Table A-15.Alternative measures of labor underutilization
| Measure | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2009 |
Dec. 2009 |
Jan. 2010 |
Jan. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
Oct. 2009 |
Nov. 2009 |
Dec. 2009 |
Jan. 2010 |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
3.1 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
5.6 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) |
8.5 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers |
8.9 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
9.7 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
15.4 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 16.5 |
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NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
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