA     p4,264       NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                        Civilian Employment (thousands)
                                           Approximating U.S. concepts

1959         64,630     5,936       NA     42,340    18,190    25,340    20,020       NA   (3)3,549    23,220
1960         65,778     6,042       NA     43,370    18,250    25,710    20,060       NA   (3)3,606    23,600
1961         65,746     6,136       NA     43,950    18,300    26,000    20,160       NA      3,640    23,900
1962         66,702     6,302       NA     44,450    18,450    26,060    20,100       NA      3,663    24,050
1963         67,762     6,454       NA     44,840    18,800    26,170    19,760       NA      3,663    24,120
1964         69,305     6,688     4,496    45,500    19,190    26,170    19,680       NA      3,662    24,450

1965         71,088     6,944     4,628    46,210    19,340    26,290    19,210       NA      3,700    24,700
1966         72,895     7,242     4,785    47,200    19,530    26,220    18,890       NA      3,736    24,760
1967         74,372     7,451     4,928    48,180    19,650    25,390    19,130       NA      3,693    24,470
1968         75,920     7,593     5,046    49,100    19,640    25,400    19,080       NA      3,737    24,370
1969         77,902     7,832     5,188    49,570    19,990    25,790    18,940       NA      3,778    24,390

1970         78,678     7,919     5,388    50,140    20,270    26,100    19,080       NA      3,850    24,330
1971         79,367     8,104     5,517    50,480    20,420    26,220    19,020       NA      3,854    23,970
1972         82,153     8,344     5,601    50,590    20,540    26,280    18,710       NA      3,856    24,120
1973         85,064     8,761     5,765    51,910    20,840    26,590    18,870     5,050     3,873    24,610
1974         86,794     9,125     5,891    51,710    21,030    26,240    19,280     5,100     3,956    24,680

1975         85,846     9,284     5,866    51,530    20,860    25,540    19,400     5,070     4,056    24,560
1976         88,752  (4)9,776     5,946    52,020    21,030    25,400    19,500     5,100     4,082    24,360
1977         92,017     9,978     6,000    52,720    21,220    25,430    19,670     5,210     4,093    24,400
1978         96,048    10,320     6,038    53,370    21,320    25,650    19,720     5,260     4,109    24,610
1979         98,824    10,761     6,111    54,040    21,390    26,080    19,930     5,350     4,174    24,940

1980         99,303    11,082     6,284    54,600    21,440    26,490    20,200     5,520     4,226    24,670
1981        100,397    11,398     6,416    55,060    21,330    26,450    20,280     5,550     4,219    23,800
1982         99,526    11,035     6,415    55,620    21,390    26,150    20,250     5,520     4,213    23,560
1983        100,834    11,106     6,300    56,550    21,380 (4)25,770    20,320  (4)5,420     4,218    23,470
1984        105,005    11,402     6,494    56,870    21,200    25,830    20,390     5,490     4,249    23,930

1985        107,150    11,742     6,697    57,260    21,150    26,010    20,490     5,650     4,293    24,290
1986        109,597    12,095     6,974    57,740    21,240    26,380 (4)20,610     5,740     4,326    24,470
1987        112,440    12,422     7,129    58,320    21,320    26,590    20,590     5,850  (4)4,340    25,010
1988        114,968    12,819     7,398    59,310    21,520    26,800    20,870  (4)5,830     4,410    25,850
1989        117,342    13,086     7,720    60,500    21,850    27,200    20,770     5,980     4,480    26,510

1990     (4)118,793    13,165     7,859    61,710    22,100    27,950    21,080     6,230     4,513    26,740
1991        117,718    12,916     7,676    62,920    22,140   p28,480 (4)21,360     6,350     4,447    26,090
1992        118,492    12,842     7,637    63,620    22,010   p28,660   p21,230     6,560     4,265    25,530
1993        120,259    13,015     7,680    63,810    21,750   p28,230(4)p20,430     6,620     4,028    25,340
1994     (4)123,060    13,292     7,921    63,860    21,710   p27,920   p20,080     6,670     3,992    25,550

1995        124,900    13,506     8,235    63,890    21,940   p27,770   p19,970     6,760     4,056    26,000
1996        126,708    13,676     8,344    64,200    21,950   p27,470   p20,050     6,850     4,019   p26,280
1997     (4)129,558    13,941    p8,412   p64,900       NA        NA    p20,050       NA        NA        NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                           Employment (thousands)
                                    As published by originating country (5)

1959         64,630     5,870       NA     43,350    18,584    25,797    20,349     4,092  (3)3,543    23,315
1960         65,778     5,965       NA     44,360    18,611    26,247    20,330     4,162  (3)3,599    23,711
1961         65,746     6,055       NA     44,980    18,629    26,591    20,427     4,213     3,633    24,011
1962         66,702     6,225       NA     45,560    18,748    26,690    20,337     4,297     3,657    24,156
1963         67,762     6,375       NA     45,950    19,066    26,744    20,045     4,356     3,659    24,226
1964         69,305     6,609     4,496    46,550    19,413    26,753    19,966     4,445     3,660    24,570

1965         71,088     6,862     4,628    47,300    19,541    26,887    19,502     4,487     3,698    24,800
1966         72,895  (4)7,242     4,785    48,270    19,688    26,801    19,175     4,519     3,733    24,869
1967         74,372     7,451     4,928    49,200    19,762    25,950    19,401     4,505     3,695    24,548
1968         75,920     7,593     5,046    50,020    19,732    25,968    19,383     4,552     3,737    24,447
1969         77,902     7,832     5,188    50,400    20,041    26,356    19,209     4,621     3,782    24,453

1970         78,678     7,919     5,388    50,940    20,328    26,668    19,325     4,679     3,854    24,389
1971         79,367     8,104     5,517    51,210    20,440    26,772    19,295     4,700     3,860    24,165
1972         82,153     8,344     5,601    51,260    20,571    26,875    18,976     4,673     3,862    24,281
1973         85,064     8,761     5,765    52,590    20,863    27,160    19,145     4,670     3,879    24,737
1974         86,794     9,125     5,891    52,370    21,059    26,829    19,539     4,672     3,962    24,820

1975         85,846     9,284     5,866    52,230    20,871    26,110    19,635     4,640     4,062    24,680
1976         88,752  (4)9,776     5,946    52,710    21,040    25,974    19,757     4,654     4,088    24,510
1977         92,017     9,978     6,000    53,420    21,231    26,008    19,938     4,701     4,099    24,538
1978         96,048    10,320     6,038    54,080    21,327    26,219    20,017     4,757     4,115    24,755
1979         98,824    10,761     6,111    54,790    21,392    26,657    20,212     4,821     4,180    25,081

1980         99,303    11,082     6,284    55,360    21,443    27,059    20,487     4,970     4,232    24,817
1981        100,397    11,398     6,416    55,810    21,335    27,033    20,544     5,072     4,225    23,948
1982         99,526    11,035     6,415    56,380    21,396    26,725    20,493     5,010     4,219    23,496
1983        100,834    11,106     6,300    57,330    21,381    26,347    20,557     4,950     4,224    23,452
1984        105,005    11,402     6,494    57,660    21,203    26,393    20,629     4,980     4,255    23,967

1985        107,150    11,742     6,697    58,070    21,146    26,593    20,735     5,076     4,299    24,225
1986        109,597    12,095     6,974    58,530    21,246    26,960 (4)20,857     5,155     4,269    24,303
1987        112,440    12,422     7,129    59,110    21,328    27,157    20,837  (4)5,773  (4)4,281    24,872
1988        114,968    12,819     7,398    60,110    21,528    27,364    21,103     5,934     4,342    25,734
1989        117,342    13,086     7,720    61,280    21,846    27,761    21,004     6,065     4,408    26,416

1990     (4)118,793    13,165     7,859    62,490    22,098    28,486    21,304     6,268     4,449    26,769
1991        117,718    12,916     7,676    63,690    22,142    28,973 (4)21,592     6,444     4,373    25,930
1992        118,492    12,842     7,637    64,360    22,008    29,133    21,459  (4)6,576     4,195    25,330
1993        120,259    13,015     7,680    64,500    21,752    28,682 (4)20,466     6,571     3,964    25,136
1994     (4)123,060    13,292     7,921    64,530    21,710    28,328    20,119     6,631     3,926    25,366

1995        124,900    13,506     8,235    64,570    21,942   p28,147    20,009    p6,790     3,988    25,595
1996        126,708    13,676     8,344    64,860    21,951   p27,855    20,088    p6,919     3,963    25,789
1997     (4)129,558    13,941    p8,412    65,570       NA        NA     20,087       NA     p3,921       NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                         Unemployment (thousands)
                                         Approximating U.S. concepts

1959          3,740       350       NA        980       290       510     1,000       NA      (3)60       660
1960          3,852       420       NA        750       270       280       760       NA      (3)63       530
1961          4,714       439       NA        660       230       160       670       NA         55       480
1962          3,911       368       NA        590       270       150       580       NA         55       670
1963          4,070       351       NA        590       300       120       480       NA         62       830
1964          3,786       306        63       540       240       100       540       NA         58       620

1965          3,366       263        61       570       310        70       690       NA         44       540
1966          2,875       251        76       650       320        70       730       NA         59       570
1967          2,975       296        94       630       420       340       670       NA         80       830
1968          2,817       358        94       590       550       290       700       NA         85       810
1969          2,832       362        96       570       480       170       680       NA         73       770

1970          4,093       476        91       590       530       140       640       NA         59       770
1971          5,016       535       107       640       580       160       640       NA        101       980
1972          4,882       553       150       730       610       190       740       NA        107     1,070
1973          4,365       515       136       680       590       190       720       160        98       820
1974          5,156       514       162       730       630       420       620       190        80       790

1975          7,929       690       302     1,000       910       890       690       270        67     1,180
1976          7,406    (4)754       298     1,080     1,020       890       790       290        66     1,540
1977          6,991       882       358     1,100     1,160       900       840       270        75     1,660
1978          6,202       945       405     1,240     1,220       870       850       280        94     1,650
1979          6,137       870       408     1,170     1,390       780       920       290        88     1,420

1980          7,637       900       409     1,140     1,490       770       920       350        86     1,850
1981          8,273       934       394     1,260     1,760     1,090     1,040       540       108     2,790
1982         10,678     1,363       495     1,360     1,930     1,560     1,160       630       137     3,000
1983         10,717     1,504       697     1,560     2,020  (4)1,900     1,270    (4)700       151     3,140
1984          8,539     1,450       641     1,610     2,360     1,970     1,280       710       136     3,180

1985          8,312     1,381       603     1,560     2,470     2,010     1,310       600       125     3,060
1986          8,237     1,283       613     1,670     2,520     1,860  (4)1,680       640       117     3,080
1987          7,425     1,208       629     1,730     2,570     1,800     1,760       650     (4)97     2,860
1988          6,701     1,082       576     1,550     2,460     1,810     1,790    (4)480        84     2,420
1989          6,528     1,065       508     1,420     2,320     1,640     1,760       450        72     2,070

1990       (4)7,047     1,164       585     1,340     2,200     1,460     1,590       410        84     1,990
1991          8,628     1,492       814     1,360     2,350    p1,280  (4)1,580       400       144     2,520
1992          9,613     1,640       925     1,420  (4)2,560    p1,370    p1,680       390       255     2,880
1993          8,940     1,649       939     1,660     2,910    p1,720 (4)p2,330       470       415     2,970
1994       (4)7,996     1,541       856     1,920     3,050    p1,940    p2,560       520       426     2,730

1995          7,404     1,422       766     2,100     2,920    p1,940    p2,720       510       404     2,480
1996          7,236     1,469       783     2,250     3,150    p2,120    p2,760       470       440    p2,340
1997       (4)6,739     1,414      p794    p2,300        NA        NA    p2,800        NA        NA        NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                       Unemployment (thousands)
                                 As published by originating country (6)

1959          3,740       372       NA        980       299       540     1,530        49     (3)60       430
1960          3,852       446       NA        750       276       271     1,215        29     (3)63       361
1961          4,714       466       NA        660       241       181     1,108        21        55       340
1962          3,911       390       NA        590       276       154       969        21        55       472
1963          4,070       374       NA        590       311       186       807        24        62       541
1964          3,786       324        63       540       251       169       904        21        58       383

1965          3,366       280        61       570       316       147     1,110        25        44       339
1966          2,875    (4)251        76       650       326       161     1,192        36        59       368
1967          2,975       296        94       630       436       459     1,106        75        80       557
1968          2,817       358        94       590       554       323     1,172        68        85       575
1969          2,832       362        96       570       484       179     1,160        49        73       575

1970          4,093       476        91       590       530       149     1,111        45        59       612
1971          5,016       535       107       640       585       185     1,109        62       101       655
1972          4,882       553       150       730       611       246     1,296       108       107       726
1973          4,365       515       136       680       593       273     1,303       110        98       517
1974          5,156       514       162       730       632       582     1,111       135        80       520

1975          7,929       690       302     1,000       912     1,074     1,226    (4)260        67       798
1976          7,406    (4)754       298     1,080     1,022     1,060     1,420       278        66     1,093
1977          6,991       882       358     1,100     1,160     1,030     1,538       271        75     1,163
1978          6,202       945       405     1,240     1,222       993     1,560       273        94     1,146
1979          6,137       870       408     1,170     1,387       876     1,686       281        88     1,076

1980          7,637       900       409     1,140     1,492       889     1,684       325        86     1,366
1981          8,273       934       394     1,260     1,761     1,272     1,895       480       108     2,174
1982         10,678     1,363       495     1,360     1,929     1,833     1,923       655       137     2,547
1983         10,717     1,504       697     1,560     2,019     2,258     2,140       801       151     2,790
1984          8,539     1,450       641     1,610     2,357     2,265     2,304       822       136     2,921

1985          8,312     1,381       603     1,560     2,474     2,304     2,381       761       125     3,036
1986          8,237     1,283       613     1,670     2,520     2,228  (4)2,611       711       117     3,107
1987          7,425     1,208       629     1,730     2,567     2,229     2,832       686     (4)92     2,806
1988          6,701     1,082       576     1,550     2,456     2,242     2,885    (4)433        78     2,275
1989          6,528     1,065       508     1,420     2,323     2,038     2,865       390        67     1,784

1990       (4)7,047     1,164       585     1,340     2,205     1,883     2,621       346        75     1,661
1991          8,628     1,492       814     1,360     2,348     1,689  (4)2,653       334       133     2,286
1992          9,613     1,640       925     1,420     2,591     1,808     2,799       336       233     2,765
1993          8,940     1,649       939     1,660     2,929     2,270  (4)2,334       415       356     2,901
1994       (4)7,996     1,541       856     1,920     3,103     2,556     2,561       485       340     2,619

1995          7,404     1,422       766     2,100     2,931     2,565     2,724       462       332     2,308
1996          7,236     1,469       783     2,250     3,162     2,796     2,763       441       347     2,104
1997       (4)6,739     1,414      p794     2,300       NA        NA      2,804       NA       p342       NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                  Civilian Unemployment Rate (percent)
                                       Approximating U.S. concepts

1959            5.5       5.6    (7)2.1       2.3       1.6       2.0       4.8       NA     (3)1.7       2.8
1960            5.5       6.5    (7)1.6       1.7       1.5       1.1       3.7       NA     (3)1.7       2.2
1961            6.7       6.7    (7)3.0       1.5       1.2       0.6       3.2       NA        1.5       2.0
1962            5.5       5.5    (7)2.9       1.3       1.4       0.6       2.8       NA        1.5       2.7
1963            5.7       5.2    (7)2.3       1.3       1.6       0.5       2.4       NA        1.7       3.3
1964            5.2       4.4       1.4       1.2       1.2       0.4       2.7       NA        1.6       2.5

1965            4.5       3.6       1.3       1.2       1.6       0.3       3.5       NA        1.2       2.1
1966            3.8       3.4       1.6       1.4       1.6       0.3       3.7       NA        1.6       2.3
1967            3.8       3.8       1.9       1.3       2.1       1.3       3.4       NA        2.1       3.3
1968            3.6       4.5       1.8       1.2       2.7       1.1       3.5       NA        2.2       3.2
1969            3.5       4.4       1.8       1.1       2.3       0.6       3.5       NA        1.9       3.1

1970            4.9       5.7       1.6       1.2       2.5       0.5       3.2       NA        1.5       3.1
1971            5.9       6.2       1.9       1.3       2.8       0.6       3.3       NA        2.6       3.9
1972            5.6       6.2       2.6       1.4       2.9       0.7       3.8       NA        2.7       4.2
1973            4.9       5.5       2.3       1.3       2.8       0.7       3.7       3.1       2.5       3.2
1974            5.6       5.3       2.7       1.4       2.9       1.6       3.1       3.6       2.0       3.1

1975            8.5       6.9       4.9       1.9       4.2       3.4       3.4       5.1       1.6       4.6
1976            7.7    (4)7.2       4.8       2.0       4.6       3.4       3.9       5.4       1.6       5.9
1977            7.1       8.1       5.6       2.0       5.2       3.4       4.1       4.9       1.8       6.4
1978            6.1       8.4       6.3       2.3       5.4       3.3       4.1       5.1       2.2       6.3
1979            5.8       7.5       6.3       2.1       6.1       2.9       4.4       5.1       2.1       5.4

1980            7.1       7.5       6.1       2.0       6.5       2.8       4.4       6.0       2.0       7.0
1981            7.6       7.6       5.8       2.2       7.6       4.0       4.9       8.9       2.5      10.5
1982            9.7      11.0       7.2       2.4       8.3       5.6       5.4      10.2       3.1      11.3
1983            9.6      11.9      10.0       2.7       8.6    (4)6.9       5.9   (4)11.4       3.5      11.8
1984            7.5      11.3       9.0       2.8      10.0       7.1       5.9      11.5       3.1      11.7

1985            7.2      10.5       8.3       2.6      10.5       7.2       6.0       9.6       2.8      11.2
1986            7.0       9.6       8.1       2.8      10.6       6.6    (4)7.5      10.0       2.6      11.2
1987            6.2       8.9       8.1       2.9      10.8       6.3       7.9      10.0    (4)2.2      10.3
1988            5.5       7.8       7.2       2.5      10.3       6.3       7.9    (4)7.6       1.9       8.6
1989            5.3       7.5       6.2       2.3       9.6       5.7       7.8       7.0       1.6       7.2

1990         (4)5.6       8.1       6.9       2.1       9.1       5.0       7.0       6.2       1.8       6.9
1991            6.8      10.4       9.6       2.1       9.6      p4.3    (4)6.9       5.9       3.1       8.8
1992            7.5      11.3      10.8       2.2   (4)10.4      p4.6      p7.3       5.6       5.6      10.1
1993            6.9      11.2      10.9       2.5      11.8      p5.7  (4)p10.2       6.6       9.3      10.5
1994         (4)6.1      10.4       9.7       2.9      12.3      p6.5     p11.3       7.2       9.6       9.7

1995            5.6       9.5       8.5       3.2      11.8      p6.5     p12.0       7.0       9.1       8.7
1996            5.4       9.7       8.6       3.4      12.6      p7.2     p12.1       6.4       9.9      p8.2
1997         (4)4.9       9.2      p8.6      p3.4     p12.6       NA      p12.3       NA       p9.8      p7.1

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
               (1)       (2)       (1)
                                    Unemployment Rate (percent)
                               As published by originating country (8)

1959            5.5       6.0    (7)2.1       2.2       1.6       2.6       7.0       1.5    (3)1.7       2.2
1960            5.5       7.0    (7)1.6       1.7       1.5       1.3       5.6       0.9    (3)1.7       1.6
1961            6.7       7.2    (7)3.0       1.4       1.3       0.8       5.1       0.6       1.5       1.5
1962            5.5       5.9    (7)2.9       1.3       1.5       0.7       4.5       0.6       1.5       2.0
1963            5.7       5.5    (7)2.3       1.3       1.6       0.8       3.9       0.7       1.7       2.4
1964            5.2       4.7       1.4       1.1       1.3       0.8       4.3       0.6       1.6       1.8

1965            4.5       3.9       1.3       1.2       1.6       0.7       5.4       0.7       1.2       1.5
1966            3.8    (4)3.4       1.6       1.3       1.6       0.7       5.9       1.0       1.6       1.5
1967            3.8       3.8       1.9       1.3       2.2       2.1       5.4       2.0       2.1       2.3
1968            3.6       4.5       1.8       1.2       2.7       1.5       5.7       1.8       2.2       2.5
1969            3.5       4.4       1.8       1.1       2.4       0.9       5.7       1.3       1.9       2.5

1970            4.9       5.7       1.6       1.1       2.5       0.7       5.4       1.1       1.5       2.6
1971            5.9       6.2       1.9       1.2       2.8       0.8       5.4       1.6       2.5       2.6
1972            5.6       6.2       2.6       1.4       2.9       1.1       6.4       2.8       2.7       2.9
1973            4.9       5.5       2.3       1.3       2.8       1.2       6.4       2.8       2.5       2.0
1974            5.6       5.3       2.7       1.4       2.9       2.6       5.4       3.5       2.0       2.0

1975            8.5       6.9       4.9       1.9       4.2       4.7       5.9    (4)5.0       1.6       3.1
1976            7.7    (4)7.2       4.8       2.0       4.6       4.6       6.7       5.3       1.6       4.2
1977            7.1       8.1       5.6       2.0       5.2       4.5       7.2       5.1       1.8       4.4
1978            6.1       8.4       6.3       2.2       5.4       4.3       7.2       5.1       2.2       4.3
1979            5.8       7.5       6.3       2.1       6.1       3.8       7.7       5.1       2.1       4.0

1980            7.1       7.5       6.1       2.0       6.5       3.8       7.6       5.9       2.0       5.1
1981            7.6       7.6       5.8       2.2       7.6       5.5       8.4       9.1       2.5       8.1
1982            9.7      11.0       7.2       2.4       8.3       7.5       8.6      12.6       3.1       9.5
1983            9.6      11.9      10.0       2.6       8.6       9.1       9.4      17.0       3.5      10.5
1984            7.5      11.3       9.0       2.7      10.0       9.1      10.1      17.3       3.1      10.7

1985            7.2      10.5       8.3       2.6      10.5       9.3      10.3      15.9       2.8      10.9
1986            7.0       9.6       8.1       2.8      10.6       9.0   (4)11.1      14.7       2.7      11.2
1987            6.2       8.9       8.1       2.8      10.7       8.9      12.0      13.9    (4)2.1      10.0
1988            5.5       7.8       7.2       2.5      10.2       8.7      12.0    (4)6.5       1.8       8.1
1989            5.3       7.5       6.2       2.3       9.6       7.9      12.0       5.8       1.5       6.3

1990         (4)5.6       8.1       6.9       2.1       9.1       7.2      11.0       5.0       1.7       5.8
1991            6.8      10.4       9.6       2.1       9.6       6.3   (4)10.9       5.4       3.0       8.0
1992            7.5      11.3      10.8       2.2      10.5       6.6      11.5       5.3       5.3       9.7
1993            6.9      11.2      10.9       2.5      11.9       8.2   (4)10.2       6.5       8.2      10.3
1994         (4)6.1      10.4       9.7       2.9      12.5       9.2      11.3       7.5       8.0       9.3

1995            5.6       9.5       8.5       3.2      11.8       9.3      12.0       7.0       7.7       8.2
1996            5.4       9.7       8.6       3.4      12.6      10.1      12.1       6.6       8.1       7.5
1997         (4)4.9       9.2      p8.6       3.4       NA        NA       12.2       NA       p8.0       NA

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Table 2.  Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment,
          1959-1997--Continued

Footnotes:

NA = Not available.
p =  Preliminary.

(1)  Published and adjusted data are identical.

(2)  Published and adjusted data are identical from 1966 onward.  There
     is a break in the as  published series for Canada as of 1966,
     resulting  from sampling  changes and a raising  of the lower age
     limit from 14 to 15.  The effect was to lower the as published
     unemployment rate by about 0.4 percentage point.  The adjusted
     series  for Canada prior to 1966 are based  on BLS estimates and
     do not show a break in series.

(3)  The Swedish labor force survey was initiated in 1961.  The published
     data for  1959-1960 are estimates made by the Organization for
     Economic Cooperation and Development.

(4)  Break in series.  See General Notes 
     for an explanation of the breaks in series.

(5)  Including military personnel for Japan, Germany, Italy, and Sweden.

