6 March 2014
2014- n° 55Unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 point in Q4 2013 ILO Unemployment and Labour Market-related indicators (Labour Force Survey results)
- 4th Quarter 2013
In Q4 2013, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.2%.
Warning: Since the first quarter of 2013, the questionnaire of the Labour Force Survey is an updated one. Some questions were renewed, mainly in the objective to make the interviews more fluent thanks to a better wording of the questions. The assessment of the data shows that the new questionnaire has changed the way some interviewees answer to certain questions. This has impacts on the estimates of levels.
In this Informations Rapides, the estimates are based on the results of the new questionnaire. The longitudinal series have been revised to be in coherence with it. It also presents a new improved measure of inactive people who wish a job (unemployment’s halo).
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point in Q4 2013 in metropolitan France
In Q4 2013, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.2%. In metropolitan France only, with 2.8 million people, 9.8% of the active population was unemployed. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points q-o-q. Over a year, it was steady.
graphiquegraph_cho_nvIR – ILO-unemployment rate
- Estimation close to +/-0.3 point of the of the level of unemployment rate and of its quaterly variations
- Covers the population of people living in households, people aged 15 years or more
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Among inactive people, 1.3 million wish to work but they are not considered as unemployed: they are part of the unemployment’s halo. Over a year, it slightly increased.
tableautab_cho_nvIR – Ilo-unemployment rate in metropolitan France
| ILO-unemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Q3 | 2013Q4 (p)* | over quarter | over year | 2013Q4 (p)* | |
| Total | 9,9 | 9,8 | –0,1 | 0,0 | 2 788 |
| 15-24 years | 23,9 | 22,8 | –1,1 | –2,6 | 621 |
| 25-49 years | 9,2 | 9,2 | 0,0 | 0,4 | 1 665 |
| 50 years and more | 6,6 | 6,4 | –0,2 | 0,1 | 502 |
| Men | 10,0 | 9,8 | –0,2 | –0,1 | 1 453 |
| 15-24 years | 23,5 | 22,4 | –1,1 | –3,2 | 333 |
| 25-49 years | 9,3 | 9,2 | –0,1 | 0,5 | 862 |
| 50 years and more | 6,7 | 6,5 | –0,2 | –0,2 | 258 |
| Women | 9,7 | 9,7 | 0,0 | 0,1 | 1 334 |
| 15-24 years | 24,4 | 23,3 | –1,1 | –1,8 | 288 |
| 25-49 years | 9,1 | 9,3 | 0,2 | 0,3 | 803 |
| 50 years and more | 6,5 | 6,4 | –0,1 | 0,5 | 243 |
- *(p) = provisional results
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15 years or more
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
graphiquegraph_halo_IR – People in unemployment's halo
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15 years or more
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
ILO employment and activity
The employment rate of the population aged 15-64 years was steady in Q4 2013 and over the year, and stood at 64.1%.
The activity rate of the population aged 15-64 years decreased by 0.1 percentage point and stood at 71.1%. Over the year, it was steady.
tableautab_partpop_nvIR – ILO employment, unemployment and activity in the population aged 15-64 years
| % of people in the age group | Variation in point | Thousands (1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Q3 | 2013Q4 (p)* | Over quarter | Over year | 2013Q4 (p)* | |
| Employed people (15-64 years) | 64,1 | 64,1 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 25 547 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 67,8 | 67,7 | –0,1 | –0,5 | 13 257 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 60,5 | 60,7 | 0,2 | 0,5 | 12 290 |
| 15-24 years | 28,3 | 28,6 | 0,3 | 0,4 | 2 102 |
| 25-49 years | 80,9 | 80,7 | –0,2 | –0,3 | 16 386 |
| 50-64 years | 57,8 | 58,0 | 0,2 | 0,3 | 7 059 |
| Unemployed persons (15-64 years) | 7,1 | 7,0 | –0,1 | 0,0 | 2 784 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 7,6 | 7,4 | –0,2 | –0,2 | 1 451 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 6,6 | 6,6 | 0,0 | 0,2 | 1 333 |
| 15-24 years | 8,9 | 8,4 | –0,5 | –1,2 | 621 |
| 25-49 years | 8,2 | 8,2 | 0,0 | 0,4 | 1 665 |
| 50-64 years | 4,2 | 4,1 | –0,1 | 0,1 | 497 |
| Active people (15-64 years) | 71,2 | 71,1 | –0,1 | 0,0 | 28 331 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 75,4 | 75,1 | –0,3 | –0,6 | 14 708 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 67,1 | 67,2 | 0,1 | 0,6 | 13 623 |
| 15-24 years | 37,1 | 37,0 | –0,1 | –0,7 | 2 723 |
| 25-49 years | 89,0 | 88,9 | –0,1 | 0,1 | 18 051 |
| 50-64 years | 61,9 | 62,1 | 0,2 | 0,4 | 7 557 |
- *(p) = provisional results
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15-64 years old
- (1) those data cover the people who are 15-64 years old. They are a little bit different of the data in table 1 (which covers the total population).
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Updated questionnaire
For this publication, we provide backdated series before 2013. In comparison with the series based on the previous questionnaire, the impact on the unemployment rate is estimated at 0.5 percentage point.
The new questionnaire also leads to a higher level of underemployment and of unemployment’s halo. In the unemployment’s halo case, an other effect is due to an harmonization with Eurostat’s concepts (see methodological documents).
tableautab_nvcho_nvIR – Estimated effects of the new questionnaire over unemployment, employment and activity
| 2013Q1 | 2013Q2 | 2013Q3 | 2013Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILO-Unemployment rate | ||||
| New questionnaire | 9,9 | 9,9 | 9,9 | 9,8 |
| Effects of new questionnaire | –0,5 | |||
| Previous questionnaire, rebuilt series for 2013 | 10,4 | 10,4 | 10,4 | 10,3 |
| Employment rate - employed people 15 - 64 years | ||||
| New questionnaire | 63,9 | 64,0 | 64,1 | 64,1 |
| Effects of new questionnaire | 0,1 | |||
| Previous questionnaire, rebuilt series for 2013 | 63,8 | 63,9 | 64,0 | 64,0 |
| Activity rate - employed people 15 - 64 years | ||||
| New questionnaire | 71,0 | 71,1 | 71,2 | 71,1 |
| Effects of new questionnaire | –0,3 | |||
| Previous questionnaire, rebuilt series for 2013 | 71,3 | 71,4 | 71,5 | 71,4 |
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Revision
Due to the integration of the survey among non respondent people, the ILO unemployment rate of Q3 2013 downgraded by 0.1 point with regard to the temporary publication of December 2013.
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