Other: imprisonment (R) and (S).
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Persons able to work, who are citizens or permanent residents of the Republic of Latvia, are of working age, seeking a job, not running a business, are registered with the State Employment Service and who attend the agency at least once a month.
7.Updating of the registers
The registers are updated monthly.
8.Unemployment rates
Statistics from the registers are used to obtain unemployment rates.
The sources of data on employed persons who are part of the denominator of the unemployment rates are the Labour Force Survey, Establishment surveys, Social Security Register, Official Estimates and the Population Census.
Definition of employed persons for this purpose:
Employed persons refer to persons employed in both the public and private sector. The number of employed persons excludes students of working age not gainfully employed. The calculation of the average number of persons employed is based on the results of the Labour Force Survey and regular statistical information.
9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced
Series 1:
Reference period:
Month.
Frequency of production:
Monthly.
Descriptive variables used: