Quality comments
Series breaks: Introduction of the continuous Labour Force Survey in 2003/2004. Employment data from 1994 are compatible with ILO guidelines and the time criterion applied to classify persons as employed is reduced to 1 hour. Prior to 1994, armed forces were included in the civilian labour force, in services. In 1987, a change occurred in the definition of the unemployed where non-registered jobseekers were classified as unemployed if they had been seeking work in the last four weeks and if they were available for work within four weeks. In previous surveys, the unemployment concept excluded most unemployed persons not previously employed and most persons re-entering the labour market. In 1984, the sample was revised and a change occurred in the classification of women on maternity leave: they were classified as unemployed before 1984 and as employed thereafter. In 1982, re-weighting of the sample was made, due to an underestimation of persons aged 15 to 29 years. In 1974, a new sample design was adopted and the time criterion applied to classify persons as employed was reduced from 14 hours to 13 hours
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