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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9263

13 September 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment
In 2005, employment rate of 15-64 age group was 63.8% in EU and one employee out of seven had temporary employment

Brussels, 12/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - In 2005, 197.5 million persons aged at least 15 had a job or some kind of professional activity in the EU25. The total rate of employment of those aged 15-64 was 63.8% (62.4% in 2000 and 63.3% in 2004), and that of women was 56.3% (53.6% in 2000); that of the elderly aged 55 to 64 was 42.5% (36.6% in 2000). This information comes from a Community survey on the labour force in 2005 published by Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European...

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