| | Comparisons between unemployment and the claimant count Labour Market Trends - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | While the numbers unemployed include many who are not in the claimant count, the difference between the two measures is also affected, in the opposite direction, by a usually smaller number of claimants who are not strictly unemployed according to the LFS measure. |
 | | The gap is concentrated among women, for whom unemployment is invariably greater than the claimant count, a reflection of the tendency for unemployed women to be ineligible for benefit more often than unemployed men. |
 | | It is not presently possible to quantify the precise number of unemployed excluded from the claimant count or vice versa, because of long-standing difficulties in obtaining reliable answers from LFS respondents about whether they, or others in their household, are currently claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. |
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