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	Table 001 (Labor, General)
	Employment and Unemployment (1963-1996)
	Lab001e
Year	Source	Employed								Unemployment
		Total                        (x1,000)	As % of Labor Force by Sex		by Industry (x1,000)					Total                  (x1,000)	Unemploy-ment Rate 　( % )	As % of Labor Force by Sex		by Age Group (x1,000)			by Education
			Male	Female	Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry	Manufacturing	Mining & Quarrying	Construction	Services			Male	Female	15-24	25-55	>55	<Grade 10	Ordinary   Level    　 ( O/L )	Advance Level ( A/L ) & above
1963	Census of Population	3,200	84.7	80.0	1,682	292	10	85	1,131	265	16.6	15.3	20.0	109	150	6	209	56	n.a
1968 / 69	Socio Economic Survey	3,610	88.8	79.9	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	559	14.3	11.2	20.1	455	104	-	n.a	n.a	n.a
1971	Census of Population	3,649	85.7	68.9	1,829	339	13	104	1,364	839	18.7	14.3	31.1	504	324	11	715	113	11
1973	Survey of Labor Force Participation Rates	3,767	86.3	73.2	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	793	18.3	13.7	26.8	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a
1975	Land & Labor Utilization Survey	3,973	85.7	66.9	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	984	19.7	14.3	33.1	922	63	-	n.a	n.a	n.a
1978 / 79	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	4,647	90.8	75.1	2,415	582	56	234	1,360	874	14.8	9.2	24.9	641	234	-	593	234	47
1981	Census of Population	4,119	86.7	69.0	1,864	417	38	125	1,675	895	17.9	13.3	31.0	515	368	12	743	126	26
1981 / 82	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	4,673	92.2	78.7	2,361	574	78	238	1,422	609	11.7	7.8	21.3	464	143	1	346	200	63
1985 / 86	Labor Force & Socio Economic Survey	5,132	89.2	79.2	2,531	648	67	227	1,659	840	14.1	10.8	20.8	495	337	8	552	210	78
1986 / 87	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	5,271	88.7	76.4	2,515	706	100	300	1,650	967	15.5	11.3	23.6	747	216	4	562	310	95
1990	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,047	92.4	79.8	2,361	669	80	197	1,740	954	15.9	7.6	20.2	627	309	18	598	222	134
1991	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,015	90.1	76.6	2,130	751	56	237	1,841	862	14.7	9.9	23.4	546	314	2	477	242	143
1992	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	4,962	90.6	76.9	2,089	650	80	238	1,905	846	14.6	9.4	23.1	482	361	3	530	202	114
1993	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,201	90.3	78.3	2,159	684	80	227	2,051	831	13.8	9.7	21.7	477	347	7	389	242	200
1994	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,281	90.3	79.9	2,085	756	43	216	2,181	797	13.1	9.7	20.1	461	330	6	435	231	131
1995	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,357	90.9	81.2	1,967	788	89	285	2,228	749	12.3	9.0	18.7	441	301	7	450	177	122
1996	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,535	91.2	83.8	2,067	814	89	299	2,266	709	11.4	8.3	17.8	460	249	-	427	150	132
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Economic Progress of  Independent Sri Lanka 1998 , Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2007(y)030(m)/21(d)
Chief Editor:	`
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.