Table A-15.Alternative measures of labor underutilization






HOUSEHOLD DATA
 Table A-15.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization Percent





	Measure
	Not seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted




	Jan.
2009		
	Dec.
2009		
	Jan.
2010		
	Jan.
2009		
	Sept.
2009		
	Oct.
2009		
	Nov.
2009		
	Dec.
2009		
	Jan.
2010		








	
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









	

		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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