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Labor Force
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Labor Force
The portion of a population available for work. For example, if there are 10,000 people in a town including 2,000 children and 3,000 retirees and chronically ill persons, the labor force is the remaining 5,000. The labor force may or may not include unemployed persons who do not wish to work. The unemployment rate is determined by calculating the unemployed persons in the labor force, not the general population.
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There were still basically more people entering the labour force than jobs created thanks to population growth and people getting more confident and coming back to look for work," Oliver told AFP.
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Unemployment rate stood at 5,2% of the labour force in Cyprus during the 2nd quarter of 2009 (males 4,9% and females 5,5%) while in the corresponding quarter of 2008 the rate was lower, at 3,1% (males 2,6% and females 3,9%), according to the results of the Labour Force Survey, issued by the Statistical Service.
Unemployment at 5,2% of the labour force in Q2 2009 in Cyprus by Financial Mirror (Cyprus)
 
 
 
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