Corrections have been made to the Household Labour Force Survey: March 2009 quarter, originally released on 7 May 2009.
March 2009 was the first quarter in which we attempted to apply Māori benchmarks via the usual production system. However, an error in grouping ages meant the benchmark was applied incorrectly.
Although there is a minor impact on all published estimates for the March 2009 quarter, as well as the last several observations in seasonally adjusted and trend data, revisions to the March 2009 quarter data are not substantive at a national level.
| Difference Between Originally Published and Revised High Level Estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted |
March 2009
quarter originally published |
March 2009
quarter revised |
Difference |
| Unemployment rate |
5.0% |
5.0% |
0 |
| Unemployed |
115,000 |
114,000 |
-1,000 |
| Employed |
2,182,000 |
2,181,000 |
-1,000 |
| Not in the labour force |
1,061,000 |
1,062,000 |
+1,000 |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.4% |
68.4% |
0 |
The corrected tables have been republished to the website. Infoshare will be updated with the corrected numbers at 10.45am 11 June 2009.
Statistics New Zealand regrets any inconvenience caused by these errors.