CONTENTS

TABLES

A 3.1 (a) Evolution of main employment indicators. Punctual PHS

A 3.1 (b) Evolution of main employment indicators. Quarterlly data. Continous PHS
A 3.1 (c) Evolution of main employment indicators. Semestral data. Continous PHS

A 3.2 Estimates of Total urban population, Economically active population, Employed and Unemployed

A 3.3 (a) Poverty and Indigence. Conglomerates by regions. May 2001-May 2003 (PSH, INDEC) - punctual PHS
A 3.3 (b) Poverty and Indigence. Greater Buenos Aires. Historical series started in 1988.punctual PHS
A 3.3 (c) Poverty and Indigence. Conglomerates by regions - Continuous PHS

A 3.4 Wage index (INDEC)

A 3.5 Monthly evolution of total employment (EIL, MTEySS)

A 3.6 Quarterly evolution of the employment of economic activity by sectors (EIL, MTEySS)
A 3.7 Companies according to employee movements, suspensions and conflicts (EIL, MTEySS)
A 3.8 Reasons for hires and turnover of emplyee in the companies (EIL, MTEySS)
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TABLE A3.1
Evolution of main employment indicators. Punctual PHS
Historical series up to may 2003

Period Activity Employment Unemployment Underemploy

In % of the economically
In % of the population In % of the population In % of the economicall
active population

GBA RUC TOT GBA RUC TOT GBA RUC TOT GBA
1982 April 39.1 36.8 38.2 36.9 34.3 35.9 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.4
October 39.2 37.4 38.5 37.8 35.2 36.7 3.7 6.0 4.6 5.6
1983 April 38.0 37.4 37.4 36.0 35.1 35.3 5.2 6.1 5.5 4.6
October 37.5 36.5 37.3 36.3 34.4 35.8 3.1 5.8 3.9 4.9
1984 April 38.4 36.8 37.8 36.8 34.6 36.0 4.1 5.9 4.7 4.5
October 38.4 36.5 37.9 37.0 34.3 36.2 3.6 6.0 4.4 4.7
1985 May 38.9 36.4 37.9 36.8 33.7 35.5 5.5 7.4 6.3 5.5
November 38.8 37.1 38.2 36.9 34.3 35.9 4.9 7.5 5.9 6.6
1986 May 39.6 37.1 38.6 37.7 34.3 36.3 4.8 7.6 5.9 6.4
November 40.0 36.9 38.7 38.2 34.5 36.7 4.5 6.5 5.2 6.1
1987 April 40.9 37.3 39.5 38.7 34.7 37.1 5.4 7.1 6.0 8.0
October 40.0 37.3 38.9 37.9 34.8 36.1 5.2 6.6 5.7 7.8
1988 May 40.4 37.2 38.7 37.9 34.6 36.2 6.3 7.0 6.5 7.7
October 40.5 37.6 39.4 38.2 34.0 37.0 5.7 6.8 6.1 7.4
1989 May 41.9 37.5 40.2 38.7 33.8 36.9 7.6 9.8 8.1 8.5
October 40.8 37.0 39.3 37.9 34.3 36.5 7.0 7.2 7.1 8.0
1990 May 40.9 36.6 39.1 37.4 33.6 35.7 8.6 8.3 8.6 8.4
October 40.3 36.9 39.0 37.9 34.4 36.5 6.0 6.7 6.3 8.1
1991 May 40.9 37.5 39.5 38.3 34.5 36.8 6.3 7.9 6.9 7.7
October 40.8 37.6 39.5 38.6 35.0 37.1 5.3 7.0 6.0 7.0
1992 May 41.4 37.6 39.8 38.7 34.9 37.1 6.6 7.3 6.9 7.6
October 41.7 38.1 40.2 38.9 35.2 37.4 6.7 7.6 7.0 7.3
1993 May 44.2 37.6 41.5 39.5 34.3 37.4 10.6 8.8 9.9 8.2
October 43.3 37.6 41.0 39.1 34.3 37.1 9.6 8.7 9.3 9.1
1994 May 43.4 38.0 41.1 38.6 34.1 36.7 11.1 10.1 10.7 10.2
October 43.1 37.6 40.8 37.4 33.5 35.8 13.1 10.8 12.2 5.4
1995 May 45.9 38.1 42.6 36.6 32.2 34.8 20.2 15.4 18.4 6.7
October 44.2 38.0 41.4 36.5 32.1 34.5 17.4 15.5 16.6 7.8
1996 Apr-May 43.5 38.0 41.0 35.6 31.9 34.0 18.0 15.9 17.1 8.0
October (1) 44.9 37.8 41.9 36.5 32.1 34.6 18.8 15.0 17.3 8.5
1997 May 45.0 38.6 42.1 37.4 32.8 35.3 17.0 14.9 16.1 8.0
October 45.1 38.9 42.3 38.7 33.9 36.5 14.3 12.8 13.7 7.8
1998 May 45.6 38.8 42.4 39.2 34.2 36.9 14.0 12.0 13.2 8.1
August 45.1 38.3 42.0 38.8 33.7 36.5 14.1 11.9 13.2 9.0
October 45.4 38.3 42.1 39.4 34.0 36.9 13.3 11.3 12.4 8.8
1999 May 46.6 38.5 42.8 39.3 33.6 36.6 15.6 12.9 14.5 8.8
August 45.6 38.5 42.3 38.6 33.3 36.2 15.3 13.5 14.5 9.9
October 46.0 38.8 42.7 39.4 33.8 36.8 14.4 12.8 13.8 9.8
2000 May 45.3 39.0 42.4 38.1 33.4 35.9 16.0 14.5 15.4 9.9
October 45.1 40.0 42.7 38.5 34.1 36.5 14.7 14.6 14.7 9.2
2001 May 45.2 39.9 42.8 37.4 33.8 35.8 17.2 15.4 16.4 9.2
October 44.4 39.6 42.2 35.9 32.7 34.5 19.0 17.4 18.3 10.8
2002 May 44.0 39.3 41.8 34.3 31.1 32.8 22.0 20.9 21.5 13.0
October 45.7 39.8 42.9 37.1 33.2 35.3 18.8 16.6 17.8 13.9
2003 May 45.5 39.8 42.8 38.1 34.0 36.2 16.4 14.5 15.6 14.8

GBA: Greater Buenos Aires area.

RUC: Rest of Urban Centers. Beginning in October 1995, three new urban centers were added for a total of 27.
TOT: General total
(*) Since December 2003, the traditional punctual survey which appeared twice a year (may and october), was changed into a continuous
and quarterly one. For more information about this new methodology, please see the documents "Encuesta Permanente
de Hogares: Cambios Metodológicos" and "La Nueva Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Argentina" (only in Spanish version)
at INDEC's web site (www.indec.gov.ar).
(**) Underemployment have been split into two categories depending on whether they are seeking work (SU) or not (NSU).
Source: Permanent Household Survey, INDEC [National Institute of Statistics and Census].
 Underemployment (*)

In % of the economically active population

RUC TOT

6.4 7.3 6.7

5.6 7.7 6.4
4.6 8.0 5.9
4.9 8.0 5.9
4.5 6.9 5.4
4.7 8.0 5.9
5.5 8.6 7.5
6.6 7.9 7.1
6.4 9.7 7.7
6.1 9.5 7.4
8.0 8.7 8.2
7.8 9.6 8.5
7.7 8.7 8.9
7.4 9.0 8.0
8.5 10.8 8.6
8.0 9.3 8.6
8.4 10.9 9.3
8.1 10.4 8.9
7.7 9.9 8.6
7.0 9.4 7.9
7.6 9.5 8.3
7.3 9.4 8.1
8.2 9.9 8.8
9.1 9.5 9.3
10.2 10.3 10.2
4.7 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.0
4.0 7.6 4.8 7.0 4.3
4.8 7.6 4.8 7.7 4.8
4.6 8.3 4.3 8.1 4.5
5.3 8.4 4.7 8.5 5.1
4.7 8.9 4.9 8.4 4.8
5.2 8.6 4.9 8.1 5.0
5.1 8.5 5.0 8.2 5.1
4.9 7.9 5.6 8.5 5.2
5.2 7.9 5.3 8.4 5.2
5.1 9.0 4.4 8.9 4.8
5.8 8.2 5.5 9.2 5.7
5.4 8.1 4.8 9.1 5.2
 5.1 8.8 4.8 9.5 5.0
5.3 9.5 5.4 9.3 5.3
5.2 10.0 5.4 9.6 5.3
5.7 10.6 5.6 10.7 5.6
6.3 12.2 5.5 12.7 5.9
6.1 13.6 6.2 13.8 6.1
5.0 11.6 5.9 13.4 5.4

nto a continuous
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TABLE A3.1 (b)

Evolution of main employment indicators. Quarterlly data. Continous PHS (*)
Since 2003

a) Activity rate (in % of total population)

Urban Centers 2003

I II III IV

Total Urban 45.6% 45.6% (2)

45.7% 45.7%
Interior Urban centers 43.2% 42.8% (2)
42.7% 43.6%
Greater Buenos Aires region 47.6% 47.8% 48.2% 47.5%
Cuyo region 43.3% 43.9% 43.6% 43.4%
Northeast region 36.1% 35.7% 36.8% 38.3%
Northwest region 41.8% 40.7% 41.3% 42.4%
Pampeana region 45.3% 45.3% (2)
44.5% 45.6%
Patagonic region 42.7% 41.9% 41.3% 41.2%

Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 46.8% 46.8% 46.9% 46.8%
Buenos Aires city 51.3% 53.5% 52.7% 53.5%
Greater Buenos Aires areas 46.5% 46.1% 46.9% 45.8%
Greater Mendoza 44.3% 44.8% 43.5% 42.4%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 41.7% 39.2% 39.6% 42.7%
Greater Córdoba 45.6% 45.1% 43.1% 45.4%
Greater La Plata 45.9% 46.0% 48.9% 48.4%
Greater Rosario 44.1% 44.6% 44.4% 44.3%
Mar del Plata - Batán 50.6% 48.9% 44.1% 49.1%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 41.2% 40.7% (2)
41.5% 42.0%

b) Employment rate (in % of total population)

Urban Centers 2003

I II III IV

Total Urban centers 36.3% 37.4% (2)

38.2% 39.1%
Interior urban centers 35.0% 35.7% (2)
36.5% 37.9%
Greater Buenos Aires region 37.3% 38.9% 39.7% 40.1%
Cuyo region 36.6% 37.3% 38.2% 38.5%
Northeast region 30.8% 31.3% 32.7% 34.5%
Northwest region 33.9% 33.8% 35.4% 36.6%
Pampeana region 35.8% 36.9% (2)
37.2% 39.1%
Patagonic region 37.4% 37.7% 37.8% 37.7%

Urban Centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 36.8% 38.2% 38.9% 39.7%
Buenos Aires city 42.4% 46.5% 45.8% 47.4%
 Greater Buenos Aires areas 35.8% 36.6% 37.8% 37.9%
Greater Mendoza 36.8% 37.9% 38.0% 37.1%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 32.9% 33.3% 34.5% 36.2%
Greater Córdoba 34.8% 36.3% 36.8% 40.1%
Greater La Plata 36.8% 39.1% 41.5% 41.8%
Greater Rosario 34.2% 34.4% 35.8% 36.9%
Mar del Plata - Batán 41.5% 40.8% 36.7% 41.3%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 34.4% 34.7% (2)
35.9% 37.0%

c) Unemployment rate (in % of the economically active population)

Urban Centers 2003

I II III IV

Total Urban centers 20.4% 17.8% (2)

16.3% 14.5%
Interior Urban centers 18.8% 16.6% (2)
14.5% 13.1%
Greater Buenos Aires region 21.7% 18.7% 17.7% 15.6%
Cuyo region 15.5% 15.2% 12.4% 11.2%
Northeast region 14.7% 12.5% 11.3% 9.9%
Northwest region 18.8% 17.0% 14.1% 13.8%
Pampeana region 21.1% 18.4% (2)
16.4% 14.4%
Patagonic region 12.3% 10.1% 8.6% 8.6%

Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 21.4% 18.5% 17.1% 15.2%
Buenos Aires city 17.4% 13.1% 13.0% 11.3%
Greater Buenos Aires areas 23.1% 20.6% 19.3% 17.1%
Greater Mendoza 16.9% 15.5% 12.7% 12.4%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 21.2% 15.0% 12.9% 15.2%
Greater Córdoba 23.6% 19.5% 14.7% 11.7%
Greater La Plata 19.7% 15.1% 15.2% 13.7%
Greater Rosario 22.4% 22.9% 19.4% 16.6%
Mar del Plata - Batán 18.1% 16.5% 16.8% 15.9%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 16.5% 14.7% (2)
13.4% 12.0%

d) Seeking underemployment rate(1) (in % of economically active population)

Urban Centers 2003

I II III IV

Total Urban centers 12.0% 11.8% (2)

11.6% 11.4%
Interior Urban centers 11.1% 11.1% (2)
10.8% 10.9%
Greater Buenos Aires region 12.7% 12.4% 12.3% 11.8%
Cuyo region 13.1% 13.0% 12.4% 12.0%
Northeast region 9.6% 9.7% 10.0% 9.6%
Northwest region 14.6% 12.6% 13.6% 13.4%
Pampeana region 10.0% 10.5% (2)
10.1% 10.5%
Patagonic region 5.7% 5.7% 3.2% 4.2%
 Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 12.4% 12.1% 12.0% 11.7%
Buenos Aires city 5.6% 7.4% 7.7% 7.1%
Greater Buenos Aires areas 15.0% 14.1% 13.8% 13.4%
Greater Mendoza 12.3% 12.8% 13.2% 13.7%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 19.0% 16.1% 17.1% 15.6%
Greater Córdoba 14.0% 12.6% 10.2% 11.0%
Greater La Plata 5.5% 8.1% 10.0% 12.3%
Greater Rosario 10.1% 8.5% 10.0% 8.5%
Mar del Plata - Batán 7.5% 11.2% 8.4% 10.1%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 10.4% 10.3% (2)
10.1% 10.2%

e) Non Seeking underemployment rate(1) (in % of economically active population)

Urban Centers 2003

I II III IV

Total Urban centers 5.7% 6.0% (2)

5.0% 4.9%
Interior Urban centers 4.8% 5.7% (2)
4.3% 3.9%
Greater Buenos Aires region 6.4% 6.2% 5.5% 5.6%
Cuyo region 4.2% 5.0% 3.1% 2.9%
Northeast region 3.9% 4.0% 2.8% 2.3%
Northwest region 4.5% 4.8% 3.9% 3.7%
Pampeana region 5.4% 7.1% (2)
5.4% 4.8%
Patagonic region 2.7% 1.8% 1.2% 1.5%

Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 6.0% 6.4% 5.3% 5.3%
Buenos Aires city 5.2% 6.0% 5.3% 5.8%
Greater Buenos Aires areas 6.8% 6.3% 5.5% 5.6%
Greater Mendoza 4.4% 4.7% 2.8% 2.3%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 4.8% 6.6% 4.1% 5.4%
Greater Córdoba 4.9% 7.6% 6.0% 5.4%
Greater La Plata 4.5% 5.4% 5.0% 5.0%
Greater Rosario 6.1% 7.0% 4.7% 3.5%
Mar del Plata - Batán 6.9% 9.7% 7.0% 6.1%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 4.2% 4.4% (2)
3.7% 3.2%

(*) Since December 2003, the traditional punctual survey which appeared twice a year (may and october), was changed into a continuous
and quarterly one. For more information about this new methodology, please see the documents "Encuesta Permanente
de Hogares: Cambios Metodológicos" and "La Nueva Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Argentina" (only in Spanish version)
at INDEC's web site (www.indec.gov.ar).
(1) Underemployment have been split into two categories depending on whether they are seeking work (SU) or not (NSU).
(2) Data from second quarter of 2003 does not include Greater Santa Fe because it was not surveyed in order
to the floods that took place.
 2004 2005 2006
I II III IV I II III IV I II
45.4% 46.2% 46.2% 45.9% 45.2% 45.6% 46.2% 45.9% 46.0% 46.7%
43.5% 43.4% 43.3% 43.1% 42.7% 43.0% 43.2% 43.2% 42.7% 43.7%
47.1% 48.6% 48.7% 48.3% 47.4% 47.8% 48.8% 48.3% 48.8% 49.3%
44.4% 44.4% 43.0% 42.3% 42.7% 42.7% 41.5% 42.9% 44.1% 45.4%
37.6% 38.0% 37.3% 37.1% 37.4% 36.9% 36.7% 36.7% 36.0% 36.9%
42.0% 40.8% 42.0% 42.5% 41.6% 41.6% 42.7% 41.9% 41.2% 41.8%
45.5% 45.4% 45.2% 45.0% 44.3% 45.0% 45.2% 45.2% 44.4% 45.2%
42.0% 44.3% 43.9% 43.2% 42.9% 43.5% 43.8% 43.5% 43.5% 47.0%

46.5% 47.5% 47.5% 47.2% 46.4% 46.8% 47.6% 47.4% 47.5% 48.2%
52.8% 56.2% 53.0% 52.5% 53.2% 55.6% 54.7% 54.4% 53.3% 54.7%
45.4% 46.4% 47.4% 47.0% 45.6% 45.3% 47.0% 46.4% 47.4% 47.6%
44.7% 45.3% 43.6% 41.9% 42.5% 42.3% 42.5% 43.3% 44.3% 47.3%
41.6% 37.9% 40.2% 41.2% 40.9% 40.4% 42.1% 41.9% 40.8% 40.3%
44.0% 45.8% 43.7% 44.7% 42.3% 44.2% 43.6% 45.0% 45.5% 45.1%
49.2% 48.4% 49.1% 48.2% 47.5% 46.9% 48.6% 49.1% 44.5% 47.8%
44.3% 44.7% 46.0% 44.3% 43.4% 46.0% 46.3% 45.6% 45.0% 45.9%
51.8% 47.3% 46.7% 49.8% 50.4% 47.5% 48.7% 50.3% 48.5% 48.3%
41.6% 41.9% 41.8% 41.5% 41.4% 41.5% 41.2% 40.8% 40.6% 41.7%

2004 2005 2006

I II III IV I II III IV I II
38.9% 39.4% 40.1% 40.4% 39.4% 40.1% 41.1% 41.3% 40.7% 41.8%
37.4% 37.6% 38.1% 38.5% 37.9% 38.6% 38.9% 39.3% 38.4% 39.7%
40.2% 40.9% 41.8% 42.0% 40.6% 41.4% 42.9% 42.9% 42.7% 43.7%
39.5% 39.7% 38.7% 39.4% 39.2% 39.1% 38.2% 40.5% 40.8% 42.4%
33.6% 34.9% 34.1% 34.1% 34.2% 34.7% 34.8% 34.6% 33.4% 34.5%
35.5% 35.0% 36.2% 37.1% 36.6% 37.1% 38.0% 37.6% 36.5% 37.5%
38.4% 38.5% 39.3% 39.6% 38.8% 39.7% 40.2% 40.7% 39.5% 40.6%
38.0% 41.0% 40.7% 40.4% 39.6% 40.4% 40.8% 40.6% 39.9% 43.2%

39.7% 40.1% 40.9% 41.2% 39.9% 40.7% 42.0% 42.3% 41.8% 42.8%
46.5% 49.5% 47.9% 48.5% 47.1% 50.3% 50.5% 50.1% 48.4% 49.8%
38.3% 38.4% 40.0% 40.1% 38.6% 38.6% 40.6% 40.8% 40.9% 41.8%
39.5% 40.3% 38.9% 38.9% 39.1% 39.1% 38.9% 40.5% 41.1% 44.2%
34.8% 32.7% 34.4% 36.5% 35.1% 35.8% 36.6% 37.3% 35.3% 35.5%
37.9% 38.5% 38.5% 39.6% 37.1% 38.7% 39.5% 41.1% 41.0% 41.3%
40.2% 41.3% 42.6% 43.0% 41.1% 41.2% 43.3% 43.5% 39.1% 41.4%
36.7% 37.7% 38.5% 38.0% 37.3% 40.2% 40.6% 40.3% 38.4% 40.1%
45.0% 40.9% 41.2% 43.0% 44.3% 41.4% 42.3% 44.2% 43.5% 42.7%
36.2% 36.9% 37.3% 37.4% 37.4% 37.8% 37.8% 37.7% 37.1% 38.4%

2004 2005 2006

I II III IV I II III IV I II
14.4% 14.8% 13.2% 12.1% 13.0% 12.1% 11.1% 10.1% 11.4% 10.4%
14.1% 13.3% 12.0% 10.8% 11.1% 10.3% 9.8% 8.9% 10.0% 9.3%
14.6% 15.9% 14.1% 13.0% 14.5% 13.4% 12.0% 11.0% 12.5% 11.3%
11.0% 10.5% 10.0% 6.8% 8.2% 8.5% 8.0% 5.7% 7.4% 6.7%
10.4% 8.3% 8.4% 8.0% 8.6% 6.0% 5.3% 5.6% 7.1% 6.5%
15.5% 14.2% 13.9% 12.6% 12.0% 10.8% 11.0% 10.2% 11.4% 10.2%
15.6% 15.3% 13.0% 12.1% 12.4% 11.7% 10.9% 10.1% 11.0% 10.3%
9.5% 7.5% 7.3% 6.3% 7.6% 7.1% 7.0% 6.6% 8.2% 8.1%

14.8% 15.4% 13.8% 12.6% 13.9% 12.9% 11.8% 10.8% 12.1% 11.1%
12.1% 11.9% 9.7% 7.6% 11.6% 9.6% 7.7% 8.0% 9.1% 9.0%
15.5% 17.3% 15.5% 14.8% 15.5% 14.9% 13.6% 12.1% 13.6% 12.1%
11.6% 10.9% 10.8% 7.2% 8.0% 7.6% 8.5% 6.3% 7.2% 6.7%
16.5% 13.6% 14.4% 11.4% 14.2% 11.3% 13.1% 10.9% 13.4% 11.8%
13.9% 16.0% 11.9% 11.5% 12.4% 12.3% 9.4% 8.7% 10.0% 8.4%
18.2% 14.6% 13.1% 10.9% 13.5% 12.1% 11.0% 11.5% 12.2% 13.4%
17.2% 15.7% 16.2% 14.4% 14.0% 12.4% 12.4% 11.7% 14.6% 12.8%
13.1% 13.6% 11.9% 13.5% 12.2% 12.9% 13.3% 12.2% 10.4% 11.6%
13.0% 12.1% 10.7% 9.9% 9.7% 9.0% 8.3% 7.5% 8.6% 7.8%

2004 2005 2006

I II III IV I II III IV I II
10.5% 10.7% 10.5% 9.7% 9.0% 8.9% 8.9% 8.4% 7.8% 8.1%
9.6% 10.5% 9.8% 9.3% 8.9% 8.1% 8.4% 7.9% 7.1% 7.8%
11.2% 10.8% 11.0% 10.1% 9.0% 9.6% 9.3% 8.7% 8.3% 8.3%
11.8% 9.7% 11.8% 9.1% 8.4% 8.9% 11.5% 9.1% 7.5% 8.0%
8.2% 9.3% 11.6% 7.9% 6.7% 6.5% 7.2% 5.9% 4.5% 4.5%
10.8% 12.8% 11.1% 11.3% 11.2% 10.2% 8.9% 8.1% 7.8% 8.8%
9.3% 10.6% 9.1% 9.3% 9.1% 7.9% 8.1% 8.5% 7.5% 8.3%
4.8% 5.2% 3.3% 3.8% 3.4% 3.0% 4.1% 2.9% 3.4% 4.4%
 10.9% 10.9% 10.8% 10.3% 9.2% 9.3% 9.3% 8.7% 8.3% 8.5%
7.0% 6.0% 6.8% 6.5% 5.2% 6.3% 5.0% 5.5% 6.0% 5.7%
12.6% 12.6% 12.5% 11.3% 10.4% 10.8% 10.8% 9.9% 9.1% 9.3%
11.9% 9.3% 12.9% 10.4% 7.7% 9.1% 13.4% 9.9% 7.1% 7.8%
13.2% 14.9% 13.2% 14.1% 15.5% 12.5% 10.0% 8.4% 11.1% 12.4%
12.1% 12.6% 11.9% 13.4% 9.9% 6.8% 9.2% 11.5% 9.6% 11.7%
7.2% 11.0% 8.1% 10.5% 10.4% 10.5% 10.0% 7.9% 7.2% 8.3%
7.7% 9.4% 7.3% 6.4% 8.7% 7.0% 6.8% 6.7% 7.2% 6.5%
8.5% 9.2% 7.4% 9.5% 7.4% 8.5% 7.1% 7.0% 6.3% 6.9%
9.0% 9.9% 9.4% 7.7% 7.9% 7.5% 7.4% 7.0% 5.8% 6.5%

2004 2005 2006

I II III IV I II III IV I II
5.2% 4.5% 4.7% 4.5% 3.7% 3.8% 4.2% 3.5% 3.2% 3.9%
3.5% 3.8% 3.3% 3.0% 2.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 2.2% 2.9%
6.5% 5.1% 5.8% 5.7% 4.6% 4.4% 5.0% 4.3% 4.0% 4.7%
2.8% 3.7% 2.8% 2.9% 3.5% 3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 1.5% 4.5%
2.3% 2.4% 2.8% 2.2% 2.1% 3.8% 3.1% 2.3% 2.8% 2.6%
3.1% 3.5% 3.0% 3.1% 2.3% 2.7% 3.5% 2.9% 2.7% 3.0%
4.1% 4.4% 3.8% 3.3% 2.8% 3.1% 3.2% 2.5% 2.1% 2.6%
2.7% 2.4% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.3% 0.9% 1.2% 2.3%

5.7% 4.8% 5.1% 5.0% 4.1% 4.0% 4.5% 3.9% 3.5% 4.2%
5.3% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 4.5% 2.8% 3.8% 3.9% 3.8% 5.0%
6.9% 4.9% 5.8% 5.7% 4.6% 5.1% 5.4% 4.5% 4.1% 4.6%
2.7% 2.2% 2.0% 2.3% 4.1% 3.8% 2.4% 1.9% 1.9% 6.2%
3.0% 3.6% 2.4% 2.6% 3.0% 3.9% 5.3% 4.2% 4.2% 2.7%
5.2% 3.4% 2.9% 2.1% 2.3% 1.3% 2.1% 1.6% 2.2% 1.6%
2.3% 5.9% 4.3% 4.9% 2.5% 3.7% 3.2% 4.0% 1.4% 2.0%
3.0% 3.7% 2.4% 2.8% 2.0% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6% 1.0% 2.1%
6.5% 7.0% 7.1% 6.3% 5.6% 6.2% 7.8% 5.6% 5.0% 6.6%
3.1% 3.5% 3.4% 2.7% 2.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.0% 2.0% 2.6%

anged into a continuous

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TABLE A3.1 (c)

Evolution of main employment indicators. Semestral data. Continous PHS (*)
Since 2003

1st Semester 2003 (2)

Geographic area Activity Employment Unemployment

% of total population % of the economically active population

Total urban (2)

45.6% 36.9% 19.1%
Interior Urban centers (2)
43.0% 35.4% 17.6%
Greater Buenos Aires region 47.7% 38.1% 20.2%
Buenos Aires city 52.4% 44.5% 15.2%
GBA areas 46.3% 36.2% 21.8%
Cuyo region 43.6% 36.9% 15.4%
Greater Mendoza 44.6% 37.3% 16.2%
Greater San Juan 43.8% 37.3% 14.8%
San Luis - El Chorrillo 38.4% 33.9% 11.7%
Northeast region 35.9% 31.0% 13.6%
Corrientes 35.6% 29.9% 15.9%
Formosa 35.4% 30.3% 14.4%
Greater Resistencia 38.1% 33.8% 11.3%
Posadas 33.8% 29.2% 13.5%
Northwest region 41.2% 33.9% 17.9%
Greater Catamarca 44.3% 35.8% 19.3%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 40.4% 33.1% 18.2%
Jujuy - Palpalá 35.7% 30.6% 14.1%
La Rioja 42.9% 37.1% 13.5%
Salta 44.9% 35.4% 21.2%
Santiago del Estero - La Banda 40.3% 33.8% 16.1%
Pampeana region (2)
45.4% 36.5% 19.7%
Bahía Blanca - Cerri 47.5% 39.0% 18.0%
Concordia 38.0% 30.0% 20.9%
Greater Córdoba 45.3% 35.5% 21.6%
Greater La Plata 45.9% 37.9% 17.4%
Greater Rosario 44.3% 34.3% 22.7%
Greater Paraná 42.5% 35.1% 17.4%
Greater Santa Fe (2) (2) (2)

Mar del Plata Batán 49.8% 41.1% 17.3%

Río Cuarto 45.1% 39.0% 13.7%
Santa Rosa Toay 42.4% 39.0% 7.9%
Patagonic region 42.3% 37.5% 11.2%
Comodoro Rivadavia - Rada Tilly 42.4% 35.8% 15.5%
Neuquén - Plottier 43.6% 39.2% 9.9%
Río Gallegos 38.2% 37.9% 0.7%
Ushuaia - Río Grande 42.4% 35.6% 16.1%
Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 46.8% 37.5% 20.0%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants (2)
40.8% 34.6% 15.2%

(*) Since December 2003, the traditional punctual survey which appeared twice a year (may and october), was changed into a continuous
and quarterly one. For more information about this new methodology, please see the documents "Encuesta Permanente
de Hogares: Cambios Metodológicos" and "La Nueva Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Argentina" (only in Spanish version)
at INDEC's web site (www.indec.gov.ar).
(1) Underemployment have been split into two categories depending on whether they are seeking work (SU) or not (NSU).
(2) Data from second quarter of 2003 does not include Greater Santa Fe conglomerate because it was not relieved in order
to the inundation that took place.
003 (2) 2nd Semester 2003
Underemployment (1)
Underemployment (1)
Activity Employment Unemployment
Seeking Non seeking Seeking Non seeking
% of the economically active population % of total population % of the economically active population

11.9% 5.9% 45.7% 38.6% 15.4% 11.5% 4.9%

11.1% 5.3% 43.2% 37.2% 13.8% 10.8% 4.1%
12.5% 6.3% 47.9% 39.9% 16.7% 12.0% 5.6%
6.5% 5.6% 53.1% 46.6% 12.1% 7.4% 5.6%
14.6% 6.5% 46.3% 37.9% 18.2% 13.6% 5.6%
13.0% 4.6% 43.5% 38.3% 11.8% 12.2% 3.0%
12.6% 4.5% 42.9% 37.6% 12.6% 13.5% 2.6%
14.5% 5.2% 45.2% 39.2% 13.3% 12.1% 4.3%
11.2% 3.3% 41.8% 40.2% 3.7% 6.0% 1.7%
9.6% 3.9% 37.6% 33.6% 10.6% 9.8% 2.6%
8.8% 2.6% 38.1% 32.9% 13.8% 12.1% 3.0%
9.6% 2.0% 35.9% 33.7% 6.2% 7.3% 0.8%
8.6% 7.0% 38.9% 34.8% 10.5% 7.3% 2.6%
12.2% 2.4% 36.3% 32.6% 10.0% 12.6% 3.3%
13.6% 4.7% 41.9% 36.0% 14.0% 13.5% 3.8%
7.7% 2.9% 42.3% 35.6% 15.8% 7.1% 2.0%
17.6% 5.7% 41.1% 35.3% 14.1% 16.3% 4.8%
13.1% 2.7% 39.9% 35.8% 10.2% 13.2% 1.6%
14.3% 5.0% 42.4% 38.7% 8.8% 12.0% 2.7%
13.5% 4.3% 45.2% 37.3% 17.5% 15.4% 3.9%
7.7% 5.1% 39.9% 34.9% 12.7% 8.0% 4.9%
10.3% 6.3% 45.1% 38.1% 15.4% 10.3% 5.1%
10.9% 6.1% 46.9% 40.0% 14.7% 11.0% 5.5%
14.1% 7.4% 40.2% 32.6% 18.8% 15.4% 3.9%
13.3% 6.3% 44.3% 38.4% 13.1% 10.6% 5.7%
6.8% 4.9% 48.7% 41.6% 14.5% 11.1% 5.0%
9.3% 6.6% 44.4% 36.4% 18.0% 9.2% 4.1%
11.5% 5.4% 44.6% 37.4% 16.3% 11.0% 5.5%
(2) (2)
43.0% 35.6% 17.1% 10.5% 5.1%
9.3% 8.3% 46.6% 39.0% 16.3% 9.3% 6.5%
8.9% 5.8% 43.4% 37.7% 13.2% 8.6% 3.3%
7.0% 4.8% 44.4% 41.2% 7.7% 10.4% 3.3%
5.7% 2.3% 41.3% 37.7% 8.6% 3.7% 1.3%
4.6% 2.7% 43.4% 37.9% 12.7% 3.9% 1.6%
7.1% 1.7% 41.8% 38.5% 7.9% 3.0% 1.2%
3.3% 2.1% 38.4% 37.6% 1.9% 5.2% 0.6%
5.6% 3.3% 39.4% 35.6% 9.5% 4.2% 1.7%
 12.2% 6.2% 46.8% 39.3% 16.1% 11.8% 5.3%
10.5% 4.3% 41.8% 36.5% 12.7% 10.1% 3.4%

changed into a continuous

Spanish version)
 1st Semester 2004 2nd Semester 2004
Underemployment (1)
Activity Employment Unemployment Activity Employment
Seeking Non seeking
% of total population % of the economically active population % of total population

45.8% 39.2% 14.6% 10.6% 4.8% 46.1% 40.2%

43.5% 37.5% 13.7% 10.1% 3.6% 43.2% 38.3%
47.9% 40.6% 15.3% 11.0% 5.8% 48.5% 41.9%
54.5% 48.0% 12.0% 6.5% 5.5% 52.8% 48.2%
45.9% 38.4% 16.4% 12.6% 5.9% 47.2% 40.1%
44.4% 39.6% 10.8% 10.8% 3.2% 42.6% 39.0%
45.0% 39.9% 11.2% 10.6% 2.4% 42.8% 38.9%
43.9% 38.2% 12.8% 11.8% 5.3% 42.8% 38.5%
42.9% 41.3% 3.0% 8.8% 2.2% 41.5% 41.0%
37.8% 34.3% 9.4% 8.8% 2.3% 37.2% 34.1%
37.8% 33.9% 10.3% 11.4% 2.0% 37.3% 33.5%
36.2% 33.8% 6.6% 5.4% 1.5% 35.7% 33.5%
39.3% 36.1% 8.3% 8.1% 2.9% 36.8% 34.0%
36.8% 32.4% 12.0% 9.0% 2.6% 38.8% 35.7%
41.4% 35.3% 14.9% 11.8% 3.3% 42.2% 36.6%
44.2% 37.5% 15.3% 5.8% 2.3% 43.9% 37.8%
39.8% 33.8% 15.1% 14.0% 3.3% 40.7% 35.4%
40.0% 34.4% 14.1% 14.6% 2.9% 41.2% 34.7%
43.9% 39.5% 9.9% 7.9% 2.2% 43.0% 39.1%
44.8% 37.2% 17.0% 13.3% 3.2% 46.3% 39.7%
39.1% 33.8% 13.6% 7.2% 5.0% 39.7% 35.0%
45.4% 38.4% 15.4% 10.0% 4.3% 45.1% 39.4%
47.2% 39.1% 17.1% 10.5% 3.9% 47.7% 40.5%
40.0% 32.6% 18.5% 14.0% 2.1% 40.0% 34.2%
44.9% 38.2% 15.0% 12.3% 4.3% 44.2% 39.0%
48.8% 40.8% 16.4% 9.1% 4.1% 48.6% 42.8%
44.5% 37.2% 16.5% 8.5% 3.3% 45.2% 38.3%
44.1% 38.4% 12.8% 9.1% 3.0% 41.6% 38.0%
40.1% 33.8% 16.2% 9.8% 5.1% 40.3% 35.9%
49.6% 42.9% 13.4% 8.8% 6.7% 48.3% 42.2%
44.8% 38.2% 14.8% 7.5% 5.0% 42.3% 38.7%
45.6% 40.8% 10.5% 9.9% 2.6% 47.3% 44.2%
43.2% 39.5% 8.5% 5.0% 2.5% 43.6% 40.6%
42.4% 38.6% 8.9% 4.1% 1.8% 43.3% 39.8%
44.1% 39.8% 9.6% 4.7% 3.2% 43.9% 41.2%
40.8% 39.9% 2.2% 4.0% 0.4% 40.7% 39.9%
44.0% 39.7% 9.7% 7.6% 3.6% 45.2% 40.7%
47.0% 39.9% 16.1% 10.9% 5.2% 47.3% 41.1%
41.8% 36.5% 12.7% 9.5% 3.3% 41.7% 37.4%
2nd Semester 2004 1st Semester 2005
Underemployment (1)
Underemployment (1)
Unemployment Activity Employment Unemployment
Seeking Non seeking Seeking
% of the economically active population % of total population % of the economically active population