(6)  For the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Italy, and Sweden,
     unemployment as recorded by sample labor force surveys; for France,
     annual estimates of unemployment; and for Germany, the Netherlands
     (until 1989), and the United Kingdom, the registered unemployed.
     Beginning with 1989 for the Netherlands, figures are based on a
     combination of registered unemployed and unemployment as recorded
     by labor force surveys.

(7)  The Australian labor force survey  was initiated in 1964.
     Unemployment  rates for  1959-1963 are estimates made by an
     Australian researcher.

(8)  For the United States, Canada, Australia, and France, unemployment
     as a percent of the civilian labor force;  for Japan,  Italy,  and
     Sweden,  unemployment as a  percent of the civilian labor force
     plus career military personnel;  for Germany,  registered
     unemployed as a percent of employed wage and salary workers plus
     the unemployed;  for the Netherlands until 1988, unemployed
     as a percent of wage and salary workers plus the unemployed and
     beginning with 1988, national estimates of the unemployed a percent
     of the total economically active population; for the United Kingdom,
     registered unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force plus
     military personnel.  Published unemployment rates shown for Germany,
     the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom cannot be computed from
     data in this table.


Table 3. Quarterly Civilian Unemployment Rates, Seasonally Adjusted,
         1991-1997

        United                                                      United
Period  States Canada Australia  Japan France Germany  Italy Sweden Kingdom
                           (1)     (1)    (1)    (1)   (1,2)    (1)    (1)

 1991     6.8   10.4     9.6       2.1    9.6     4.3    6.9   3.1     8.8
 I        6.6   10.2     8.7       2.1    9.1     4.4    6.9   2.6     7.8
 II       6.8   10.4     9.6       2.1    9.5     4.3    7.0   2.8     8.6
 III      6.9   10.4     9.9       2.2    9.8     4.3    6.8   3.3     9.2
 IV       7.1   10.5    10.2       2.1    9.9     4.3    6.9   3.9     9.5

 1992     7.5   11.3    10.8       2.2(3)10.4     4.6    7.3   5.6    10.1
 I        7.4   10.8    10.4       2.1   10.1     4.3    7.1   4.7     9.7
 II       7.6   11.3    10.8       2.1   10.3     4.5    7.0   5.9     9.9
 III      7.6   11.6    10.9       2.2   10.5     4.6    7.0   5.9    10.1
 IV       7.4   11.6    11.1       2.3   10.8     4.9    8.3   6.5    10.5

 1993     6.9   11.2    10.9       2.5   11.8     5.7(3)10.2   9.3    10.5
 I        7.2   11.0    10.9       2.4   11.2     5.3    9.2   8.1    10.6
 II       7.1   11.4    10.9       2.5   11.6     5.6   10.2   9.7    10.5
 III      6.8   11.4    10.9       2.6   12.0     5.9   10.6   9.8    10.4
 IV       6.6   11.2    10.8       2.8   12.4     6.3   11.0   9.8    10.2

 1994  (3)6.1   10.4     9.7       2.9   12.3     6.5   11.3   9.6     9.7
 I        6.6   10.9    10.4       2.9   12.5     6.4   11.0   9.9    10.0
 II       6.2   10.6    10.0       2.9   12.5     6.5   11.2   9.6     9.8
 III      6.0   10.1     9.5       3.0   12.2     6.5   11.3   9.7     9.5
 IV       5.6    9.7     9.0       2.9   12.0     6.5   11.8   9.3     9.1

 1995     5.6    9.5     8.5       3.2   11.8     6.5   12.0   9.1     8.7
 I        5.5    9.7     8.8       3.0   12.0     6.4   12.1   9.1     8.8
 II       5.7    9.5     8.4       3.2   11.7     6.5   11.8   9.0     8.8
 III      5.7    9.5     8.4       3.2   11.6     6.6   12.2   8.9     8.7
 IV       5.6    9.4     8.4       3.4   11.8     6.7   12.0   9.3     8.6

 1996     5.4    9.7     8.6       3.4   12.6     7.2   12.1   9.9     8.2
 I        5.6    9.5     8.5       3.4   12.3     6.9   12.1   9.4     8.3
 II       5.4    9.6     8.5       3.5   12.5     7.1   12.1   9.6     8.3
 III      5.3    9.8     8.7       3.4   12.7     7.2   12.2  10.0     8.2
 IV       5.3    9.9     8.6       3.3   12.6     7.5   12.1  10.4     7.9

 1997     4.9    9.2     8.6       3.4   12.6           12.3   9.8     7.1  
 I        5.3    9.6     8.7       3.3   12.6     7.7   12.3  10.6     7.5 
 II       4.9    9.4     8.7       3.4   12.7     7.8   12.4  10.4     7.3
 III      4.9    9.0     8.6       3.4   12.7     7.8   12.2   9.5     6.9
 IV       4.7    8.9     8.3       3.5   12.5           12.3   8.8     6.6

(1)  Preliminary for Germany 1991 onward; Italy, 1992 onward; the United
Kingdom, 1996 onward; Australia, Japan, France, and Sweden, 1997 onward.
(2)  Quarterly data are for January, April, July, and October.
(3)  Break in series.   See General Notes on pages 2-5.

Note:  Quarterly figures for France, Germany, Italy, and the United
Kingdom are calculated by applying annual adjustment factors to
quarterly published data, and therefore should be viewed as only
approximate indicators of unemployment under U.S. concepts.
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Table 4.  Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex, 1960-1997

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Both Sexes

1960           59.4      56.2       NA       67.9      59.5      59.8      56.1       NA       66.5      61.9
1961           59.3      56.2       NA       67.8      58.9      59.9      55.8       NA       66.3      62.1
1962           58.8      55.9       NA       66.9      57.9      59.6      54.7       NA       65.9      62.1
1963           58.7      55.9       NA       65.7      57.5      59.4      53.1       NA       65.3      62.3
1964           58.7      56.2      59.5      64.8      57.6      59.0      52.5       NA       64.5      62.2

1965           58.9      56.5      59.9      64.4      57.4      58.7      51.4       NA       64.1      62.4
1966           59.2      57.3      60.6      64.6      57.3      58.2      50.0       NA       64.2      62.3
1967           59.6      57.6      61.2      64.8      57.4      57.0      50.2       NA       63.3      62.0
1968           59.6      57.6      61.2      64.9      57.1      56.9      49.7       NA       63.8      61.6
1969           60.1      57.9      61.4      64.6      57.3      57.0      49.3       NA       63.8      61.4

1970           60.4      57.8      62.1      64.5      57.5      56.9      49.0       NA       64.0      61.1
1971           60.2      58.1      62.2      64.3      57.4      56.5      48.7       NA       64.2      60.4
1972           60.4      58.6      62.3      63.8      57.2      56.2      47.7       NA       64.1      60.8
1973           60.8      59.7      62.6      64.0      57.3      56.3      47.6      53.4      64.1      62.4
1974           61.2      60.5      63.0      63.1      57.4      55.7      47.7      53.5      64.8      62.2

1975           61.2      61.1      63.2      62.4      57.2      55.0      47.7      54.5      65.9      62.6
1976           61.6   (1)61.5      62.7      62.4      57.5      54.6      48.0      54.1      66.0      62.7
1977           62.3      62.1      62.7      62.5      57.8      54.4      48.2      54.2      65.9      62.7
1978           63.2      63.1      61.9      62.8      57.7      54.4      47.8      54.0      66.1      62.8
1979           63.7      64.0      61.6      62.7      57.8      54.5      48.0      54.2      66.6      62.5

1980           63.8      64.6      62.1      62.6      57.5      54.7      48.2      55.4      66.9      62.5
1981           63.9      65.3      61.9      62.6      57.5      54.7      48.3      56.7      66.8      62.3
1982           64.0      64.7      61.7      62.7      57.5      54.6      47.7      56.6      66.8      61.9
1983           64.0      64.9      61.4      63.1      57.2   (1)54.3      47.5   (1)55.7      66.7      61.6
1984           64.4      65.3      61.5      62.7      57.2      54.4      47.3      55.7      66.6      62.3

1985           64.8      65.8      61.6      62.3      56.8      54.7      47.2      55.5      66.9      62.4
1986           65.3      66.3      62.8      62.1      56.7      54.9   (1)47.8      56.0      67.0      62.5
1987           65.6      66.7      63.0      61.9      56.5      55.0      47.6      56.3   (1)66.4      62.9
1988           65.9      67.2      63.3      61.9      56.2      55.1      47.4   (1)54.2      66.9      63.5
1989           66.5      67.5      64.0      62.2      56.1      55.2      47.3      54.7      67.3      64.0

1990        (1)66.5      67.3      64.6      62.6      56.0      55.3      47.2      56.1      67.4      64.1
1991           66.2      66.7      64.1      63.2      56.0     p55.4   (1)47.7      56.5      67.0      63.7
1992           66.4      65.9      63.9      63.4   (1)55.8     p55.1     p47.5      57.8      65.7      63.1
1993           66.3      65.5      63.6      63.3      55.6     p54.2  (1)p48.1      58.5      64.5      62.8
1994        (1)66.6      65.3      63.9      63.1      55.5     p53.7     p47.5      59.0      63.8      62.5

1995           66.6      64.8      64.6      62.9      55.3     p53.2     p47.6      59.3     p64.3     p62.7
1996           66.8      64.9      64.6      63.0      55.5     p52.8     p47.7     p59.4     p64.3     p62.7
1997           67.1      64.8     p64.3     p63.2       NA        NA      p47.7       NA        NA        NA

__________________________________________________________________
Table 4.  Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex,
          1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Male

1960           83.3      82.8       NA       84.2       NA       82.4      82.4       NA        NA       86.8
1961           82.9      81.8       NA       84.3       NA       82.7      81.8       NA       87.1      86.6
1962           82.0      81.1       NA       83.6      81.0      82.2      80.6       NA       85.4      86.2
1963           81.4      80.5       NA       82.5      79.8      81.9      79.2       NA       83.7      86.4
1964           81.0      80.1      85.3      81.5      79.9      81.4      78.7       NA       82.7      85.8

1965           80.7      79.9      85.1      81.1      79.2      80.9      77.5       NA       82.2      85.4
1966           80.4      79.8      85.2      81.1      79.1      80.5      76.0       NA       81.6      84.9
1967           80.4      79.3      84.9      81.0      78.8      79.3      76.1       NA       80.5      84.5
1968           80.1      78.6      84.5      81.7      77.8      79.0      75.2       NA       80.1      83.6
1969           79.8      78.3      84.2      81.5      77.7      78.9      74.4       NA       79.3      82.9

1970           79.7      77.8      84.1      81.5      77.4      78.8      73.7       NA       78.5      82.1
1971           79.1      77.3      83.8      81.9      76.5      77.4      73.4       NA       78.0      80.8
1972           79.0      77.5      83.6      81.9      75.7      76.3      72.0       NA       77.3      80.7
1973           78.8      78.2      83.1      81.9      75.5      75.7      71.2      79.4      76.8      82.1
1974           78.7      78.7      82.7      81.6      75.3      74.6      71.0      79.3      76.7      80.5

1975           77.9      78.4      82.2      81.2      74.4      73.4      70.6      80.0      77.0      80.7
1976           77.5   (1)77.8      81.5      81.0      74.1      72.5      70.4      79.2      76.5      80.6
1977           77.7      77.8      81.0      80.4      73.9      71.9      69.5      78.7      75.6      80.1
1978           77.9      78.2      79.8      80.1      73.3      71.6      68.7      77.8      75.1      79.6
1979           77.8      78.6      79.4      79.9      72.8      71.5      68.3      77.0      75.1      78.9

1980           77.4      78.6      79.1      79.6      72.0      71.3      67.9      77.4      74.9      78.7
1981           77.0      78.7      78.8      79.6      71.5      70.8      67.8      77.5      73.8      78.4
1982           76.6      77.3      78.4      79.3      70.8      70.6      66.9      76.1      73.5      77.3
1983           76.4      77.0      77.6      79.2      69.9   (1)70.2      66.2   (1)75.2      72.9      76.5
1984           76.4      76.9      77.3      78.5      69.2      70.1      65.6      74.3      72.4      76.4

1985           76.3      77.0      76.5      77.9      68.4      70.1      65.3      73.8      72.5      76.1
1986           76.3      77.1      76.6      77.6      67.9      70.2   (1)65.2      72.4      72.5      75.5
1987           76.2      77.0      76.1      77.1      67.1      70.0      64.5      71.4   (1)71.3      75.5
1988           76.2      77.0      76.1      76.9      66.5      69.6      63.9   (1)68.0      71.6      75.9
1989           76.4      77.1      76.2      76.8      66.1      69.1      63.4      68.3      72.0      76.1

