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	Table 002 (Labor, General)
	Labor Force (1946-1996)
	Lab002e
Year	Source	Labor Force  (x1,000)			Participation Rate (%)			Employed (x1,000)	Unemployed (x1,000)
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
1946	Census of Population	2,611	2,041	570	39.2	57.8	18.2	-	-
1953	Census of Population	2,992	2,268	724	37.0	53.1	18.9	-	-
1963	Census of Population	3,464	2,742	722	32.7	49.8	14.2	3,200	265
1968 / 69	Socio Economic Survey	4,169	3,124	1,045	38.6	57.3	19.5	3,610	559
1971	Census of Population	4,488	3,312	1,176	35.4	50.7	19.1	3,649	839
1973	Survey of Labor Force Participation Rates	4,560	3,267	1,293	34.4	48.5	20.2	3,767	793
1975	Land & Labor Utilization Survey	4,957	3,490	1,467	36.6	50.2	22.1	3,973	984
1978 / 79	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	5,521	3,712	1,809	38.0	50.4	26.2	4,647	874
1981	Census of Population	5,016	3,736	1,280	33.8	49.4	17.1	4,119	895
1981 / 82	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	5,282	3,843	1,439	34.3	49.7	19.4	4,673	609
1985 / 86	Land & Labor Utilization Survey	5,972	4,015	1,957	38.9	52.7	25.4	5,132	840
1986 / 87	Consumer Finance & Socio Economic Survey	6,238	3,225	3,013	38.1	51.7	25.4	5,271	967
1990	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	6,001	3,865	2,136	61.9	67.2	34.7	5,047	954
1991	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,877	3,787	2,090	49.8	64.4	34.8	5,015	862
1992	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	5,808	3,939	1,869	48.2	66.5	31.7	4,962	846
1993	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	6,032	3,989	2,043	49.1	65.3	33.1	5,201	831
1994	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	6,079	4,073	2,006	48.7	65.4	32.0	5,281	797
1995	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	6,105	4,068	2,037	47.9	64.4	31.7	5,357	749
1996	Quarterly Labor Force Survey	6,245	4,201	2,044	48.7	65.9	31.6	5,535	709
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Economic Progress of Independent Sri Lanka 1998 , Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2007(y)/04(m)/20(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.