12.6% 10.1% 4.6% 45.4% 39.7% 12.5% 8.9%

11.4% 9.5% 3.2% 42.9% 38.3% 10.7% 8.5%
13.6% 10.6% 5.8% 47.6% 41.0% 13.9% 9.3%
8.7% 6.6% 5.7% 54.4% 48.7% 10.6% 5.7%
15.2% 11.9% 5.8% 45.5% 38.6% 15.2% 10.6%
8.4% 10.5% 2.9% 42.7% 39.1% 8.3% 8.6%
9.0% 11.6% 2.2% 42.4% 39.1% 7.8% 8.4%
10.1% 9.1% 4.9% 42.8% 37.5% 12.4% 10.0%
1.2% 8.1% 1.2% 43.9% 43.3% 1.4% 6.6%
8.2% 9.7% 2.6% 37.1% 34.4% 7.3% 6.6%
10.2% 10.1% 2.1% 38.9% 35.0% 10.0% 5.4%
6.2% 8.3% 1.5% 32.7% 30.9% 5.5% 5.5%
7.7% 8.9% 3.0% 37.6% 35.2% 6.2% 7.7%
8.0% 11.5% 3.1% 38.0% 35.5% 6.5% 7.4%
13.3% 11.2% 3.1% 41.6% 36.8% 11.4% 10.7%
13.9% 5.6% 1.6% 39.8% 34.9% 12.4% 4.5%
12.9% 13.7% 2.5% 40.7% 35.5% 12.7% 14.0%
15.9% 10.1% 1.6% 40.5% 36.9% 8.8% 11.0%
9.0% 7.7% 2.2% 42.9% 39.2% 8.5% 5.3%
14.3% 13.4% 4.3% 45.5% 39.3% 13.8% 11.0%
11.8% 7.5% 4.8% 39.2% 36.3% 7.4% 8.6%
12.6% 9.2% 3.5% 44.7% 39.3% 12.1% 8.5%
15.0% 7.5% 4.3% 46.4% 41.0% 11.6% 8.2%
14.5% 11.6% 4.2% 38.0% 33.1% 12.8% 12.6%
11.7% 12.7% 2.5% 43.2% 37.9% 12.3% 8.3%
12.0% 9.3% 4.6% 47.2% 41.2% 12.8% 10.5%
15.3% 6.9% 2.6% 44.7% 38.8% 13.2% 7.8%
8.6% 7.1% 1.0% 41.8% 38.6% 7.7% 7.2%
10.9% 7.8% 3.6% 42.3% 37.8% 10.6% 9.3%
12.8% 8.5% 6.7% 49.0% 42.8% 12.5% 7.9%
8.5% 9.4% 3.2% 43.4% 38.4% 11.6% 6.7%
6.5% 8.5% 3.8% 45.5% 43.2% 5.2% 5.2%
6.8% 3.6% 1.9% 43.2% 40.0% 7.4% 3.2%
8.1% 4.4% 2.4% 42.5% 39.3% 7.6% 3.6%
6.2% 2.9% 1.4% 43.2% 39.5% 8.7% 2.0%
1.9% 2.6% 0.5% 42.6% 41.8% 1.9% 2.3%
9.9% 4.8% 3.5% 44.5% 40.8% 8.3% 6.2%
13.2% 10.5% 5.0% 46.6% 40.3% 13.4% 9.3%
10.3% 8.5% 3.1% 41.5% 37.6% 9.3% 7.7%
 2st Semester 2005
Underemployment (1)
Underemployment (1)
Activity Employment Unemployment
Non seeking Seeking Non seeking
mically active population % of total population % of the economically active population

3.8% 46.1% 41.2% 10.6% 8.6% 3.8%

2.9% 43.2% 39.1% 9.4% 8.2% 2.7%
4.5% 48.5% 42.9% 11.5% 9.0% 4.7%
3.7% 54.6% 50.3% 7.8% 5.2% 3.9%
4.8% 46.7% 40.7% 12.9% 10.4% 4.9%
3.5% 42.2% 39.3% 6.8% 10.3% 2.5%
3.9% 42.9% 39.7% 7.4% 11.6% 2.2%
3.9% 40.9% 37.7% 7.9% 8.5% 3.3%
0.8% 42.0% 41.5% 1.2% 7.9% 2.0%
3.0% 36.7% 34.7% 5.4% 6.6% 2.7%
3.0% 37.3% 34.3% 7.9% 6.3% 1.6%
2.2% 35.0% 33.4% 4.4% 5.1% 0.8%
3.4% 35.8% 34.1% 4.6% 5.6% 4.2%
3.0% 38.7% 37.0% 4.4% 9.1% 3.5%
2.5% 42.3% 37.8% 10.6% 8.5% 3.2%
1.4% 42.8% 38.1% 11.0% 5.0% 2.3%
3.4% 42.0% 37.0% 12.0% 9.2% 4.8%
0.9% 43.3% 39.7% 8.4% 10.0% 3.9%
1.8% 42.5% 39.6% 7.0% 5.8% 1.8%
2.8% 43.3% 37.5% 13.4% 7.8% 1.6%
2.3% 40.3% 37.7% 6.6% 9.8% 2.5%
2.9% 45.2% 40.4% 10.5% 8.3% 2.8%
3.3% 44.7% 40.3% 9.8% 8.6% 2.6%
2.8% 40.6% 36.1% 11.1% 9.9% 2.2%
1.8% 44.3% 40.3% 9.0% 10.4% 1.9%
3.1% 48.9% 43.4% 11.3% 8.9% 3.6%
1.9% 46.0% 40.4% 12.1% 6.7% 1.6%
1.1% 38.8% 35.3% 9.0% 5.7% 2.9%
4.6% 40.6% 36.6% 9.7% 8.9% 2.5%
5.9% 49.5% 43.2% 12.7% 7.1% 6.7%
5.2% 43.3% 40.7% 5.9% 5.9% 3.2%
2.5% 45.3% 42.8% 5.6% 6.3% 1.6%
1.8% 43.7% 40.7% 6.8% 3.5% 1.1%
1.9% 45.7% 41.5% 9.1% 4.9% 1.5%
1.7% 42.2% 39.2% 6.9% 2.7% 0.7%
0.9% 42.4% 41.9% 1.2% 2.9% 1.3%
2.6% 45.6% 42.0% 7.8% 3.7% 1.3%
4.1% 47.5% 42.2% 11.3% 9.0% 4.2%
2.7% 41.0% 37.7% 7.9% 7.2% 2.4%
 1st Semester 2006
Underemployment (1)
Activity Employment Unemployment
Seeking Non seeking
% of total population % of the economically active population

46.3% 41.3% 10.9% 7.9% 3.6%

43.2% 39.0% 9.6% 7.4% 2.6%
49.0% 43.2% 11.9% 8.3% 4.3%
54.0% 49.1% 9.0% 5.8% 4.4%
47.5% 41.4% 12.9% 9.2% 4.3%
44.7% 41.6% 7.0% 7.8% 3.0%
45.8% 42.6% 6.9% 7.5% 4.1%
42.9% 38.7% 9.8% 9.0% 1.6%
44.1% 43.5% 1.2% 6.2% 0.9%
36.5% 34.0% 6.8% 4.5% 2.7%
37.6% 34.6% 8.0% 2.8% 2.3%
33.3% 31.8% 4.5% 3.9% 2.1%
35.4% 33.4% 5.6% 4.9% 3.0%
39.0% 35.7% 8.5% 6.4% 3.3%
41.5% 37.0% 10.8% 8.3% 2.9%
40.9% 36.6% 10.5% 1.7% 1.4%
40.5% 35.4% 12.6% 11.7% 3.5%
43.0% 39.9% 7.2% 12.5% 5.3%
43.1% 40.0% 7.2% 6.7% 1.3%
42.5% 37.1% 12.6% 4.8% 2.4%
40.5% 36.8% 9.2% 6.8% 1.9%
44.8% 40.1% 10.6% 7.9% 2.4%
45.8% 42.0% 8.4% 7.0% 2.7%
40.0% 35.9% 10.1% 10.6% 0.9%
45.3% 41.2% 9.2% 10.7% 1.9%
46.1% 40.2% 12.8% 7.8% 1.7%
45.5% 39.2% 13.7% 6.8% 1.5%
41.3% 38.1% 7.7% 6.4% 1.6%
39.2% 36.4% 7.2% 7.0% 2.9%
48.4% 43.1% 11.0% 6.6% 5.8%
43.7% 39.4% 9.7% 7.0% 1.9%
41.2% 39.6% 4.0% 3.5% 2.8%
45.3% 41.6% 8.2% 3.9% 1.8%
44.0% 40.7% 7.4% 3.8% 1.1%
45.2% 40.6% 10.1% 4.0% 2.5%
44.5% 43.8% 1.7% 3.8% 0.8%
47.7% 43.2% 9.5% 3.8% 1.6%
47.8% 42.3% 11.6% 8.4% 3.9%
41.2% 37.8% 8.2% 6.2% 2.3%
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TABLE 3.2
PRELIMINARY (*) estimates of Total Urban Population, Economically Active Population, Employed and Unemployed
In thousand persons

Urban Total
Period Total
EAP Employment Unemployment
Population (1)

May 1991 28,113 11,655 10,528 1,127

October 1991 28,281 11,731 10,715 1,016
May 1992 28,520 11,898 10,797 1,102
October 1992 28,689 12,098 10,938 1,160
May 1993 28,930 12,394 10,928 1,466
October 1993 29,102 12,360 10,945 1,415
May 1994 29,347 12,551 10,940 1,612
October 1994 29,521 12,510 10,750 1,760
May 1995 29,770 13,044 10,493 2,551
October 1995 29,946 12,897 10,523 2,374
May 1996 30,198 12,919 10,465 2,453
October 1996 30,377 13,120 10,671 2,449
May 1997 30,633 13,405 11,006 2,399
October 1997 30,815 13,557 11,446 2,111
May 1998 31,074 13,719 11,655 2,065
October 1998 31,259 13,675 11,713 1,962
May 1999 31,522 13,977 11,716 2,260
October 1999 31,709 14,049 11,826 2,222
May 2000 31,976 14,118 11,687 2,431
October 2000 32,165 14,381 11,940 2,441
May 2001 32,436 14,485 11,854 2,631
October 2001 32,629 14,394 11,485 2,910
May 2002 32,896 14,392 11,030 3,362
IV 33,132 14,939 11,917 3,022
2003
I 33,255 14,914 11,938 2,976
II 33,370 14,906 12,306 2,600
III 33,489 14,987 12,621 2,366
IV 33,609 15,149 13,013 2,135
2004

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 I 34,045 15,273 13,088 2,184
II 34,141 15,494 13,278 2,215
III 34,242 15,505 13,520 1,985
IV 34,343 15,466 13,664 1,802
2005
I 34,445 15,296 13,397 1,900
II 34,544 15,456 13,678 1,778
III 34,647 15,671 14,000 1,671 ###
IV 34,751 15,648 14,127 1,522
2006
I 34,855 15,653 13,933 1,719
II 34,956 15,983 14,372 1,611

Source: National Direction of Macroeconomic Programming.

