1990 POPULATION CENSUS Detailed data based on a 2 per cent representative sample (1992)

I. REVIEW OF THE DATA - A/ Main characteristics of the population

16. The population by economic activity Year Population Active Inactive a/ Unemployed Dependents Year Population earners a/ Unemployed together pupils. students 1000 persons 1970 10322 4989 1395 3938 1722 1980 10709 5069 2202 3438 1594 1990 10375 4467 2633 110 3165 1865 Percentage 1970 100.0 48.3 13.5 38.2 16.7 1980 100.0 47.3 20.6 32.1 14.9 1990 100.0 43.1 25.4 l.i 30.5 18.0 a/ Including those seeking first employment. Concerning the topic of economic activity it is justified to refer separately to the number of the economically active population — practically to the totál labour force available. Besides the active earners, this category covers the unemployed, persons employed receiving child-care fee or allowance and the employed pensioners. In the beginning of 1990, the totál number of the above four groups was 5 137 000, which represented nearly half (49,5 per cent) of the population. The joint number of non-active persons per 100 economically active persons grew moderately in the 1970s and to a great extent in the 1980s. Within -that, in the case of dependents a decline, then a certain icrease, could be observed. This latter shows a recent increase in the direct maintenance burdens of economically active persons. 17. Main indexes of economic activity Not Year a/ Unemployed Inactive earners Dependents economically active together per 100 active earners 1970 . 28 79 107 1980 . 43 68 111 1990 2 59 71 132 a/ Including those seeking first employment. In the 1970-1980 period, the proportion of females within the economically active population increased significantly and this tendency continued to a smaller extent in the 1980s, too. In 1970 41,2 per cent, in 1980 43,4 per cent, in 1990 44,6 per cent of the economically active population were females. After 1980, however, the increase in this proportion was not further accompanied by a growth in the number of the economically active females, and in the past decade their number even feli significantly, by over 200 000, and alsó their proportion within the female population showed a declining tendency (in 1980 of 100 females 40, in 1990 only 37 were economically active). 16