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[IWS] BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2004 [13 May 2005]

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Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2004 [13 May 2005]
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flslforc.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flslforc.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]

[excerpt]
                            GENERAL NOTES

This document presents selected international labor force statistics for 10
countries: the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, and 6 European
countries. The data are adjusted to approximate U.S. concepts except for the
data in table 3, which are published by the originating country.


CONTENTS

Contents............................................................Page 1

General Notes.......................................................Page 2

Country Notes.......................................................Page 4

Tables

1. Civilian Working Age Population Approximating U.S. Concepts, 1960-2004................Page 9

2. Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment Approximating U.S. Concepts, 1960-2004.....Page 10

3. Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment Published by Originating Country, 1960-2004....Page 14

4. Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex, 1960-2004..........Page 19

5. Civilian Employment-Population Ratios Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex, 1960-2004...........Page 22

6. Civilian Employment Approximating U.S. Concepts by Economic Sector, 1960-2004..............Page 25

7. Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment Approximating U.S. Concepts by Economic Sector, 1960-2004.....Page 30

8. Civilian Unemployment Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex, 1960-2004....................Page 34

9. Civilian Unemployment Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Age, 2000-04...................Page 36


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