(*) In order to consult method see "PRELIMINARY Estimates of extended
occupational variables to urban total", April 2005, in
http://www.mecon.gov.ar/peconomica/basehome/situacion_ocupa.html
(1) INDEC, Direction of Population Studies of the INDEC,
constructed by provisory projections from provisional data of Census 2001
fit by census sub enumeration, on the basis of the annual rate of
intercensus growth 1991-2001.

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TABLE A3.3 (a)

Poverty and Indigence. Total country and regions. Historical series started in 2001.
In percentage of persons and households

May 2001 October 2

Urban centers / Regions Below indigence line Below poverty line Below indigence line
Households Persons Households Persons Households
Total urban 8.3 11.6 26.2 35.9 9.4
Cuyo 8.0 11.0 29.3 38.6 8.8
Greater Mendoza 7.6 10.4 27.6 36.7 8.0
San Luis-El Chorrillo 9.3 12.6 30.9 40.2 10.5
Greater San Juan 8.5 11.8 32.7 42.4 10.0
Greater Buenos Aires 7.4 10.3 23.5 32.7 8.3
City of Buenos Aires 2.0 1.7 8.2 10.9 1.6
Districts of Gran Buenos Aires 9.7 13.0 29.9 39.4 11.0
North-east 16.7 22.9 44.0 56.6 18.8
Corrientes 15.1 22.0 42.0 57.8 15.9
Formosa 19.4 25.2 49.0 59.8 19.7
Posadas 13.3 18.5 42.3 54.7 18.3
Greater Resistencia 19.4 26.0 44.6 55.1 21.3
North-west 10.8 14.5 37.1 47.5 12.5
Greater Catamarca 11.7 15.5 31.1 40.1 10.4
San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá 12.0 17.0 45.1 56.6 13.2
La Rioja 6.0 9.9 30.4 40.8 7.5
Salta 12.8 18.3 37.0 48.3 16.1
Santiago del Estero-La Banda 11.6 17.0 36.8 49.3 11.6
Greater Tucumán-Tafí Viejo 9.4 10.9 37.0 45.8 11.7
Pampeana 7.9 11.3 24.7 33.8 9.4
Bahía Blanca-Cerri 4.3 6.7 15.1 22.0 7.7
Concordia 17.6 25.2 45.4 57.5 29.4
Greater Córdoba 7.0 10.2 24.7 34.0 8.3
Greater La Plata 4.6 6.5 18.6 25.5 4.5
Mar del Plata-Batán 5.9 8.3 21.8 29.2 10.0
Greater Paraná 10.3 13.1 30.2 40.3 15.4
Río Cuarto 5.6 8.6 22.1 29.0 5.7
Greater Rosario 10.6 14.6 27.3 35.8 10.6
San Nicolás-Villa Constitución . . . . .
Greater Santa Fe 10.0 15.7 30.8 43.7 10.6
Santa Rosa-Toay 6.3 10.1 22.4 33.0 7.3
Patagonia 5.6 6.9 18.1 23.9 5.8
Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly 6.1 7.4 18.5 23.5 7.1
Neuquén-Plottier 8.1 10.2 23.3 31.3 7.1
Rawson-Trelew . . . . .
Río Gallegos 1.8 2.5 11.6 16.6 2.0
Ushuaia-Río Grande 2.0 2.1 10.4 13.0 3.7
Viedma-Carmen de Patagones . . . . .

Note: In October 2002, the Permanent Household Survey (PHS) has incorporated three new conglomerates (Rawson-Trelew, San Nicolás-Villa Constitu
thus cummulating a total of 31 urban conglomerates. Up to that date, the survey was made in 28 urban conglomerates.
Source: Permanent Household Survey, INDEC [National Institute of Statistics and Census].
 October 2001 May 2002
Below indigence line Below poverty line Below indigence line Below poverty line
Persons Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons
13.6 28.0 38.3 18.0 24.8 41.4 53.0
12.2 30.3 39.6 18.9 24.7 44.9 54.9
11.5 27.8 36.7 17.3 22.2 41.2 50.5
13.5 31.9 40.5 16.4 23.3 42.5 54.8
13.4 35.6 45.9 24.3 31.2 55.6 65.6
12.2 25.5 35.4 16.0 22.7 37.7 49.7
2.1 6.3 9.8 4.0 6.3 13.4 19.8
15.2 33.3 43.2 21.2 27.9 48.1 59.2
26.8 45.1 57.2 30.7 38.8 59.4 69.8
25.1 43.7 58.7 29.1 37.4 55.7 67.2
25.7 49.3 58.1 39.8 45.4 69.9 78.3
25.5 42.8 53.8 30.2 38.6 58.9 69.1
30.1 45.6 58.0 27.5 36.2 57.5 67.8
16.2 37.9 48.3 23.1 29.5 53.0 63.5
13.0 28.6 36.9 18.7 22.7 45.9 56.0
18.8 44.8 57.3 23.8 31.7 57.3 68.1
10.3 34.5 44.5 19.5 25.7 50.7 61.5
21.9 42.0 52.9 27.5 37.1 53.7 66.0
15.8 35.9 47.6 20.4 27.8 48.6 60.2
13.6 36.4 45.7 23.1 27.2 54.9 63.8
13.7 27.2 37.1 18.2 25.1 41.8 52.7
12.0 20.8 30.9 11.8 18.2 30.0 40.9
39.1 54.8 66.4 36.0 45.8 61.2 71.7
12.0 25.4 36.2 18.6 26.9 44.0 55.7
7.4 17.8 25.6 11.6 15.9 31.3 41.9
13.1 23.3 30.6 17.3 19.8 37.7 44.8
18.6 40.4 50.1 22.3 29.4 46.9 59.6
8.2 21.8 30.3 14.7 20.2 39.9 50.8
15.7 31.8 41.2 21.0 28.0 45.7 56.2
. . . . . . .
16.1 33.0 44.6 20.0 29.0 46.4 57.8
9.7 23.7 33.7 14.5 20.6 39.3 49.8
7.3 18.0 23.2 11.7 15.4 30.9 39.1
8.1 20.1 24.2 11.2 14.5 29.6 37.7
9.5 22.5 29.9 15.0 20.7 37.0 47.6
. . . . . . .
2.2 8.7 11.6 5.3 6.9 21.2 27.5
4.7 12.1 15.2 9.8 10.9 26.3 30.6
. . . . . . .

son-Trelew, San Nicolás-Villa Constitución and Viedma-Carmen de Patagones),

 October 2002 May 2003
Below indigence line Below poverty line Below indigence line Below poverty line
Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons Households
19.5 27.5 45.7 57.5 17.9 26.3 42.6
22.5 29.7 51.5 61.3 20.1 28.2 47.2
21.6 28.4 48.8 58.4 18.4 27.1 44.1
19.8 27.4 51.1 62.8 22.6 29.2 51.9
26.4 33.9 58.8 67.9 23.3 30.4 53.0
16.9 24.7 42.3 54.3 16.3 25.2 39.4
3.7 5.7 14.6 21.2 4.7 8.9 14.3
22.3 30.5 53.5 64.4 21.4 30.4 50.5
32.3 41.9 60.8 71.5 28.5 37.3 59.7
33.1 43.1 63.4 74.4 27.9 37.7 61.0
30.0 36.8 58.0 68.7 29.6 36.2 58.0
32.5 43.1 59.2 69.9 25.9 35.9 57.9
32.8 42.8 61.3 71.5 30.6 38.9 61.0
27.1 35.1 59.3 69.4 23.4 31.2 56.2
21.8 28.0 53.4 62.5 21.0 28.3 53.2
28.0 36.4 62.2 73.1 22.7 30.2 59.1
21.0 28.6 54.4 66.2 20.8 28.7 49.4
32.2 42.5 59.3 70.3 27.2 34.8 58.1
25.3 31.7 57.0 66.5 21.3 29.1 53.4
26.6 34.1 61.0 70.8 23.1 33.3 56.9
19.4 27.2 45.1 56.7 17.1 24.4 41.3
13.3 20.3 35.6 46.0 11.3 15.5 32.2
39.1 50.5 67.2 77.7 33.9 42.7 63.6
19.9 28.2 45.6 58.5 15.2 22.2 42.3
12.1 17.0 32.8 43.7 12.8 18.6 31.6
15.6 21.0 38.3 46.8 13.0 18.5 34.7
24.1 32.2 55.0 66.7 19.7 28.2 46.9
16.2 22.6 42.6 53.8 13.5 19.2 37.0
21.3 29.6 49.4 60.9 23.5 32.6 48.6
25.9 33.0 53.6 62.7 22.4 28.9 48.5
24.4 33.8 52.6 63.7
14.3 20.7 39.6 49.5 14.1 20.2 35.6
16.1 21.0 37.0 45.6 14.3 18.5 32.9
14.7 19.2 33.4 42.2 9.5 11.5 24.3
19.0 24.1 42.9 50.7 18.8 23.5 38.6
19.2 24.9 41.8 51.8 16.5 23.0 38.2
7.5 11.0 25.7 33.3 8.0 11.4 23.7
13.3 16.9 30.1 38.0 10.2 12.7 28.2
19.2 26.8 40.8 52.2 19.6 26.4 40.4
003
Below poverty line
Persons
54.7
58.4
56.1
61.8
62.2
51.7
27.7
61.3
70.2
73.0
67.3
67.8
71.0
66.9
62.8
68.2
60.4
68.4
63.0
69.2
52.8
40.1
73.4
54.7
41.9
41.9
59.3
48.6
61.0
58.3

