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Table 11. Selected labour force characteristics, Saskatchewan (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
December
2003
January
2004
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Both sexes, 15 years and over                  
Population 756.2 756.5 ... 0.3 0.3 -0.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1
  Labour force
517.8 516.4 2.6 -1.4 -1.4 -0.9 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2
    Employment
488.4 487.4 2.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
      Employment full-time
392.4 394.9 3.2 2.5 2.5 3.4 0.6 0.6 0.9
    Unemployment
29.3 29.0 1.9 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -1.0 -1.0 -2.0
Participation rate 68.5 68.3 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.6 64.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.7 19.0 0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years                  
Population 138.2 138.2 ... 0.0 0.0 -1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.9
  Labour force
93.3 93.6 1.6 0.3 0.3 -2.5 0.3 0.3 -2.6
    Employment
81.7 81.9 1.6 0.2 0.2 -4.0 0.2 0.2 -4.7
    Unemployment
11.6 11.7 1.2 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.9 0.9 14.7
Participation rate 67.5 67.7 1.2 0.2 0.2 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.4 12.5 1.2 0.1 0.1 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.1 59.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 -2.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 42.1 40.5 1.7 -1.6 -1.6 0.3 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over                  
Population 301.3 301.4 ... 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Labour force
229.1 228.9 1.3 -0.2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.5
    Employment
218.5 218.9 1.4 0.4 0.4 3.5 0.2 0.2 1.6
    Unemployment
10.7 10.0 1.1 -0.7 -0.7 -2.3 -6.5 -6.5 -18.7
Participation rate 76.0 75.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.4 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 72.5 72.6 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.8 5.7 0.6 -1.1 -1.1 -1.4 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over                  
Population 316.7 316.9 ... 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Labour force
195.4 193.8 1.5 -1.6 -1.6 0.3 -0.8 -0.8 0.2
    Employment
188.3 186.6 1.5 -1.7 -1.7 0.2 -0.9 -0.9 0.1
    Unemployment
7.1 7.3 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.8 2.8 2.8
Participation rate 61.7 61.2 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 58.9 0.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 24.9 25.0 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Industry 488.4 487.4 2.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
Goods-producing sector 125.7 125.8 2.0 0.1 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.1 1.9
Agriculture 48.9 48.7 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 0.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 20.6 20.2 0.8 -0.4 -0.4 3.4 -1.9 -1.9 20.2
Utilities 4.6 5.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 10.9 10.9 13.3
Construction 22.9 23.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 -2.0 2.2 2.2 -7.9
Manufacturing 28.8 28.3 1.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -1.7 -1.7 0.0
Services-producing sector 362.7 361.6 2.7 -1.1 -1.1 -2.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7
Trade 79.6 78.1 1.4 -1.5 -1.5 1.0 -1.9 -1.9 1.3
Transportation and warehousing 23.3 22.4 0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -3.9 -3.9 -3.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 26.9 26.2 0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -1.6 -2.6 -2.6 -5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 17.3 17.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -2.8
Business, building and other support services 12.2 12.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 4.1 4.1 5.0
Educational services 40.6 40.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.5
Health care and social assistance 57.3 58.0 1.1 0.7 0.7 -2.3 1.2 1.2 -3.8
Information, culture and recreation 23.3 24.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 3.5 3.0 3.0 17.1
Accommodation and food services 34.1 33.6 1.3 -0.5 -0.5 -1.4 -1.5 -1.5 -4.0
Other services 20.8 21.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 -2.3 4.3 4.3 -9.6
Public administration 27.3 27.2 0.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.4 -0.4 3.0

1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).

Related CANSIM tables 282-0087, 282-0088