1990        (1)76.4      76.3      76.3      77.0      65.9      68.4      63.0      69.8      72.0      75.9
1991           75.8      75.1      75.5      77.4      65.6     p67.9   (1)63.7      69.4      71.7      75.2
1992           75.8      74.0      75.0      77.8   (1)64.7     p66.9     p63.1      70.3      70.4      74.1
1993           75.4      73.5      74.5      77.8      64.2     p65.3  (1)p63.7      70.8      69.2      73.4
1994        (1)75.1      73.3      74.5      77.6      63.8     p64.2     p62.7      70.2      68.6      72.9

1995           75.0      72.5      74.7      77.5      63.5       NA      p62.3      70.7     p69.1     p72.9
1996           74.9      72.4      74.5      77.5      63.5       NA        NA      p70.3     p69.0     p72.6
1997           75.0      72.5    p74.0     p77.6        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

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Table 4.  Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex,
          1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Female

1960           37.7      30.1       NA       52.7       NA       41.1      32.3       NA        NA       39.8
1961           38.1      31.0       NA       52.4       NA       41.0      32.5       NA       46.1      40.1
1962           37.9      31.3       NA       51.3      38.2      40.7      31.6       NA       47.1      40.5
1963           38.3      31.9       NA       50.0      38.2      40.7      29.7       NA       47.6      40.7
1964           38.7      32.9      33.8      49.3      38.2      40.3      28.8       NA       46.8      41.2

1965           39.3      33.8      34.8      48.8      38.2      40.0      27.8       NA       46.6      41.7
1966           40.3      35.4      36.3      49.2      38.2      39.4      26.5       NA       47.3      42.1
1967           41.1      36.5      37.8      49.6      38.5      38.4      26.6       NA       46.7      41.9
1968           41.6      37.1      38.3      49.2      38.8      38.5      26.5       NA       48.0      41.9
1969           42.7      38.0      39.0      48.8      39.2      38.5      26.6       NA       48.8      42.0

1970           43.3      38.3      40.4      48.7      39.8      38.4      26.4       NA       50.0      42.2
1971           43.4      39.4      41.0      47.7      40.2      38.5      26.3       NA       50.9      42.0
1972           43.9      40.2      41.2      46.8      40.6      39.0      25.6       NA       51.5      42.8
1973           44.7      41.9      42.4      47.3      41.0      39.5      26.1      28.5      51.7      44.6
1974           45.7      43.0      43.5      45.7      41.4      39.4      26.5      28.7      53.3      45.7

1975           46.3      44.4      44.5      44.8      41.7      39.3      26.8      29.5      55.2      46.2
1976           47.3  (1)45.6       44.3      44.9      42.6      39.3      27.6      29.9      55.9      46.5
1977           48.4      46.7      44.8      45.7      43.3      39.3      28.9      30.6      56.7      47.0
1978           50.0      48.5      44.5      46.4      43.7      39.6      28.8      31.1      57.5      47.6
1979           50.9      49.7      44.3      46.6      44.3      39.9      29.5      32.1      58.5      47.7

1980           51.5      51.0      45.5      46.6      44.5      40.3      30.1      34.3      59.3      47.8
1981           52.1      52.3      45.5      46.7      45.0      40.7      30.4      36.7      60.1      47.7
1982           52.6      52.4      45.4      47.0      45.6      40.7      30.3      37.9      60.5      47.8
1983           52.9      53.1      45.5      48.0      45.8   (1)40.5      30.5   (1)37.1      60.8      48.1
1984           53.6      54.0      46.1      47.8      46.3      40.7      30.5      38.0      61.1      49.4

1985           54.5      55.1      47.0      47.6      46.4      41.1      30.7      37.9      61.5      50.0
1986           55.3      55.8      49.2      47.6      46.7      41.4   (1)31.9      40.2      61.7      50.6
1987           56.0      56.7      50.0      47.6      47.0      41.7      32.1      41.8   (1)61.8      51.3
1988           56.6      57.7      50.7      47.9      47.0      42.3      32.3   (1)40.9      62.4      52.1
1989           57.4      58.3      52.1      48.5      47.0      42.7      32.5      41.7      62.7      52.8

1990        (1)57.5      58.7      53.1      49.1      47.1      43.6      32.7      42.9      63.0      53.2
1991           57.4      58.5      52.9      49.7      47.4     p44.1   (1)33.2      44.1      62.4      53.0
1992           57.8      58.0      53.0      49.9   (1)47.7     p44.3     p33.3      45.9      61.2      52.9
1993           57.9      57.9      52.9      49.6      47.8     p44.2  (1)p33.7      46.7      60.1      53.0
1994        (1)58.8      57.6      53.6      49.5      48.0     p44.1     p33.6      47.9      59.3      52.9

1995           58.9      57.4      54.7      49.3      48.0       NA     p34.0       48.3     p59.7     p53.2
1996           59.3      57.6      55.0      49.3      48.2       NA        NA      p48.9     p59.8     p53.5
1997           59.8      57.4     p54.8     p49.6       NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

NA = Not available.
p =  Preliminary.
(1)  Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.


Table 5.  Civilian Employment-Population Ratios by Sex, 1960-1997

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Both Sexes

1960           56.1      52.6       NA       66.7      58.6      59.2      54.0       NA       65.4      60.6
1961           55.4      52.4       NA       66.8      58.2      59.6      54.0       NA       65.3      60.8
1962           55.5      52.8       NA       66.0      57.1      59.3      53.2       NA       64.9      60.4
1963           55.4      53.0       NA       64.8      56.6      59.2      51.9       NA       64.2      60.2
1964           55.7      53.7      58.6      64.1      56.9      58.8      51.1       NA       63.5      60.7

1965           56.2      54.4      59.1      63.6      56.4      58.5      49.6       NA       63.4      61.0
1966           56.9      55.4      59.6      63.7      56.4      58.0      48.1       NA       63.2      60.9
1967           57.3      55.4      60.0      64.0      56.2      56.3      48.5       NA       62.0      60.0
1968           57.5      55.0      60.1      64.1      55.5      56.2      47.9       NA       62.3      59.6
1969           58.0      55.3      60.2      63.9      55.9      56.6      47.6       NA       62.6      59.5

1970           57.4      54.5      61.1      63.8      56.0      56.6      47.4       NA       63.1      59.2
1971           56.6      54.5      61.0      63.4      55.8      56.2      47.1       NA       62.6      58.0
1972           57.0      54.9      60.6      62.9      55.5      55.8      45.9       NA       62.4      58.2
1973           57.8      56.4      61.2      63.2      55.8      55.9      45.8      51.8      62.5      60.3
1974           57.8      57.3      61.3      62.2      55.7      54.8      46.2      51.6      63.6      60.2

1975           56.1      56.9      60.1      61.2      54.8      53.2      46.0      51.7      64.8      59.7
1976           56.8   (1)57.1      59.7      61.1      54.8      52.8      46.1      51.2      64.9      59.0
1977           57.9      57.0      59.2      61.2      54.8      52.5      46.3      51.6      64.8      58.7
1978           59.3      57.9      58.0      61.3      54.6      52.6      45.9      51.3      64.6      58.8
1979           59.9      59.2      57.8      61.4      54.2      52.9      45.9      51.4      65.3      59.2

1980           59.2      59.7      58.3      61.3      53.8      53.1      46.1      52.1      65.6      58.1
1981           59.0      60.4      58.4      61.2      53.1      52.5      45.9      51.7      65.1      55.7
1982           57.8      57.5      57.3      61.2      52.7      51.6      45.2      50.8      64.7      54.9
1983           57.9      57.1      55.3      61.4      52.3   (1)50.6      44.7   (1)49.3      64.4      54.3
1984           59.5      57.9      56.0      61.0      51.4      50.5      44.5      49.3      64.5      55.0

1985           60.1      58.9      56.5      60.6      50.9      50.7      44.4      50.1      65.0      55.5
1986           60.7      59.9      57.7      60.4      50.7      51.3   (1)44.2      50.3      65.2      55.5
1987           61.5      60.8      57.9      60.1      50.4      51.5      43.8      50.7   (1)65.0      56.4
1988           62.3      62.0      58.7      60.4      50.4      51.6      43.7   (1)50.0      65.7      58.1
1989           63.0      62.4      60.1      60.8      50.7      52.0      43.6      50.9      66.2      59.3

1990        (1)62.8      61.9      60.1      61.3      50.9      52.6      43.9      52.6      66.1      59.6
1991           61.7      59.8      57.9      61.8      50.6     p53.0   (1)44.5      53.2      64.9      58.0
1992           61.5      58.4      57.0      62.0      50.0     p52.6     p44.0      54.5      62.0      56.7
1993           61.7      58.2      56.6      61.7      49.1     p51.1  (1)p43.1      54.7      58.5      56.2
1994        (1)62.5      58.5      57.7      61.3      48.7     p50.2     p42.1      54.7      57.6      56.5

1995           62.9      58.6      59.1      60.9      48.8     p49.7     p41.8      55.2     p58.4     p57.2
1996           63.2      58.6      59.1      60.9      48.5     p49.0     p41.9     p55.6     p57.9     p57.6
1997           63.8      58.9     p58.7     p61.0       NA        NA      p41.9        NA        NA        NA

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Table 5.  Civilian Employment-Population Ratios by Sex,
          1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Male

1960           78.9      76.9       NA       82.8       NA       81.8      79.5       NA        NA       85.0
1961           77.6      75.8       NA       83.2       NA       82.3      79.4       NA       86.3      84.9
1962           77.7      76.3       NA       82.7      80.1      81.8      78.6       NA       84.2      83.9
1963           77.1      76.1       NA       81.5      79.0      81.6      77.6       NA       82.6      83.5
1964           77.3      76.5      84.5      80.6      79.2      81.1      77.0       NA       81.6      83.7

1965           77.5      76.9      84.4      80.2      78.4      80.7      75.2       NA       81.5      83.5
1966           77.9      77.1      84.2      80.1      78.2      80.3      73.5       NA       80.6      82.9
1967           78.0      76.3      83.8      80.0      77.7      78.2      73.9       NA       78.9      81.5
1968           77.8      75.1      83.5      80.7      76.3      78.1      73.0       NA       78.2      80.6
1969           77.6      74.9      83.2      80.5      76.5      78.5      72.4       NA       77.8      80.0

1970           76.2      73.4      83.2      80.5      76.3      78.4      71.9       NA       77.4      79.2
1971           74.9      72.7      82.7      80.9      75.3      77.1      71.6       NA       76.2      77.3
1972           75.0      73.0      82.0      80.6      74.4      75.8      69.9       NA       75.4      76.8
1973           75.5      74.3      81.8      80.8      74.2      75.3      69.3      77.3      75.1      79.1
1974           74.9      74.9      81.1      80.5      73.9      73.5      69.4      77.1      75.5      77.9

1975           71.7      73.5      79.1      79.5      72.1      70.9      68.8      76.9      76.0      76.7
1976           72.0   (1)72.8      78.3      79.2      71.8      70.3      68.5      75.9      75.6      75.5
1977           72.8      72.1      77.3      78.7      71.2      69.9      67.5      75.7      74.5      74.7
1978           73.8      72.3      75.5      78.2      70.4      69.7      66.8      75.0      73.5      74.5
1979           73.8      73.4      75.3      78.2      69.6      69.8      66.3      74.3      73.7      74.5

1980           72.0      73.1      75.1      77.9      68.9      69.6      66.0      74.1      73.6      72.8
1981           71.3      73.1      75.1      77.8      67.5      68.5      65.6      72.2      72.0      69.4
1982           69.0      68.7      73.4      77.4      66.3      67.0      64.4      69.5      71.3      68.1
1983           68.8      67.6      70.1      77.1      65.2   (1)65.8      63.5   (1)67.4      70.4      67.0
1984           70.7      68.3      70.6      76.4      63.6      65.7      62.9      66.6      70.2      67.2

1985           70.9      69.0      70.4      75.9      62.4      65.8      62.5      67.6      70.5      67.3
1986           71.0      69.8      70.7      75.4      61.9      66.4   (1)61.8      66.7      70.6      66.8
1987           71.5      70.4      70.2      74.9      61.2      66.2      60.9      66.1   (1)69.7      67.4
1988           72.0      71.3      70.9      75.0      61.1      66.0      60.4   (1)64.3      70.3      69.2
1989           72.5      71.4      71.9      75.1      61.2      65.9      59.9      65.0      70.9      70.4

