TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2011 and December 2012, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total -0.2 0.2 -146 201 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -132 199 Mining and logging 0.7 0.6 YES 7 4 YES Construction -0.3 1.0 -13 66 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -19 43 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 0 32 Nondurable goods -0.4 0.5 -19 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.3 61 82 Wholesale trade -0.5 0.6 -23 32 Retail trade 0.5 0.3 YES 75 53 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.6 9 30 Information -0.5 0.5 -14 16 Financial activities 0.0 0.4 5 35 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.4 0 21 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 1.1 4 23 Professional and business services -0.6 0.5 YES -82 80 YES Education and health services 0.0 0.2 1 39 Educational services 0.1 0.5 4 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -5 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.5 0.6 -54 79 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.9 -5 35 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.6 -50 61 Other services -0.4 0.8 -22 43 Government 0.0 0.1 -14 23 Federal 0.1 0.1 3 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -17 22 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -22 89 South -0.3 0.2 YES -125 114 YES Midwest 0.0 0.3 13 90 West 0.0 0.4 -13 104 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 2013. *NOTE: Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-year change.