46.1
40.7
30.4
46.5
47.9
32.5
33.6
50.6
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TABLE A3.3 (b)

Poverty and Indigence. Greater Buenos Aires. Historical series started in 1988.
In percentage of persons and households

Proportion of:
Households Persons
Period
Indigence Poverty Poverty
Indigence Line
Line Line Line
May 1988 5.5 22.5 8.6 29.8
October 1988 7.0 24.1 10.7 32.3
May 1989 5.9 19.7 8.0 25.9
October 1989 11.6 38.2 16.5 47.3
May 1990 8.7 33.6 12.5 42.5
October 1990 4.6 25.3 6.6 33.7
May 1991 3.6 21.9 5.1 28.9
October 1991 2.2 16.2 3.0 21.5
May 1992 2.3 15.1 3.3 19.3
October 1992 2.5 13.5 3.2 17.8
May 1993 2.9 13.6 3.6 17.7
October 1993 3.2 13.0 4.4 16.8
May 1994 2.6 11.9 3.3 16.1
October 1994 3.0 14.2 3.5 19.0
May 1995 4.3 16.3 5.7 22.2
October 1995 4.4 18.2 6.3 24.8
May 1996 5.1 19.6 6.9 26.7
October 1996 5.5 20.1 7.5 27.9
May 1997 4.1 18.8 5.7 26.3
October 1997 5.0 19.0 6.4 26.0
May 1998 4.0 17.7 5.3 24.3
October 1998 4.5 18.2 6.9 25.9
May 1999 5.4 19.1 7.6 27.1
October 1999 4.8 18.9 6.7 26.7
May 2000 5.3 21.1 7.5 29.7
October 2000 5.6 20.8 7.7 28.9
May 2001 7.4 23.5 10.3 32.7
October 2001 8.3 25.5 12.2 35.4
May 2002 16.0 37.2 22.7 49.7
October 2002 16.9 42.3 24.7 54.3
May 2003 16.3 39.4 25.2 51.7

Source: Permanent Household Survey, INDEC [National Institute of Statistics and Census].
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TABLE A3.3 (c)

Poverty and Indigence. Conglomerates by regions - Continuous PHS (*) (1)
Since 2003
En % of households and persons

1st Semester 2003

Geographic area Under indigence line Under poverty line
Households Persons Households Persons

Total urban 20.4% 27.7% 42.7% 54.0%

Greater Buenos Aires region 19.5% 26.5% 41.2% 52.3%

Buenos Aires city 7.5% 8.8% 17.1% 22.1%
GBA areas 24.5% 31.8% 51.1% 61.3%
Cuyo region 19.2% 25.3% 44.7% 54.8%
Greater Mendoza 19.0% 25.3% 43.5% 54.0%
Greater San Juan 16.9% 22.0% 44.2% 53.0%
San Luis - El Chorrillo 25.4% 33.1% 42.6% 63.2%
Northeast region 35.2% 45.5% 63.7% 73.4%
Corrientes 38.6% 49.4% 64.4% 74.9%
Formosa 34.0% 45.4% 63.6% 73.5%
Greater Resistencia 35.4% 43.1% 65.7% 73.9%
Posadas 32.8% 42.7% 61.3% 71.1%
Northwest region 27.0% 35.4% 54.3% 64.8%
Greater Catamarca 24.1% 30.9% 49.2% 60.4%
Greater Tucumán - Tafí Viejo 28.3% 37.4% 56.4% 67.2%
Jujuy - Palpalá 26.2% 37.2% 58.0% 68.6%
La Rioja 17.0% 22.2% 41.5% 52.2%
Salta 27.7% 34.9% 53.3% 63.7%
Santiago del Estero - La Banda 29.2% 38.3% 56.1% 65.6%
Pampeana region 18.1% 24.8% 39.0% 50.3%
Bahía Blanca - Cerri 17.6% 19.4% 32.1% 40.8%
Concordia 43.0% 52.8% 68.6% 78.4%
Greater Córdoba 19.9% 26.7% 43.0% 54.4%
Greater La Plata 11.4% 15.7% 29.9% 40.0%
Greater Rosario 20.8% 29.0% 46.4% 59.4%
Greater Paraná 20.7% 29.3% 42.4% 54.6%
Greater Santa Fe 0 0 0 0
Mar del Plata Batán 14.9% 19.5% 30.6% 39.9%
Río Cuarto 15.4% 18.8% 38.5% 48.9%
Santa Rosa Toay 10.7% 16.3% 34.3% 46.2%
Patagonic region 14.0% 18.2% 32.5% 39.3%
Comodoro Rivadavia - Rada Tilly 12.6% 18.2% 31.4% 41.0%
Neuquén - Plottier 17.4% 22.4% 39.2% 45.5%
Río Gallegos 7.6% 8.8% 21.8% 26.6%
Ushuaia - Río Grande 13.1% 15.7% 27.1% 32.8%

Urban centers of 500.000 inhabitants and more 19.4% 26.5% 41.2% 52.5%
Urban centers of less than 500.000 inhabitants 24.4% 32.4% 49.6% 60.0%

(*) Since December 2003, the traditional punctual survey which appeared twice a year (may and october), was changed into a continuous
and quarterly one. For more information about this new methodology, please see the documents "Encuesta Permanente
de Hogares: Cambios Metodológicos" and "La Nueva Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Argentina" (only in Spanish version)
at INDEC's web site (www.indec.gov.ar).
(1) Underemployment have been split into two categories depending on whether they are seeking work (SU) or not (NSU).
Particular Observations:
The 1st semester of 2003 does not include Greater Santa Fe conglomerate, because it was not surveyed in order to the floods that took plac
Estimation with a coefficient variation superior than 10%
 2nd Semester 2003 1st Semester 2004
Under indigence line Under poverty line Under indigence line Under poverty line
Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons

15.1% 20.5% 36.5% 47.8% 12.1% 17.0% 33.5% 44.3%

14.3% 18.9% 34.9% 46.2% 10.8% 15.2% 31.6% 42.7%

4.6% 5.8% 14.4% 21.5% 3.8% 4.9% 10.9% 15.0%
18.2% 22.8% 43.2% 53.5% 13.6% 18.2% 39.8% 50.9%
14.5% 19.9% 40.7% 51.5% 11.6% 15.2% 35.3% 43.7%
15.5% 21.0% 40.3% 51.4% 9.6% 12.9% 32.0% 40.0%
13.6% 19.1% 42.2% 52.2% 16.1% 20.0% 42.4% 51.3%
11.9% 16.6% 38.8% 50.4% 11.9% 15.1% 35.9% 43.3%
25.8% 33.9% 53.3% 64.5% 22.6% 30.4% 49.9% 60.3%
29.8% 41.4% 55.9% 68.7% 25.7% 33.7% 53.0% 63.0%
24.5% 31.5% 54.9% 65.5% 22.1% 30.9% 50.2% 61.0%
25.2% 31.1% 51.6% 60.4% 22.6% 29.0% 50.9% 60.7%
23.6% 30.5% 49.6% 61.2% 19.4% 26.7% 44.6% 55.5%
19.3% 26.2% 48.7% 60.3% 18.6% 24.5% 46.1% 56.4%
16.2% 20.8% 45.1% 55.4% 20.3% 26.4% 45.5% 57.2%
20.2% 27.1% 50.2% 62.0% 18.9% 24.0% 46.0% 56.2%
17.9% 25.5% 50.6% 62.6% 21.0% 27.6% 54.4% 64.8%
14.1% 21.0% 39.1% 51.5% 9.2% 14.6% 30.9% 41.8%
20.7% 27.2% 50.1% 61.7% 18.0% 23.5% 44.5% 54.4%
20.4% 28.4% 47.1% 58.7% 20.6% 28.0% 49.5% 59.0%
14.1% 19.8% 32.8% 43.3% 11.3% 16.2% 31.2% 41.2%
10.9% 14.0% 28.8% 36.9% 9.7% 13.3% 31.0% 39.1%
24.9% 32.6% 52.6% 61.9% 30.1% 39.0% 59.7% 71.6%
15.8% 21.6% 37.3% 48.4% 12.2% 17.4% 37.3% 48.2%
10.1% 14.3% 24.4% 34.1% 9.6% 13.6% 24.0% 32.5%
15.9% 23.4% 38.4% 52.3% 13.1% 18.4% 37.0% 46.4%
16.5% 23.9% 37.5% 47.9% 11.3% 16.5% 31.0% 42.0%
10.6% 17.1% 25.2% 36.0% 12.5% 19.2% 34.1% 46.1%
12.5% 15.5% 27.4% 34.8% 7.5% 9.4% 18.9% 22.6%
14.1% 18.0% 33.5% 40.2% 13.0% 16.7% 31.7% 39.8%
10.8% 18.1% 27.7% 40.9% 7.4% 9.1% 28.2% 36.2%
11.3% 14.1% 27.2% 34.5% 9.4% 12.0% 24.5% 31.0%
10.0% 13.7% 22.9% 30.5% 8.8% 12.7% 23.9% 32.0%
15.8% 19.7% 35.8% 44.9% 12.6% 16.0% 31.4% 38.1%
5.9% 7.5% 16.4% 33.8% 3.0% 3.4% 11.6% 16.8%
6.7% 7.0% 21.1% 24.3% 7.5% 8.7% 19.6% 24.3%

14.6% 19.6% 35.4% 46.6% 11.0% 15.5% 31.8% 42.5%

 17.1% 23.7% 41.0% 52.3% 16.3% 22.3% 40.5% 50.8%

d into a continuous

in order to the floods that took place.