1990        (1)72.0      70.1      71.2      75.4      61.3      65.6      60.0      66.9      70.6      70.3
1991           70.4      66.9      68.0      75.8      60.6     p65.3   (1)60.6      66.5      69.2      67.8
1992           69.8      65.1      66.4      76.1      59.3     p64.1     p59.8      67.2      65.7      65.3
1993           70.0      64.9      65.9      75.9      57.8     p61.7  (1)p58.8      66.8      61.6      64.2
1994        (1)70.4      65.4      67.0      75.4      57.1     p60.1     p57.2      65.9      61.1      64.6

1995           70.8      65.5      68.1      75.0      57.3       NA      p56.5      66.5     p62.2     p65.5
1996           70.9      65.2      67.9      74.9      56.8       NA        NA      p66.9     p61.8     p65.7
1997           71.3      65.8     p67.4     p74.9       NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

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Table 5.  Civilian Employment-Population Ratios by Sex,
          1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

Female

1960           35.5      28.6       NA       51.8       NA       40.4      31.0       NA        NA       38.9
1961           35.4      29.4       NA       51.6       NA       40.7      31.1       NA       45.0      39.3
1962           35.6      29.9       NA       50.6      37.4      40.4      30.4       NA       46.3      39.4
1963           35.8      30.5       NA       49.3      37.2      40.4      28.8       NA       46.5      39.4
1964           36.3      31.6      32.9      48.7      37.5      40.1      27.7       NA       46.0      40.1

1965           37.1      32.6      34.0      48.1      37.3      39.9      26.6       NA       45.8      40.8
1966           38.3      34.2      35.4      48.4      37.2      39.3      25.2       NA       46.4      41.2
1967           39.0      35.1      36.6      48.9      37.2      38.0      25.3       NA       45.6      40.7
1968           39.6      35.5      37.1      48.7      37.1      38.0      25.1       NA       47.0      40.8
1969           40.7      36.2      37.7      48.3      37.7      38.2      25.1       NA       47.9      41.1

1970           40.8      36.1      39.3      48.2      38.1      38.1      25.0       NA       49.1      41.2
1971           40.4      36.8      39.7      47.2      38.4      38.2      24.9       NA       49.5      40.7
1972           41.0      37.4      39.6      46.2      38.7      38.6      24.1       NA       50.0      41.4
1973           42.0      39.1      40.9      46.8      39.2      39.1      24.5      27.3      50.3      43.4
1974           42.6      40.2      41.7      45.1      39.4      38.7      25.1      27.1      52.0      44.3

1975           42.0      40.8      41.4      44.0      39.2      37.9      25.3      27.1      54.0      44.3
1976           43.2   (1)41.7      41.5      44.1      39.6      37.8      25.8      27.3      54.7      44.1
1977           44.5      42.3      41.5      44.9      40.0      37.7      26.9      28.2      55.4      44.3
1978           46.4      43.8      41.0      45.5      40.4      37.9      26.9      28.4      56.1      44.6
1979           47.5      45.3      40.7      45.7      40.5      38.4      27.3      29.2      57.2      45.3

1980           47.7      46.7      41.9      45.7      40.3      38.9      27.9      31.0      58.0      44.8
1981           48.0      48.0      42.1      45.7      40.2      38.7      28.0      31.9      58.5      43.4
1982           47.7      46.7      41.5      45.9      40.5      38.1      27.7      32.8      58.4      42.9
1983           48.0      47.0      40.8      46.7      40.7   (1)37.3      27.6   (1)31.9      58.6      42.8
1984           49.5      47.9      41.7      46.5      40.6      37.3      27.6      32.7      59.1      43.9

1985           50.4      49.2      42.9      46.3      40.5      37.6      27.8      33.4      59.7      44.7
1986           51.4      50.3      44.9      46.2      40.7      38.0   (1)28.1      34.7      60.1      45.2
1987           52.5      51.5      45.7      46.2      40.7      38.5      28.3      35.8   (1)60.5      46.4
1988           53.4      52.9      46.8      46.6      40.9      39.0      28.4   (1)36.3      61.2      47.9
1989           54.3      53.7      48.6      47.4      41.2      39.7      28.6      37.4      61.7      49.1

1990        (1)54.3      54.0      49.3      48.0      41.6      40.9      29.2      38.9      61.8      49.8
1991           53.7      52.8      48.1      48.6      41.6     p41.9   (1)29.7      40.5      60.6      49.1
1992           53.8      52.0      47.7      48.7      41.6     p42.1     p29.7      42.3      58.4      48.9
1993           54.1      51.7      47.6      48.3      41.2     p41.5  (1)p28.7      43.0      55.5      48.8
1994        (1)55.3      51.9      48.6      48.0      41.1     p41.2     p28.3      44.0      54.4      48.9

1995           55.6      52.1      50.3      47.7      41.3       NA      p28.4      44.1     p54.9     p49.6
1996           56.0      52.1      50.4      47.7      41.1       NA        NA      p44.9     p54.2     p50.1
1997           56.8      52.2     p50.2     p47.9       NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

NA =  Not available.
p  =  Preliminary.
(1) = Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.


Table 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector, 
          1960-1997(in thousands)

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                             Civilian Employment (1)

1960         65,778     5,965       NA     43,370    18,595    25,877    20,064     4,576     3,581    23,660
1965         71,088     6,862     4,614    46,200    19,540    26,368    19,210     4,933     3,680    24,776
1970         78,678     7,919     5,388    50,140    20,328    26,107    19,083     5,156     3,836    24,381
1971         79,367     8,104     5,518    50,470    20,440    26,222    19,016     5,152     3,842    24,165
1972         82,153     8,344     5,602    50,580    20,571    26,290    18,710     5,136     3,845    24,139
1973         85,064     8,761     5,765    51,900    20,863    26,593    18,874     5,135     3,861    24,716
1974         86,794     9,125     5,891    51,710    21,059    26,247    19,284     5,119     3,944    24,803

1975         85,846     9,284     5,867    51,530    20,871    25,536    19,395     5,109     4,044    24,720
1976         88,752  (2)9,776     5,946    52,020    21,040    25,395    19,504     5,142     4,070    24,509
1977         92,017     9,978     6,000    52,720    21,231    25,426    19,668     5,199     4,081    24,538
1978         96,048    10,320     6,038    53,360    21,327    25,646    19,725     5,265     4,097    24,697
1979         98,824    10,761     6,111    54,040    21,392    26,074    19,932     5,382     4,162    25,079

1980         99,303    11,082     6,284    54,600    21,443    26,486    20,195     5,520     4,214    25,004
1981        100,397    11,398     6,416    55,060    21,335    26,453    20,279     5,542     4,207    24,011
1982         99,526    11,035     6,415    55,620    21,396    26,150    20,246     5,475     4,201    23,584
1983        100,834    11,106     6,300    56,550    21,381    25,765    20,320     5,459     4,206    23,304
1984        105,005    11,402     6,494    56,870    21,203    25,826    20,392     5,528     4,237    23,854

1985        107,150    11,742     6,697    57,260    21,146    26,018    20,492     5,624     4,281    24,250
1986        109,597    12,095     6,794    57,740    21,246    26,383    20,614     5,720     4,314    24,380
1987        112,440    12,422     7,129    58,320    21,328    26,584    20,591  (2)5,773  (2)4,328    24,754
1988        114,968    12,819     7,398    59,310    21,528    26,799    20,868     5,934     4,398    25,708
1989        117,342    13,086     7,720    60,500    21,846    27,201    20,773     6,065     4,468    26,549

1990     (2)118,793    13,165     7,859    61,710    22,098    27,952    21,080     6,268     4,501    26,818
1991        117,718    12,916     7,676    62,910    22,142    28,478 (2)21,364     6,444     4,435    26,302
1992        118,492    12,842     7,637    63,630    22,008    28,658    21,233  (2)6,519     4,253    25,671
1993        120,259    13,015     7,680    63,810    21,739    28,227    20,429     6,571     4,015    25,381
1994     (2)123,060    13,292     7,921    63,860    21,710    27,905    20,085     6,631     3,981    25,579

1995        124,900    13,506     8,235    63,900    21,942       NA    p19,975     6,838     4,044    25,839
1996        126,708    13,676     8,344    64,200    21,925       NA    p20,053     6,983     4,007    26,088
1997     (2)129,558    13,941    p8,412   p64,900       NA        NA    p20,052       NA        NA        NA


_________________________________________________________________________
Table 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector,
          1960-1997 (in thousands)--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                  Agriculture (3)

1960          5,552       795       NA     12,800     4,305     3,567     6,514       469       564     1,118
1965          4,477       694       448    10,500     3,473     2,840     5,031       391       418       952
1970          3,567       604       434     8,490     2,751     2,218     3,839       329       314       784
1971          3,510       607       426     7,840     2,612       NA      3,817       322       300       764
1972          3,598       575       442     7,310     2,468       NA      3,546       317       287       735
1973          3,572       573       424     6,810     2,345       NA      3,431       311       276       736
1974          3,613       579       410     6,540     2,242       NA      3,362       306       264       699

1975          3,507       564       407     6,380     2,152       NA      3,231       303       261       687
1976          3,453    (2)574       392     6,210     2,072       NA      3,201       295       254       685
1977          3,426       564       400     6,110     1,996       NA      3,100       292       248       684
1978          3,550       584       384     6,100     1,932       NA      3,032       297       250       680
1979          3,508       603       399     5,860     1,880       NA      2,962       291       242       666

1980          3,529       597       410     5,510     1,821     1,373     2,870       285       237       654
1981          3,519       613       419     5,330     1,754     1,335     2,704       288       237       639
1982          3,570       576       415     5,250     1,691     1,292     2,502       288       236       632
1983          3,541       603       418     5,060     1,640     1,247     2,500       287       230       622
1984          3,469       603       405     4,860     1,586     1,206     2,390       288       218       616

1985          3,338       583       414     4,820     1,530     1,163     2,262       289       208       568
1986          3,350       581       429     4,700     1,480     1,141     2,214       287       204       538
1987          3,400       585       415     4,640     1,423     1,093     2,139    (2)285    (2)194       569
1988          3,326       569       435     4,480     1,367     1,050     2,037       285       193       598
1989          3,378       553       429     4,390     1,309     1,000     1,927       287       192       589

1990       (2)3,394       551       440     4,270     1,248       965     1,879       292       178       573
1991          3,429       572       422     3,990     1,196       932  (2)1,807       295       168       592
1992          3,425       542       406     3,910     1,150       885     1,734    (2)268       162       567
1993          3,300       558       411     3,650  (2)1,119       830     1,657       263       159       518
1994       (2)3,586       545       405     3,560     1,071       786     1,563       271       154       534

1995          3,592       555       412     3,510     1,039       NA     p1,482       265       143       533
1996          3,570       565       424     3,390     1,004       NA     p1,392       278       131       511
1997       (2)3,538       537      p437    p3,390       NA        NA     p1,360       NA        NA        NA


_____________________________________________________________________
Table 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector,
          1960-1997 (in thousands)--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                     Industry (4)

1960         21,995     1,906       NA     12,380     6,976    11,905     6,855     1,786     1,419    10,900
1965         24,311     2,233     1,653    15,010     7,486    12,497     7,174     1,952     1,550    11,117
1970         26,080     2,360     1,866    17,880     7,812    12,706     7,586     1,933     1,456    10,531
1971         25,182     2,383     1,895    18,140     7,869       NA      7,613     1,881     1,424    10,156
1972         25,828     2,439     1,877    18,290     7,929       NA      7,463     1,829     1,396     9,940
1973         27,258     2,586     1,924    19,210     8,076       NA      7,450     1,801     1,401    10,110
1974         27,213     2,688     1,942    19,020     8,131       NA      7,609     1,755     1,434    10,080

1975         25,302     2,613     1,850    18,370     7,889       NA      7,630     1,697     1,449     9,632
1976         26,310  (2)2,785     1,846    18,520     7,826       NA      7,521     1,662     1,416     9,345
1977         27,343     2,758     1,825    18,510     7,800       NA      7,612     1,666     1,375     9,324
1978         28,810     2,836     1,772    18,550     7,682       NA      7,570     1,673     1,328     9,312
1979         29,797     2,982     1,770    18,740     7,581       NA      7,578     1,670     1,326     9,344

