Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend data was reported at 9.950 % in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.125 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend data is updated quarterly, averaging 12.523 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.902 % in May 2020 and a record low of 8.414 % in May 1981. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate data was reported at 10.153 % in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.674 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate data is updated quarterly, averaging 12.752 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.680 % in May 2020 and a record low of 8.252 % in Aug 1981. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

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In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.3 percent in Virginia, significantly lower than the 6.9-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the six alternative measures of labor underutilization in Virginia were significantly lower than the national rates. In Virginia and nationally, none of the measures significantly differed from the previous year.The official concept of unemployment, U-3 in the U-1 to U-6 range of measures, includes all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actively sought work in the past 4 weeks. In 2023, 13 states had rates significantly lower than those of the U.S. for all six measures of labor underutilization, while 4 states and the District of Columbia had rates higher than those of the U.S. for all six measures. The U-4 rate includes discouraged workers; thus, the difference between U-3 and U-4 reflects the degree of would-be job-seeker discouragement. At the national level, the difference between U-3 and U-4 was +0.3 percentage point in 2023. No state had a noteworthy difference between these two measures.

The U-5 rate includes all people who are marginally attached to the labor force, and U-6 adds those who are involuntary part-time workers. Therefore, the larger the difference between U-5 and U-6, the higher the incidence of this form of "underemployment." In 2023, 47 states and the District of Columbia had significant differences between their U-5 and U-6 rates. California had the largest gap (+3.5 percentage points), followed by Oregon (+3.3 points) and Washington (+3.0 points). At the national level, the difference between U-5 and U-6 was +2.4 percentage points.

Relative to 2022, Pennsylvania was the only state to experience significant decreases in all 6 measures of labor underutilization, while Mississippi had decreases in 5 of the 6 measures. For each measure, rates declined over the year for at least three states (U-2 and U-6) and as many as seven states (U-4). Only California experienced over-the-year increases in all 6 measures, while New Jersey had increases in 5 of the 6 measures. Three additional states had increases in one measure (U-1 for Indiana and Texas and U-5 for Idaho). At the national level, rates were unchanged over the year for all six measures.

In 2024, the combined rate of labor underutilization in South Korea declined to approximately *** percent, marking a decrease compared to the previous year. This measure encompasses individuals in temporary underemployment as well as those who are part of the potential labor force.

Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Female data was reported at 11.143 % in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.683 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Female data is updated quarterly, averaging 14.850 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.924 % in Feb 1993 and a record low of 10.432 % in Nov 2022. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

This project will assess the equality impact of the recent recession on the labour utilisation and position of women and men in the labour market, and on the employment of lone parents. These impacts will be considered against the backcloth of longer term demographic and policy developments leading up to and during the recent economic downturn. An important question to be considered is whether as a result of surplus labour, increased labour market competition, and intensified business conditions, recession acts to heighten the employment penalties experienced by women. This could occur through increased sex discrimination, or fewer efforts by employers to apply equality and diversity policy as a means of recruiting and retaining staff. To explore this question we will use recent innovations in statistical matching techniques to form comparison groups of men matched to women to explore whether women and men who are comparable in terms of their individual characteristics differ in their labour market outcomes.

Graph and download economic data for 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 (U-6) (U6RATE) from Jan 1994 to Sep 2025 about marginally attached, part-time, labor underutilization, workers, 16 years +, labor, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.3 percent in Virginia, significantly lower than the 6.9-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the six alternative measures of labor underutilization in Virginia were significantly lower than the national rates. In Virginia and nationally, none of the measures significantly differed from the previous year.

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Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend: Female data was reported at 11.005 % in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.252 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend: Female data is updated quarterly, averaging 14.599 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.452 % in May 2020 and a record low of 10.740 % in Aug 2022. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Trend: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

In 2024, the composite rate of labor underutilization for people aged 15 to 29 in South Korea was approximately **** percent, showing a decrease compared to the previous year. The rate of labor underutilization among the youth in South Korea has been decreasing in recent years.

The respective annual average value is shown. The unemployment rate indicates the relative underutilisation of labour supply by linking the (registered) unemployed to the labour force (EP = employed + unemployed) as quotas. The denominator size is called the reference size. All civilian workers are the sum of dependent civilian workers as well as self-employed and assisting family members. These are still limited to the corresponding groups of people (here women).The respective annual average value is shown. The unemployment rate indicates the relative underutilisation of labour supply by linking the (registered) unemployed to the labour force (EP = employed + unemployed) as quotas. The denominator size is called the reference size. All civilian workers are the sum of dependent civilian workers as well as self-employed and assisting family members. These are still limited to the corresponding groups of people (here women).

Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Male data was reported at 9.245 % in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.754 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Male data is updated quarterly, averaging 11.112 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.828 % in May 2020 and a record low of 6.152 % in Nov 1980. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

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Sample characteristics and prevalence of ANC underutilization.

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Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: sa: Female data was reported at 10.872 % in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.080 % for Nov 2024. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: sa: Female data is updated quarterly, averaging 14.637 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.482 % in May 2020 and a record low of 10.533 % in Feb 2023. Australia Labour Force Underutilisation Rate: sa: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G047: Underemployment Rate.

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