Dataset properties:

• Source: Economically Active Population Survey
• Measurements: Thousands of persons (Ths. #), percent (%)
• Adjustments: Seasonally adjusted (SA) or not (NSA)
• Geo coverage: Country (1), all provinces (17)
• Native frequencies and start dates:
• Monthly from 1999m6
• Annual from 2000

The series reside in the historical catalog (South Korea » Labor and Wages » Economically Active Population Survey » Labor force status » 4-week unemployment basis) and include, for example:

• LWQLFT15GUM.IKOR = Labor force - Both sexes - Ages 15 and older, (Ths. #, NSA)
• LWQEMMAM.IKOR    = Employed - Males, (Ths. #, SA)
• LW%EPTUA.IKOR_GB = Employment to population ratio - Both sexes, (%) - for Gyeongbuk

In 1999, the EAPS changed its unemployment definition. From 1999 to 2014 there is an overlap of monthly data under the alternative definitions.

• Archive specifier: _99
• Adjustments: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA), seasonally adjusted (SA)
• Geo coverage: Country (1), all provinces (17)
• Native frequencies and date ranges:
• Monthly: 1983m1 to 2014m12
• Annual: 1963 to 1999

The defunct series reside in the historical catalog (South Korea » Labor and Wages » Economically Active Population Survey » Labor force status » Discontinued » 1-week unemployment basis) and include, for example:

• LWQEMT_99UM.IKOR_IN    = [DISCONTINUED] Employment, (Ths. #, NSA) - for Incheon
• LWQUNT_99UM.IKOR       = [DISCONTINUED] Unemployed, (Ths. #, SA)
• LWQPOP15G_99UA.IKOR_GJ = [DISCONTINUED] Over 15 years old, (Ths. #) - for Gwangju

See also

• New Data: South Korea subnational - LFS (Q) 1966 to 2018 (Jan 2019)
• New Data: South Korea subnational - LFS - For Sejong (May 2018)
• Discontinued Data: South Korea subnational - LFS by Sex (Sep 2014)