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Table 5. Selected labour force characteristics, Prince Edward Island (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
April
2003
May
2003
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Both sexes, 15 years and over                  
Population 113.0 113.2 ... 0.2 0.7 1.6 0.2 0.6 1.4
  Labour force
77.3 77.2 0.7 -0.1 1.0 2.0 -0.1 1.3 2.7
    Employment
67.4 67.8 0.8 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.6 -0.1 1.8
      Employment full-time
57.0 56.7 0.8 -0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.5 0.4 0.4
    Unemployment
9.8 9.4 0.6 -0.4 1.1 0.8 -4.1 13.3 9.3
Participation rate 68.4 68.2 0.6 -0.2 0.5 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.7 12.2 0.8 -0.5 1.3 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 59.9 0.7 0.3 -0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.6 16.4 0.9 0.8 -0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years                  
Population 20.2 20.2 ... 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.0
  Labour force
14.2 14.2 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.0 -0.7 2.9
    Employment
11.8 11.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.8 -5.6 1.7
    Unemployment
2.3 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 8.7 31.6 4.2
Participation rate 70.3 70.3 2.0 0.0 -0.8 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.2 17.6 2.5 1.4 4.3 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 57.9 2.1 -0.5 -3.8 0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 38.1 41.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 6.2 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over                  
Population 44.8 44.9 ... 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.6
  Labour force
33.0 32.7 0.4 -0.3 0.9 0.8 -0.9 2.8 2.5
    Employment
28.7 28.6 0.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 1.4 -0.3
    Unemployment
4.3 4.0 0.4 -0.3 0.4 0.8 -7.0 11.1 25.0
Participation rate 73.7 72.8 0.8 -0.9 1.5 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 12.2 1.2 -0.8 0.9 2.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.1 63.7 1.0 -0.4 0.5 -1.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 4.9 4.2 0.8 -0.7 -1.8 -1.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over                  
Population 48.0 48.1 ... 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.5
  Labour force
30.1 30.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.4
    Employment
27.0 27.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.9 0.7 4.2
    Unemployment
3.2 2.9 0.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -9.4 3.6 -3.3
Participation rate 62.7 63.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.6 9.5 1.2 -1.1 0.2 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.3 57.2 0.9 0.9 0.1 1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 16.7 18.5 1.6 1.9 0.2 1.1 ... ... ...
Industry 67.4 67.8 0.8 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.6 -0.1 1.8
Goods-producing sector 17.4 17.3 0.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.6 0.0 -4.4
Agriculture 3.3 3.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -3.0 -3.0 -27.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 2.8 2.5 0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -10.7 0.0 -7.4
Utilities 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -25.0
Construction 4.5 4.2 0.3 -0.3 -0.6 0.0 -6.7 -12.5 0.0
Manufacturing 6.6 7.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 9.1 12.5 12.5
Services-producing sector 50.0 50.5 0.7 0.5 -0.1 2.0 1.0 -0.2 4.1
Trade 9.4 9.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.1 1.1 2.1
Transportation and warehousing 2.7 2.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 3.7 7.7 21.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 2.2 2.0 0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -9.1 5.3 -9.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 2.6 2.7 0.2 0.1 -0.4 0.1 3.8 -12.9 3.8
Management of companies and administrative and other support services 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.3 0.0 -7.1 13.0
Educational services 4.8 4.8 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -2.0 -2.0
Health care and social assistance 7.7 8.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0.7 3.9 -1.2 9.6
Information, culture and recreation 2.2 2.3 0.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.4 4.5 -17.9 -14.8
Accommodation and food services 5.5 5.2 0.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -5.5 2.0 -5.5
Other services 3.7 3.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 5.7 23.3
Public administration 6.5 6.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 4.6 7.9 9.7

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
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