1980         29,136     3,033     1,798    19,180     7,523    11,373     7,694     1,642     1,327     9,059
1981         28,995     3,093     1,814    19,300     7,322    11,162     7,642     1,573     1,286     8,242
1982         27,070     2,803     1,759    19,210     7,192    10,806     7,523     1,505     1,237     7,817
1983         27,016     2,717     1,634    19,470     7,009    10,473     7,347     1,488     1,223     7,453
1984         28,617     2,824     1,657    19,630     6,758    10,400     7,036     1,508     1,228     7,736

1985         28,805     2,866     1,694    19,820     6,556    10,437     6,890     1,494     1,244     7,788
1986         29,130     2,938     1,717    19,760     6,456    10,521     6,816     1,493     1,258     7,749
1987         29,209     3,020     1,745    19,560     6,358    10,493     6,710  (2)1,517  (2)1,242     7,635
1988         29,676     3,168     1,805    20,120     6,318    10,463     6,783     1,524     1,246     7,927
1989         30,051     3,233     1,907    20,600     6,373    10,588     6,749     1,568     1,269     8,152

1990      (2)29,834     3,117     1,865    20,890     6,425    10,875     6,842     1,620     1,268     8,128
1991         28,452     2,868     1,725    21,520     6,335    10,915  (2)6,913     1,613     1,207     7,686
1992         27,853     2,758     1,692    21,850     6,120    10,741     6,847  (2)1,599     1,087     7,237
1993         27,659     2,739     1,715    21,670 p(2)5,748    10,131     6,718     1,579       982     7,034
1994      (2)28,319     2,856     1,770    21,490    p5,592   p9,719      6,583     1,520       956     6,900

1995         28,788     2,957     1,805    21,160    p5,589       NA     p6,491      1,557     1,011     6,900
1996         29,030     2,969     1,807    21,130    p5,479       NA     p6,471      1,559     1,008     7,006
1997      (2)29,771     3,091    p1,803   p21,250       NA        NA     p6,445        NA        NA        NA

______________________________________________________________________
Table 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector,
          1960-1997 (in thousands)--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                    Manufacturing

1960         17,149     1,471       NA      9,430     5,250     8,901     4,813     1,326     1,133     8,517
1965         19,190     1,636     1,207    11,450     5,373     9,480     4,894     1,410     1,200     8,666
1970         20,746     1,768     1,312    13,750     5,593    10,305     5,293     1,381     1,064     8,465
1971         19,606     1,766     1,330    13,820     5,676       NA      5,329     1,348     1,054     8,202
1972         19,943     1,823     1,316    13,810     5,749       NA      5,217     1,310     1,046     7,934
1973         21,054     1,927     1,346    14,420     5,882       NA      5,259     1,298     1,066     7,979
1974         21,025     1,978     1,351    14,250     5,953       NA      5,420     1,287     1,120     8,030

1975         19,457     1,871     1,249    13,430     5,802       NA      5,424     1,251     1,138     7,654
1976         20,261  (2)1,983     1,262    13,440     5,757       NA      5,406     1,214     1,100     7,411
1977         20,889     1,951     1,254    13,350     5,741       NA      5,437     1,206     1,060     7,461
1978         21,784     2,021     1,199    13,220     5,664       NA      5,380     1,196     1,023     7,427
1979         22,459     2,145     1,198    13,290     5,586       NA      5,364     1,183     1,026     7,395

1980         21,942     2,187     1,222    13,630     5,530     8,998     5,433     1,176     1,025     7,081
1981         21,817     2,204     1,230    13,800     5,362     8,828     5,328     1,155       984     6,365
1982         20,286     2,010     1,190    13,740     5,288     8,567     5,228     1,098       946     6,005
1983         19,946     1,961     1,122    14,010     5,186     8,284     5,074     1,069       941     5,668
1984         20,995     2,046     1,125    14,330     5,046     8,285     4,876     1,084       953  (5)5,894

1985         20,879     2,064     1,114    14,480     4,906     8,403     4,761     1,094       968  (5)5,972
1986         20,962     2,098     1,124    14,390     4,817     8,515     4,715     1,100       984  (5)5,979
1987         20,935     2,127     1,137    14,200     4,709     8,506     4,636  (2)1,121    (2)953  (5)5,737
1988         21,320     2,214     1,171    14,500     4,651     8,479     4,719     1,113       956  (5)5,999
1989         21,652     2,235     1,202    14,800     4,681     8,594     4,726     1,157       968  (5)6,011

1990      (2)21,346     2,105     1,170    15,010     4,708     8,839     4,755     1,196       943  (5)5,971
1991         20,580     1,956     1,092    15,460     4,635     8,891  (2)4,729     1,178       884  (5)5,720
1992         20,120     1,879     1,079    15,650     4,480     8,735     4,863  (2)1,191       804  (5)5,441
1993         19,711     1,893     1,073    15,260       NA      8,209     4,995     1,161       734  (5)5,338
1994      (2)20,157     1,949     1,111    14,920       NA        NA      4,930     1,105       726     4,909

1995         20,493     2,061     1,117    14,520       NA        NA     p4,875     1,123       770     4,940
1996         20,518     2,083     1,120    14,420       NA        NA     p4,873     1,108       773     5,066
1997      (2)20,835     2,167    p1,138   p14,390       NA        NA     p4,853       NA        NA        NA

________________________________________________________________________
Table 6.  Civilian Employment by Economic Sector,
          1960-1997 (in thousands)--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                     Services (6)

1960         38,212     3,264       NA     18,190      7,314   10,405     6,696     2,322     1,598    11,642
1965         42,301     3,934     2,514    20,690      8,581   11,031     7,005     2,587     1,713    12,709
1970         49,031     4,955     3,088    23,770      9,765   11,183     7,658     2,895     2,066    13,066
1971         50,675     5,114     3,197    24,510      9,959      NA      7,584     2,950     2,118    13,246
1972         52,727     5,330     3,282    24,980     10,173      NA      7,701     2,991     2,162    13,466
1973         54,234     5,602     3,417    25,880     10,442      NA      7,992     3,024     2,185    13,870
1974         55,968     5,858     3,539    26,140     10,686      NA      8,313     3,059     2,246    14,024

1975         57,037     6,107     3,610    26,770     10,830      NA      8,533     3,108     2,334    14,404
1976         58,989  (2)6,417     3,708    27,290     11,142      NA      8,782     3,186     2,400    14,474
1977         61,248     6,656     3,775    28,100     11,435      NA      8,956     3,241     2,458    14,530
1978         63,688     6,900     3,877    28,720     11,713      NA      9,122     3,294     2,519    14,705
1979         65,519     7,176     3,939    29,440     11,931      NA      9,392     3,422     2,594    15,068

1980         66,638     7,452     4,072    29,910     12,099   13,740     9,631     3,593     2,650    15,291
1981         67,883     7,692     4,180    30,430     12,259   13,956     9,933     3,681     2,684    15,129
1982         68,886     7,656     4,239    31,160     12,513   14,052    10,220     3,682     2,728    15,135
1983         70,277     7,786     4,246    32,020     12,732   14,045    10,473     3,684     2,753    15,229
1984         72,919     7,975     4,431    32,380     12,859   14,220    10,966     3,732     2,792    15,502

1985         75,006     8,293     4,588    32,620     13,060   14,418    11,340     3,841     2,828    15,894
1986         77,117     8,576     4,828    33,280     13,310   14,721    11,584     3,940     2,852    16,093
1987         79,832     8,817     4,969    34,120     13,547   14,998    11,742  (2)3,971  (2)2,892    16,550
1988         81,966     9,082     5,158    34,710     13,843   15,286    12,047     4,125     2,958    17,183
1989         83,913     9,300     5,385    35,510     14,164   15,614    12,097     4,210     3,008    17,808

1990      (2)85,565     9,497     5,554    36,550     14,425   16,112    12,355     4,356     3,056    18,117
1991         85,837     9,476     5,529    37,400     14,611   16,631 (2)12,646     4,536     3,060    18,024
1992         87,214     9,542     5,540    37,870     14,738   17,032    12,651  (2)4,652     3,004    17,867
1993         89,300     9,718     5,554    38,490 p(2)14,872   17,266    12,055     4,730     2,875    17,829
1994      (2)91,155     9,891     5,746    38,810    p15,047  p17,399    11,938     4,840     2,871    18,145

1995         92,520     9,994     6,018    39,230    p15,314      NA    p12,004     5,016     2,891    18,406
1996         94,108    10,142     6,113    39,680    p15,442      NA    p12,190     5,147     2,868    18,571
1997      (2)96,249    10,312    p6,172   p40,260        NA       NA    p12,247       NA        NA        NA

NA = Not available;  p = Preliminary.
(1)  Except for the United States, Canada (1970 onward), and Japan, data have not been fully adjusted for 
comparability with U.S. definitions.
       Because of rounding, subtotals may not add to totals.
(2)  Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.
(3)  Agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing.
(4)  Manufacturing, mining, and construction.
(5)  Includes mining.  In 1983 and 1994, employment in mining accounted for 1.4 and 0.4 percent of total 
employment.
(6)  Transportation, communication, public utilities, trade, finance, public administration, private household 
services, and miscellaneous services.


Table 7.  Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment by
          Economic Sector, 1960-1997

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                 Civilian Employment (1)

Each Year    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0

                                                   Agriculture (2)

1960            8.5      13.3       NA       29.5      23.2      13.9      32.5      10.3      15.8       4.7
1965            6.3      10.1       9.7      22.7      17.8      10.7      26.2       7.9      11.4       3.8
1970            4.5       7.6       8.1      16.9      13.5       8.5      20.1       6.4       8.2       3.2
1971            4.4       7.5       7.7      15.5      12.8       NA       20.1       6.3       7.8       3.2
1972            4.4       6.9       7.9      14.4      12.0       NA       19.0       6.2       7.5       3.0
1973            4.2       6.5       7.4      13.1      11.2       NA       18.2       6.1       7.1       3.0
1974            4.2       6.4       7.0      12.6      10.6       NA       17.4       6.0       6.7       2.8

1975            4.1       6.1       6.9      12.4      10.3       NA       16.7       5.9       6.5       2.8
1976            3.9    (3)5.9       6.6      11.9       9.8       NA       16.4       5.7       6.2       2.8
1977            3.7       5.7       6.7      11.6       9.4       NA       15.8       5.6       6.1       2.8
1978            3.7       5.7       6.4      11.4       9.1       NA       15.4       5.7       6.1       2.8
1979            3.6       5.6       6.5      10.8       8.8       NA       14.9       5.4       5.8       2.7

1980            3.6       5.4       6.5      10.1       8.5       5.2      14.2       5.2       5.6       2.6
1981            3.5       5.4       6.5       9.7       8.2       5.0      13.3       5.2       5.6       2.7
1982            3.6       5.2       6.5       9.4       7.9       4.9      12.4       5.3       5.6       2.7
1983            3.5       5.4       6.6       8.9       7.7       4.8      12.3       5.3       5.5       2.7
1984            3.3       5.3       6.2       8.5       7.5       4.7      11.7       5.2       5.2       2.6

1985            3.1       5.0       6.2       8.4       7.2       4.5      11.0       5.1       4.9       2.3
1986            3.1       4.8       6.1       8.1       7.0       4.3      10.7       5.0       4.7       2.2
1987            3.0       4.7       5.8       8.0       6.7       4.1      10.4    (3)4.9    (3)4.5       2.3
1988            2.9       4.4       5.9       7.6       6.3       3.9       9.8       4.8       4.4       2.3
1989            2.9       4.2       5.6       7.3       6.0       3.7       9.3       4.7       4.3       2.2

1990         (3)2.9       4.2       5.6       6.9       5.6       3.5       8.9       4.7       4.0       2.1
1991            2.9       4.4       5.5       6.3       5.4       3.3    (3)8.5       4.6       3.8       2.3
1992            2.9       4.2       5.3       6.1       5.2       3.1       8.2    (3)4.1       3.8       2.2
1993            2.7       4.3       5.3       5.7    (3)5.1       2.9       8.1       4.0       4.0       2.0
1994         (3)2.9       4.1       5.1       5.6       4.9       2.8       7.8       4.1       3.9       2.1

