Rates of employment, unemployment and economic activity - March 2013

The employment rate (the share of the employed persons in the age group 15-64 years, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 67.2% in March 2013 and increased by 1.0 percent point (p.p.) compared to that in March 2012. The employment rate of persons aged 15-29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 44.2%, in the age group 30-49 years it attained 84.3%, and in the age group 50-64years it got to 61.3%. Following the seasonal adjustment, the male employment rate was 75.3%; the female employment rate was 58.9%.

The general unemployment rate of the aged 15-64 years (the share of the unemployed in the labour force, that is in the total number of the employed and the unemployed, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 7.4% in March 2013 and increased by 0.5 p.p., year-on-year. The male unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, attained 6.4%; the female employment rate was 8.8%.

The economic activity rate of the aged 15-64 years (the share of the number of the employed and the unemployed in the total number of person of this age group, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 72.6% and rose by 1.5 p.p. compared to that in March 2012. Following the seasonal adjustment, the male economic activity rate (80.5%) exceeds the female economic activity rate by 16.0 p.p.

Today, Eurostat is to publish the monthly unemployment rate, comparable in terms of the methodology applied, within its news release. Data for the Czech Republic are based on monthly data from the Labour Force Sample Survey (LFSS).

The News Release includes time series of basic indicators of the labour market, consistent in terms of methodology, back to 1998.


Notes:
Responsible head at the CZSO: Dalibor Holý, phone: +420 274 052694, e-mail: dalibor.holy@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Ondřej Nývlt, phone: +420 274054069, e-mail: ondrej.nyvlt@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO, Labour Force Sample Survey conducted in selected dwelling households; collective accommodation establishments are not included in the survey. The LFSS results have been grossed up to the total population of the Czech Republic using data of the population statistics as at 1 January 2013 and the prediction of the population development in the quarter of 2013. The results are grossed up to the total population of the Czech Republic.
End of data collection /
End of preliminary data processing: 12 April 2013 / 19 April 2013
Next News Release shall be published on: 31 May 2013