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2.1.3 Employment and unemployment

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Question 17

Regional Unemployment in Aurelia, Q3 (thousands)

RegionLFS unemployment (thousands)Claimant Count (thousands)
Northern Territory4532
Eastern Province13595
Southern Basin9560
Western Coast11075
Central Highlands6548
Metropolis225165
Midlands150110
Valley Delta8550
Island Region5525

Which one of the following can be inferred from the data table?

The Island Region had the lowest number of unemployed people according to both measures of unemployment.

According to the Claimant Count measure, Metropolis had more than seven times the number of unemployed people as the Island Region.

According to the LFS measure of unemployment, Eastern Province had less than double the number of unemployed people as the Central Highlands.

According to the LFS measure, there were more than three times as many people unemployed in the Midlands as in the Northern Territory.

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