1995            2.9       4.1       5.0       5.5       4.7       NA       p7.4       3.9       3.5       2.1
1996            2.8       4.1       5.1       5.3       4.6       NA       p6.9       4.0       3.3       2.0
1997         (3)2.7       3.9      p5.2      p5.2       NA        NA       p6.8       NA        NA        NA

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Table 7.  Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment
          by Economic Sector, 1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom


                                                     Industry (4)

1960           33.4      32.0       NA       28.5      37.5      46.0      34.2      39.0      39.6      46.1
1965           34.2      32.5      35.8      32.5      38.3      47.4      37.4      39.6      42.1      44.9
1970           33.1      29.8      34.6      35.7      38.4      48.7      39.8      37.5      38.0      43.2
1971           31.7      29.4      34.3      35.9      38.5       NA       40.0      36.5      37.1      42.0
1972           31.4      29.2      33.5      36.2      38.5       NA       39.9      35.6      36.3      41.2
1973           32.0      29.5      33.4      37.0      38.7       NA       39.5      35.1      36.3      40.9
1974           31.4      29.5      33.0      36.8      38.6       NA       39.5      34.3      36.4      40.6

1975           29.5      28.1      31.5      35.6      37.8       NA       39.4      33.2      35.8      39.0
1976           29.6   (3)28.5      31.0      35.6      37.2       NA       38.6      32.3      34.8      38.1
1977           29.7      27.6      30.4      35.1      36.7       NA       38.7      32.0      33.7      38.0
1978           30.0      27.5      29.4      34.8      36.0       NA       38.4      31.8      32.4      37.7
1979           30.2      27.7      29.0      34.7      35.4       NA       38.0      31.0      31.9      37.3

1980           29.3      27.4      28.6      35.1      35.1      42.9      38.1      29.7      31.5      36.2
1981           28.9      27.1      28.3      35.0      34.3      42.2      37.7      28.4      30.6      34.3
1982           27.2      25.4      27.4      34.5      33.6      41.3      37.2      27.5      29.4      33.1
1983           26.8      24.5      25.9      34.4      32.8      40.6      36.2      27.3      29.1      32.0
1984           27.2      24.6      25.5      34.5      31.9      40.3      34.5      27.3      29.0      32.4

1985           26.9      24.4      25.3      34.6      31.0      40.1      33.6      26.6      29.1      32.1
1986           26.6      24.3      24.6      34.2      30.4      39.9      33.1      26.1      29.2      31.8
1987           26.0      24.3      24.5      33.5      29.8      39.5      32.6   (3)26.3   (3)28.7      30.8
1988           25.8      24.7      24.4      33.9      29.3      39.0      32.5      25.7      28.3      30.8
1989           25.6      24.7      24.7      34.0      29.2      38.9      32.5      25.9      28.4      30.7

1990        (3)25.1      23.7      23.7      33.9      29.1      38.9      32.5      25.8      28.2      30.3
1991           24.2      22.2      22.5      34.2      28.6      38.3   (3)32.4      25.0      27.2      29.2
1992           23.5      21.5      22.2      34.3      27.8      37.5      32.2   (3)24.5      25.6      28.2
1993           23.0      21.0      22.3      34.0  p(3)26.4      35.9      32.9      24.0      24.5      27.7
1994        (3)23.0      21.5      22.3      33.7     p25.8     p34.8      32.8      22.9      24.0      27.0

1995           23.0      21.9      21.9      33.1     p25.5       NA      p32.5      22.8      25.0      26.7
1996           22.9      21.7      21.7      32.9     p25.0       NA      p32.3      22.3      25.1      26.9
1997        (3)23.0      22.2     p21.4     p32.7       NA        NA      p32.1       NA        NA        NA

________________________________________________________________________
Table 7.  Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment
          by Economic Sector, 1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                    Manufacturing

1960           26.1      24.7       NA       21.7      28.2      34.4      24.0      29.0      31.6      36.0
1965           27.0      23.8      26.2      24.8      27.5      36.0      25.5      28.6      32.6      35.0
1970           26.4      22.3      24.4      27.4      27.5      39.5      27.7      26.8      27.7      34.7
1971           24.7      21.8      24.1      27.4      27.8       NA       28.0      26.2      27.4      33.9
1972           24.3      21.8      23.5      27.3      27.9       NA       27.9      25.5      27.2      32.9
1973           24.8      22.0      23.3      27.8      28.2       NA       27.9      25.3      27.6      32.3
1974           24.2      21.7      22.9      27.6      28.3       NA       28.1      25.1      28.4      32.4

1975           22.7      20.2      21.3      26.1      27.8       NA       28.0      24.5      28.1      31.0
1976           22.8   (3)20.3      21.2      25.8      27.4       NA       27.7      23.6      27.0      30.2
1977           22.7      19.6      20.9      25.3      27.0       NA       27.6      23.2      26.0      30.4
1978           22.7      19.6      19.9      24.8      26.6       NA       27.3      22.7      25.0      30.1
1979           22.7      19.9      19.6      24.6      26.1       NA       26.9      22.0      24.6      29.5

1980           22.1      19.7      19.4      25.0      25.8      34.0      26.9      21.3      24.3      28.3
1981           21.7      19.3      19.2      25.1      25.1      33.4      26.3      20.8      23.4      26.5
1982           20.4      18.2      18.6      24.7      24.7      32.8      25.8      20.1      22.5      25.5
1983           19.8      17.7      17.8      24.8      24.3      32.2      25.0      19.6      22.4      24.3
1984           20.0      17.9      17.3      25.2      23.8      32.1      23.9      19.6      22.5   (5)24.7

1985           19.5      17.6      16.6      25.3      23.2      32.3      23.2      19.5      22.6   (5)24.6
1986           19.1      17.3      16.1      24.9      22.7      32.3      22.9      19.4      22.8   (5)24.5
1987           18.6      17.1      15.9      24.3      22.1      32.0      22.5   (3)19.4   (3)22.0   (5)23.2
1988           18.5      17.3      15.8      24.4      21.6      31.6      22.6      18.8      21.8   (5)23.3
1989           18.5      17.1      15.6      24.5      21.4      31.6      22.8      19.1      21.7   (5)22.6

1990        (3)18.0      16.0      14.9      24.3      21.3      31.6      22.6      19.1      20.9   (5)22.3
1991           17.5      15.1      14.2      24.6      20.9      31.2   (3)22.1      18.3      19.9   (5)21.7
1992           17.0      14.6      14.1      24.6      20.4      30.5      22.9   (3)18.3      18.9   (5)21.2
1993           16.4      14.5      14.0      23.9       NA       29.1      24.5      17.7      18.3   (5)21.0
1994        (3)16.4      14.7      14.0      23.4       NA        NA       24.5      16.7      18.2      19.2

1995           16.4      15.3      13.6      22.7       NA        NA      p24.4      16.4      19.0      19.1
1996           16.2      15.2      13.4      22.5       NA        NA      p24.3      15.9      19.3      19.4
1997        (3)16.1      15.5     p13.5     p22.2       NA        NA      p24.2       NA        NA        NA

________________________________________________________________________
Table 7.  Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment
          by Economic Sector, 1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom

                                                     Services (6)

1960           58.1      54.7       NA       41.9      39.3      40.2      33.4      50.8      44.6      49.2
1965           59.5      57.3      54.5      44.8      43.9      41.8      36.5      52.4      46.5      51.3
1970           62.3      62.6      57.3      47.4      48.0      42.8      40.1      56.2      53.9      53.6
1971           63.8      63.1      57.9      48.6      48.7       NA       39.9      57.3      55.1      54.8
1972           64.2      63.9      58.6      49.4      49.5       NA       41.2      58.2      56.2      55.8
1973           63.8      63.9      59.3      49.9      50.1       NA       42.3      58.9      56.6      56.1
1974           64.5      64.2      60.1      50.6      50.7       NA       43.1      59.8      56.9      56.5

1975           66.4      65.8      61.5      52.0      51.9       NA       44.0      60.8      57.7      58.3
1976           66.5   (3)65.6      62.4      52.5      53.0       NA       45.0      62.0      59.0      59.1
1977           66.6      66.7      62.9      53.3      53.9       NA       45.5      62.3      60.2      59.2
1978           66.3      66.9      64.2      53.8      54.9       NA       46.2      62.6      61.5      59.5
1979           66.3      66.7      64.5      54.5      55.8       NA       47.1      63.6      62.3      60.1

1980           67.1      67.2      64.8      54.8      56.4      51.9      47.7      65.1      62.9      61.2
1981           67.6      67.5      65.1      55.3      57.5      52.8      49.0      66.4      63.8      63.0
1982           69.2      69.4      66.1      56.0      58.5      53.7      50.5      67.3      64.9      64.2
1983           69.7      70.0      67.4      56.6      59.5      54.5      51.5      67.5      65.5      65.3
1984           69.4      69.9      68.2      56.9      60.6      55.1      53.8      67.5      65.9      65.0

1985           70.0      70.6      68.5      57.0      61.8      55.4      55.3      68.3      66.1      65.5
1986           70.4      70.9      69.2      57.6      62.6      55.8      56.2      68.9      66.1      66.0
1987           71.0      71.0      69.7      58.5      63.5      56.4      57.0   (3)68.8   (3)66.8      66.9
1988           71.3      70.8      69.7      58.5      64.3      57.0      57.8      69.5      67.3      66.8
1989           71.5      71.1      69.7      58.7      64.8      57.4      58.2      69.4      67.3      67.1

1990        (3)72.0      72.1      70.7      59.2      65.3      57.6      58.6      69.5      67.9      67.6
1991           72.9      73.4      72.0      59.5      66.0      58.4   (3)59.2      70.4      69.0      68.5
1992           73.6      74.3      72.5      59.5      67.0      59.4      59.6   (3)71.4      70.6      69.6
1993           74.3      74.7      72.3      60.3  p(3)68.4      61.2      59.0      72.0      71.6      70.2
1994        (3)74.1      74.4      72.5      60.8     p69.3     p62.4      59.4      73.0      72.1      70.9

1995           74.1      74.0      73.1      61.4    p69.8        NA     p60.1       73.4      71.5      71.2
1996           74.3      74.2      73.3      61.8    p70.4        NA     p60.8       73.7      71.6      71.2
1997        (3)74.3      74.0     p73.4     p62.0       NA        NA     p61.1        NA        NA        NA


NA = Not available;  p = Preliminary.
(1)  Except for the United States, Canada (1970 onward), and Japan, data have not been fully adjusted for 
comparability with U.S. definitions.
(2)  Agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing.
(3)  Break in series.   See General Notes on pages 2-5.
(4)  Manufacturing, mining, and construction.
(5)  Includes mining.  In 1983 and 1994, employment in mining accounted for 1.4 and 0.4 percent of total 
employment.
(6)  Transportation, communication, public utilities, trade, finance, public administration, private household 
services, and miscellaneous services.


