Diferentes medidas para obter a "taxa de desemprego"

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
	Aug. 2010	July 2011	Aug. 2011	Aug. 2010	Apr. 2011	May 2011	June 2011	July 2011	Aug. 2011
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.5	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force	5.7	5.2	5.1	6.0	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)	9.5	9.3	9.1	9.6	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.1	9.1
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers	10.2	10.0	9.6	10.3	9.5	9.5	9.8	9.8	9.7
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	10.9	10.9	10.6	11.0	10.4	10.3	10.7	10.7	10.6
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	16.4	16.3	16.1	16.7	15.9	15.8	16.2	16.1	16.2
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. Source