Unemployment stats are based on a survey of a sample of the
population. The "unemployed" are those who are currently not working and
who are actively seeking work. It does not include discouraged workers who
have given up looking for work or underemployed workers who are
working part-time because they are unable to find full-time work.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Victor Milne wrote:
> Could someone on the list (maybe Ed Weick?) tell me the basis for the official
>unemployment stats? Are they just the number of people collecting EI benefits
>calculated as a percentage of the total work force, or do they use some other method
>of determining the number of people "actively seeking work"?
>
>
Tom Walker