Table 8.  Civilian Unemployment Rates by Sex, 1960-1997

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
                                                 (1)
Male

1960            5.4       7.1       NA        NA        NA        0.8       3.4       NA        NA        2.1
1961            6.4       7.3       NA        NA        NA        0.5       2.9       NA        1.0       1.9
1962            5.2       6.0       NA        NA        1.0       0.4       2.4       NA        1.4       2.7
1963            5.2       5.5       NA        NA        1.1       0.4       2.1       NA        1.4       3.4
1964            4.6       4.5       0.9       NA        0.9       0.3       2.2       NA        1.4       2.4

1965            4.0       3.7       0.9       NA        1.0       0.2       3.0       NA        0.8       2.1
1966            3.2       3.3       1.1       NA        1.1       0.3       3.2       NA        1.3       2.3
1967            3.1       3.9       1.3       NA        1.5       1.4       2.9       NA        2.0       3.5
1968            2.9       4.6       1.2       NA        1.9       1.0       2.9       NA        2.3       3.6
1969            2.8       4.3       1.2       NA        1.5       0.6       2.7       NA        1.8       3.5

1970            4.4       5.6       1.1       1.2       1.5       0.5       2.5       NA        1.4       3.5
1971            5.3       6.0       1.3       1.2       1.7       0.5       2.5       NA        2.4       4.3
1972            5.0       5.8       1.9       1.5       1.8       0.7       2.9       NA        2.5       4.8
1973            4.2       4.9       1.6       1.3       1.6       0.6       2.7       2.6       2.2       3.6
1974            4.9       4.8       1.9       1.4       1.8       1.5       2.3       2.8       1.7       3.2

1975            7.9       6.2       3.8       1.8       3.0       3.3       2.5       3.9       1.4       5.0
1976            7.1    (2)6.4       3.9       2.2       3.1       3.0       2.7       4.1       1.3       6.4
1977            6.3       7.3       4.6       2.0       3.6       2.9       2.8       3.8       1.5       6.7
1978            5.3       7.6       5.4       2.2       3.9       2.7       2.8       3.6       2.1       6.3
1979            5.1       6.7       5.2       1.9       4.4       2.3       3.0       3.6       1.9       5.6

1980            6.9       6.9       5.1       1.7       4.4       2.3       2.9       4.2       1.7       7.4
1981            7.4       7.1       4.8       2.0       5.5       3.3       3.3       6.9       2.4      11.5
1982            9.9      11.1       6.4       2.1       6.3       5.0       3.8       8.6       3.0      11.9
1983            9.9      12.2       9.7       2.5       6.7    (2)6.2       4.1   (2)10.4       3.4      12.4
1984            7.4      11.2       8.7       2.5       8.2       6.2       4.2      10.4       3.0      12.0

1985            7.0      10.4       7.9       2.4       8.8       6.2       4.3       8.4       2.8      11.6
1986            6.9       9.4       7.7       2.4       8.9       5.5    (2)5.2       7.9       2.6      11.6
1987            6.2       8.6       7.8       2.5       8.7       5.4       5.5       7.4    (2)2.2      10.7
1988            5.5       7.4       6.8       2.5       8.1       5.3       5.5    (2)5.7       1.8       8.8
1989            5.2       7.3       5.7       2.0       7.4       4.6       5.4       4.8       1.5       7.4

1990         (2)5.7       8.1       6.7       1.9       7.0       4.2       4.8       4.4       1.9       7.4
1991            7.2      10.9       9.9       1.8       7.6      p3.9    (2)4.9       4.2       3.4       9.9
1992            7.9      12.1      11.4       1.8    (2)8.4      p4.2      p5.3       4.3       6.7      12.0
1993            7.2      11.8      11.5       1.9      10.1      p5.5   (2)p7.6       5.7      11.0      12.5
1994         (2)6.2      10.8      10.0       NA       10.5      p6.4      p8.7       6.4      11.0      11.4

1995            5.6       9.8       8.8       NA        9.8       NA       p9.2       5.6       9.9      10.2
1996            5.4       9.9       8.8       NA       10.6       NA        NA        5.2      10.4      p9.6
1997            4.9       9.2      p8.8       NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

_______________________________________________________________________
Table 8.  Civilian Unemployment Rates by Sex, 1960-1997--Continued

            United                                                               Nether-              United
Year        States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy     lands    Sweden   Kingdom
                                                 (1)
Female

1960            5.9       4.9       NA        NA        NA        1.5       4.1       NA        NA        2.3
1961            7.2       5.0       NA        NA        NA        0.8       4.1       NA        2.4       2.0
1962            6.2       4.4       NA        NA        2.3       0.8       3.8       NA        1.7       2.7
1963            6.5       4.4       NA        NA        2.5       0.6       3.2       NA        2.2       3.3
1964            6.2       4.1       2.6       NA        1.9       0.5       3.8       NA        1.8       2.5
                                                                                      NA
1965            5.5       3.5       2.4       NA        2.4       0.3       4.4       NA        1.7       2.1
1966            4.8       3.4       2.7       NA        2.6       0.3       4.9       NA        2.0       2.1
1967            5.2       3.7       3.2       NA        3.4       1.1       4.7       NA        2.3       2.9
1968            4.8       4.4       3.2       NA        4.3       1.3       5.2       NA        2.1       2.5
1969            4.7       4.7       3.2       NA        3.8       0.7       5.4       NA        1.9       2.3

1970            5.9       5.8       2.8       2.2       4.2       0.6       5.2       NA        1.7       2.3
1971            6.9       6.6       3.1       3.0       4.6       0.8       5.2       NA        2.8       3.3
1972            6.6       7.0       3.9       3.4       4.7       0.8       5.9       NA        3.0       3.3
1973            6.0       6.7       3.6       2.6       4.6       0.9       6.2       4.3       2.8       2.6
1974            6.7       6.4       4.1       3.2       4.7       1.8       5.2       5.6       2.4       3.0

1975            9.3       8.1       7.0       3.9       6.1       3.5       5.8       8.2       2.0       4.0
1976            8.6    (2)8.4       6.4       3.9       7.0       3.9       6.5       8.6       2.0       5.3
1977            8.2       9.4       7.5       4.3       7.6       4.3       6.8       7.6       2.2       5.8
1978            7.2       9.6       7.9       4.3       7.7       4.2       6.8       8.6       2.4       6.2
1979            6.8       8.7       8.2       4.1       8.6       3.9       7.3       8.8       2.3       5.0

1980            7.4       8.4       7.9       3.3       9.5       3.6       7.4       9.7       2.3       6.3
1981            7.9       8.3       7.4       3.5      10.6       4.8       8.1      12.9       2.7       9.0
1982            9.4      10.8       8.5       3.5      11.1       6.5       8.6      13.3       3.4      10.4
1983            9.2      11.6      10.4       3.7      11.2    (2)7.9       9.4   (2)13.9       3.5      10.9
1984            7.6      11.3       9.5       3.3      12.4       8.5       9.4      13.9       3.2      11.3

1985            7.4      10.7       8.8       3.1      12.8       8.6       9.4      11.9       2.9      10.6
1986            7.1       9.8       8.7       3.3      12.9       8.1   (2)11.8      13.7       2.7      10.6
1987            6.2       9.3       8.6       3.7      13.4       7.8      12.2      14.2    (2)2.2       9.6
1988            5.6       8.3       7.9       3.2      12.9       7.8      12.3   (2)11.1       1.9       8.2
1989            5.4       7.8       6.8       3.0      12.3       7.2      12.1      10.4       1.7       7.0

1990         (2)5.5       8.1       7.2       2.7      11.7       6.1      10.8       9.3       1.8       6.4
1991            6.4       9.7       9.2       2.4      12.1      p5.0   (2)10.4       8.6       2.8       7.4
1992            7.0      10.4      10.0       2.5   (2)12.8      p5.1     p10.8       7.5       4.5       7.7
1993            6.6      10.6      10.1       3.0      13.8      p6.0  (2)p14.9       8.0       7.6       8.0
1994         (2)6.0       9.9       9.4       NA       14.5      p6.6     p15.7       8.4       8.2       7.4

1995            5.6       9.2       8.1       NA       14.1       NA      p16.7       8.6       8.1       6.9
1996            5.4       9.4       8.3       NA       14.7       NA        NA        8.2       9.3      p6.4
1997            5.0       9.2      p8.3       NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA

NA =  Not available.   p = Preliminary.
(1)   Data are for February or March.  The rates for 1977-80 and 1984-93 are from special  surveys taken in March 
1977-80 and February 1984-93.
        Rates for March 1970-76 are based on the March 1977 adjustment factors; rates for March 1981-83, on March 
1980 and February 1984
        adjustment factors.  See General Notes on page 2.
(2)   Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.


Table 9.  Civilian Unemployment Rates by Age, 1993-1997

   Age                United                                                                          United
  Group               States    Canada Australia     Japan    France   Germany     Italy    Sweden   Kingdom
                                                                            (1)                           (1)



                                                      1993

All working ages         6.9      11.2      10.9       2.5      11.5        NA      10.2       9.3      10.3
 Under 25 years         13.4      17.7      18.8       5.2      25.8        NA      30.6      23.0      17.4
   Teenagers (2)        19.0      20.0      23.9       7.2      31.0        NA      36.3      26.3      19.1
   20-24 years          10.5      16.2      15.7       4.7      24.9        NA      28.5      22.0      16.5
 25 years and over       5.6       9.9       8.7       2.1       9.6        NA       6.7       7.4       8.8

                                                      1994

All working ages      (3)6.1      10.4       9.7       2.9      12.8        NA      11.3       9.6       9.6
 Under 25 years      (3)12.5      16.5      17.3       5.5      29.1        NA      32.4      23.0      16.2
   Teenagers (2)     (3)17.6      18.9      23.0       7.7      36.9        NA      37.0      25.0      18.6
   20-24 years        (3)9.7      15.0      13.8       5.0      27.9        NA      30.8      22.4      14.9
 25 years and over    (3)4.8       9.2       7.6       2.5      10.8        NA       7.8       7.8       8.3

                                                      1995

All working ages         5.6       9.5       8.5       3.2     p12.0        NA        NA       9.1       8.6
 Under 25 years         12.1      15.6      15.4       6.2     p27.4        NA        NA      19.9      15.3
   Teenagers (2)        17.3      18.5      20.6       8.4        NA        NA        NA      21.1      17.3
   20-24 years           9.1      13.7      12.0       5.7        NA        NA        NA      19.5      14.2
 25 years and over       4.3       8.3       6.6       2.7     p10.2        NA        NA       7.7       7.3

                                                      1996

All working ages         5.4       9.7       8.6       3.4     p12.6        NA        NA       9.9       8.2
 Under 25 years         12.0      16.1      15.7       6.7     p27.8        NA        NA      21.4      14.7
   Teenagers (2)        16.7      20.1      20.8       9.3        NA        NA        NA      22.8      17.8
   20-24 years           9.3      13.6      12.3       6.2        NA        NA        NA      21.0      13.0
 25 years and over       4.2       8.5       6.7       2.9     p10.8        NA        NA       8.5       6.9

                                                      1997

All working ages         4.9       9.2      p8.6      p3.4        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA
 Under 25 years         11.3      16.7     p16.3      p6.9        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA
   Teenagers (2)        16.0      21.8     p20.5      p9.9        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA
   20-24 years           8.5      13.6     p13.6      p6.3        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA
 25 years and over       3.8       7.8      p6.7      p2.9        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA
                                                                                                         
NA =  Not available.
 p  =  Preliminary.
(1)   French data are for the Spring; German data are for April; and U.K. data are for the Spring.
(2)   16-to 19-year-olds in the United States, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom; 15-to 19-year-olds
      in Canada,  Australia, Japan and beginning in 1993, Italy;
        and 14-to 19-year olds in Germany and  until 1993, Italy.
(3)   Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.


Table 10.  BLS, OECD, and EUROSTAT Comparative Unemployment Rates,
           Selected Countries, 1992-1997

                                                                OECD
                              BLS Series                        SURS            EUROSTAT
                   Civilian Basis        Total Basis         Total Basis       Civilian Basis
                                                                                     (1)

1993

France                  11.8                11.6                11.7                11.7
Germany                  5.7                 5.7                 6.1                 5.9
Italy                (2)10.2             (2)10.2             (2)10.2                10.3
Netherlands              6.6                 6.6                 6.2                 6.6
United Kingdom          10.5                10.4                10.4                10.4

1994

France                  12.3                12.1                12.3                12.3
Germany                  6.5                 6.4                 6.9                 6.6
Italy                   11.3                11.2                11.1                11.4
Netherlands              7.2                 7.2                 6.8                 7.1
United Kingdom           9.7                 9.6                 9.6                 9.6

1995

France                  11.8                11.5                11.7                11.7
Germany                  6.5                 6.5              (3)8.2              (3)8.2
Italy                   12.0                11.9                  NA                11.9
Netherlands              7.0                 7.0                 6.5                 6.9
United Kingdom           8.7                 8.6                 8.7                 8.8

1996

France                  12.6                12.3             (4)12.4                12.4
Germany                  7.2                 7.1            (3,4)8.9              (3)8.9
Italy                   12.1                12.0             (4)12.0                12.0
Netherlands              6.4                 6.4              (4)6.3                 6.3
United Kingdom           8.2                 8.1              (4)8.2                 8.2

1997

France                 p12.7               p12.4             (4)12.5                12.5
Germany                   NA                  NA            (3,4)9.7              (3)9.7
Italy                  p12.3               p12.1                  NA                  NA
Netherlands               NA                  NA                  NA                  NA
United Kingdom          p7.1                p7.0              (4)7.1                 7.1



NA =  Not available.
 p  =  Preliminary.
(1)  Excludes conscripts but includes career military.
(2)  Break in series.  See General Notes on pages 2-5.
(3)  Unified Germany.
(4)  Beginning in Autumn 1996, the OECD has published the comparable unemployment rates produced 
     by EUROSTAT for the European Union countries.

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