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The "official stats" are from the "household survey".
This interviews a "representative sample" of households and asks the
questions. The list of criteria is long and complicated.
Bruce Leier
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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 5:09
PM
Subject: unemployment stats
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"?
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