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Unemployment in the United Kingdom is measured by the Office for National Statistics and in the three months to September 2015 the headline unemployment rate stood at 5.3%, or 1.75 million people. This is a reduction of 103,000 from the period April-June 2015, and is the lowest jobless rate since since Q2 of 2008. The ONS said the employment rate, or level of people in work, for those aged between 16 and 64 was 73.7% for the three months to September. The figures are compiled through the Labour Force Survey, which asks a sample of 53,000 households and is conducted every 3 months.〔See Office for National Statistics, 'How exactly is unemployment measured?' ((August 2010 ))〕 Unemployment levels and rates are published each month by the Office for National Statistics in the (Labour Market Statistical Bulletin ). Estimates are available by sex, age, duration of unemployment and by area of the UK. ==The definition and measurement of UK unemployment== The definition of unemployment used by the Office for National Statistics is based on the internationally agreed and recommended definition from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) – an agency of the United Nations. Use of this definition allows international comparisons of unemployment rates. Unemployed people are defined as those aged 16 or over who are without work, available to start work in the next two weeks and who have either: :a) been actively seeking work in the past four weeks, or :b) are waiting to start a new job they have already obtained.〔See points 47 and 48 in this document ((ILO Resolution Document ))〕 Those who are without work who do not meet the criteria of unemployment are classed as “out of the labour force”, otherwise known as “economically inactive”. For example, a person who wants a job but is not available for work due to sickness or disability would be classed as economically inactive, not unemployed. A (short video ) explaining the basic labour market concepts of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity is available on the ONS YouTube channel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unemployment in the United Kingdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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