Household Labour Force Survey: Dec 2008 q Erratum

Household Labour Force Survey: December 2008 quarter Erratum

A correction has been made to the Media Release and Hot Off The Press for Household Labour Force Survey: December 2008 quarter. Overall the trend remains the same.

In the Media Release, the sentence that said "Despite the rise in employment, total actual hours worked per week fell by 1.9 percent over the December 2008 quarter" now says "Despite the rise in employment, total actual hours worked per week fell by 0.5 percent over the December 2008 quarter."

The fourth highlight in the Hot Off The Press that said "Seasonally adjusted total actual hours worked per week fell by 1.9 percent" now says "...fell by 0.5 percent".

In the Commentary, under the paragraph heading "Total hours worked – seasonally adjusted", the sentences that said:

The total number of actual hours worked per week decreased by 1.9 percent over the December 2008 quarter.

On an annual basis, the number of actual hours worked decreased by 2.8 percent, while the number of usual hours worked increased, up 0.2 percent.

now say:

The total number of actual hours worked per week decreased by 0.5 percent over the December 2008 quarter.

On an annual basis, the number of actual hours worked decreased by 1.2 percent, while the number of usual hours worked increased, up 0.2 percent.

The graph "Total hours worked each week, quarterly" and tables 9, "Total actual hours worked" and 12, "People employed, unemployed, not in the labour force and total actual hours worked" have been updated to reflect the new data.

These changes have been made due to the discovery of a technical error that affected the December 2008 quarter. A minor revision has also been made to the September 2008 quarter.

Statistics New Zealand regrets any inconvenience caused by this error.

Attached are the corrected Media Release, Hot Off The Press and Tables.

householdlabourforcesurveydec08qtrmrrevised.pdf
householdlabourforcesurveydec08qtrhotprevised.pdf
hlfsdec08qtralltables2.xls

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