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CONVENTION 111 NEW ZEALAND

Article 22 of the Constitution of the ILO

Report for the period 1 July 2006 to 31 May 2008
made by the Government of New Zealand on the

DISCRIMINATION (EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION) CONVENTION, 1958 (No. 111)

Table 2: Persons Employed, Unemployed and Not in the Labour Force by Sex and Ethnic Group (Year to December 2007)
  Employed Unemployed Total Labour Force Not in Labour Force Working Age Population Labour Force Participation Rate Unemployment Rate
Males              
European/Pakeha 872.1 22.6 894.7 278.7 1173.3 76.3 2.5
Maori 106.0 8.2 114.1 37.7 151.8 75.2 7.1
Pacific Peoples 51.2 2.8 54.0 21.5 75.5 71.4 5.1
Other 129.8 6.4 136.1 48.3 184.4 73.9 4.7
Total 1161.0 40.0 1201.0 386.7 1587.7 75.7 3.4
Females              
European/Pakeha 750.7 20.0 770.6 451.5 1222.2 63.1 2.6
NZ Maori 100.0 9.1 109.1 67.3 176.4 61.9 8.4
Pacific Island Group 41.3 3.7 45.0 33.8 78.7 57.1 8.2
Other 100.8 7.2 108.0 83.2 191.2 56.5 6.6
Total 994.8 39.9 1034.7 637.1 1671.8 61.9 3.9
Total              
European/Pakeha 1622.7 42.5 1665.3 730.2 2395.5 69.5 2.6
Maori 206.0 17.3 223.3 105.0 328.2 68.0 7.7
Pacific Peoples 92.5 6.4 98.9 55.3 154.2 64.1 6.5
Other 230.6 13.5 244.1 131.5 375.6 65.0 5.6
Total 2155.8 79.9 2235.7 1023.8 3259.5 68.6 3.6

These data are not seasonally adjusted and so all figures are averaged over a year to reduce seasonal variation and sample error

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Household Labour Force Survey

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