 2nd Semester 2004 1st Semester 2005
Under indigence line Under poverty line Under indigence line Under poverty line
Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons Households

10.7% 15.0% 29.8% 40.2% 9.7% 13.8% 28.8%

10.1% 14.0% 27.7% 37.7% 8.8% 12.8% 27.6%

3.2% 4.0% 9.7% 14.7% 2.7% 3.9% 9.8%
12.9% 16.9% 34.7% 44.4% 11.4% 15.5% 35.1%
10.3% 14.2% 31.9% 41.4% 8.5% 11.5% 29.8%
10.0% 14.0% 30.0% 39.7% 7.5% 10.5% 26.5%
11.2% 14.7% 36.2% 44.6% 10.9% 13.9% 37.3%
9.6% 14.2% 31.6% 42.0% 7.7% 10.4% 28.4%
19.6% 26.2% 48.0% 59.5% 17.9% 23.6% 45.5%
22.8% 31.3% 51.4% 63.9% 18.2% 22.2% 45.1%
22.3% 28.6% 52.3% 64.4% 20.0% 27.2% 50.3%
18.1% 23.7% 44.2% 53.8% 14.7% 21.3% 39.8%
13.0% 18.5% 40.8% 51.3% 17.3% 22.4% 43.9%
16.1% 21.4% 42.8% 53.4% 13.9% 18.5% 39.7%
16.3% 20.4% 40.9% 49.4% 14.2% 17.0% 41.4%
13.5% 18.1% 41.6% 52.4% 15.4% 21.0% 39.1%
18.7% 25.4% 48.8% 59.5% 14.3% 18.3% 47.7%
8.1% 11.8% 34.2% 44.2% 5.8% 7.5% 26.4%
16.9% 21.8% 41.4% 52.1% 14.6% 19.6% 40.2%
22.7% 30.1% 47.2% 58.9% 13.0% 17.8% 39.0%
9.1% 13.2% 27.5% 37.4% 9.0% 13.1% 25.2%
8.0% 10.6% 25.2% 31.3% 11.9% 18.1% 25.8%
23.2% 30.1% 48.6% 60.0% 19.2% 29.5% 45.4%
10.1% 13.6% 31.5% 41.8% 10.7% 16.2% 29.7%
6.6% 9.6% 20.4% 29.3% 4.6% 6.7% 17.3%
8.4% 13.6% 30.2% 38.9% 6.3% 7.8% 28.2%
9.6% 14.2% 27.5% 36.5% 9.5% 12.3% 25.6%
10.5% 17.1% 32.7% 46.6% 10.6% 17.3% 28.0%
6.2% 9.1% 21.1% 29.6% 7.4% 9.8% 18.3%
9.2% 10.6% 28.1% 36.3% 8.8% 11.5% 27.8%
8.5% 13.5% 21.0% 30.7% 4.8% 6.1% 22.7%
6.9% 8.9% 18.9% 24.7% 8.4% 10.3% 19.9%
5.8% 7.7% 15.1% 21.0% 6.6% 8.1% 16.0%
9.1% 12.3% 25.7% 33.4% 14.1% 18.0% 30.0%
4.0% 4.9% 11.3% 16.1% 2.0% 2.4% 7.2%
5.5% 5.8% 14.3% 16.7% 2.3% 2.0% 11.0%

9.9% 13.8% 28.0% 38.1% 9.0% 12.9% 27.2%

13.9% 19.2% 36.8% 47.4% 12.4% 16.9% 34.7%
er 2005 2nd Semester 2005 1st Semester 2006
Under poverty line Under indigence line Under poverty line Under indigence line
Persons Households Persons Households Persons Households Persons

38.9% 8.4% 12.2% 24.7% 33.8% 8.0% 11.2%

38.0% 7.1% 10.3% 22.5% 30.9% 7.6% 10.3%

13.9% 2.4% 3.2% 7.3% 11.5% 3.3% 4.2%
45.5% 9.1% 12.5% 28.7% 36.9% 9.4% 12.2%
37.6% 8.7% 12.3% 28.0% 36.9% 6.5% 8.7%
34.1% 7.9% 12.0% 24.8% 33.8% 5.6% 7.0%
45.2% 10.9% 13.3% 36.0% 44.0% 8.8% 11.8%
35.9% 8.1% 10.9% 26.1% 34.9% 6.2% 8.8%
56.5% 16.2% 22.7% 41.9% 54.0% 15.3% 21.3%
53.9% 16.8% 24.6% 44.0% 56.1% 14.0% 17.6%
60.6% 19.1% 26.5% 43.1% 54.2% 21.3% 30.5%
53.1% 11.4% 16.0% 39.3% 51.6% 9.1% 16.0%
56.8% 14.8% 20.8% 39.8% 53.0% 13.2% 18.1%
49.8% 13.2% 17.6% 37.9% 48.0% 10.8% 15.4%
52.4% 13.6% 18.1% 41.3% 49.8% 9.3% 13.5%
49.0% 13.5% 18.6% 37.8% 47.8% 11.3% 16.1%
58.3% 11.6% 15.7% 40.8% 51.2% 10.7% 14.3%
35.6% 6.2% 10.1% 27.1% 37.5% 3.1% 5.3%
49.7% 15.9% 18.9% 39.0% 49.1% 12.6% 18.4%
49.7% 12.4% 18.4% 37.0% 48.1% 11.6% 16.2%
34.1% 8.5% 12.4% 22.1% 30.7% 7.4% 10.3%
35.5% 7.4% 10.2% 19.8% 27.9% 5.1% 7.0%
58.1% 15.7% 22.8% 39.7% 50.1% 10.3% 15.9%
39.9% 9.3% 13.6% 24.7% 34.2% 8.7% 11.6%
24.2% 4.7% 6.3% 17.3% 24.3% 6.4% 8.9%
36.4% 8.7% 14.2% 25.1% 36.7% 7.5% 11.0%
32.9% 8.8% 11.9% 21.4% 28.5% 7.7% 10.2%
41.0% 11.4% 18.1% 25.9% 36.9% 9.2% 14.8%
23.6% 8.6% 12.9% 18.3% 26.4% 5.3% 6.4%
34.1% 6.8% 9.3% 20.2% 25.1% 6.8% 9.0%
30.1% 6.1% 9.2% 21.2% 27.8% 5.4% 8.0%
25.9% 5.6% 6.5% 17.0% 21.5% 5.4% 6.9%
21.1% 5.9% 6.7% 14.6% 19.0% 5.0% 5.8%
39.1% 8.7% 10.2% 25.8% 32.7% 8.7% 11.8%
11.1% 1.3% 1.7% 6.7% 8.9% 1.3% 1.8%
13.8% 1.5% 1.6% 7.2% 9.0% 1.6% 1.6%

37.0% 7.6% 11.0% 22.9% 31.4% 7.6% 10.3%

45.0% 11.4% 16.0% 31.7% 42.0% 9.7% 14.1%
1st Semester 2006
Under poverty line
Households Persons

23.1% 31.4%

21.8% 29.4%
8.6% 12.6%
27.3% 34.5%
23.0% 30.0%
20.1% 26.2%
29.4% 37.4%
22.9% 30.2%
39.7% 51.2%
42.0% 51.7%
42.6% 55.6%
36.2% 48.1%
35.6% 47.4%
34.9% 45.8%
37.6% 48.4%
36.8% 47.9%
39.3% 48.9%
19.4% 28.0%
33.9% 45.7%
34.3% 45.6%
20.0% 27.5%
17.2% 24.4%
28.4% 38.8%
22.2% 30.6%
15.1% 21.4%
23.8% 33.5%
20.4% 27.4%
23.9% 33.4%
15.6% 19.5%
22.2% 27.4%
19.5% 27.0%
14.3% 18.8%
12.9% 16.4%
22.4% 30.2%
4.6% 6.9%
4.8% 5.6%

21.7% 29.3%
28.5% 38.5%
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TABLE A3.4
Wage index, last day value for each month
Base fourth quarter 2001=100

Private Sector General level

Public
Period Monthly %
Registered Non registered Sector Index
Change
Oct-01 99.92 100.42 100.21 100.11
Nov-01 100.11 99.99 99.89 100.02 -0.09
Dec-01 99.97 99.59 99.9 99.87 -0.15
Jan-02 99.67 99.17 99.81 99.61 -0.26
Feb-02 99.65 98.75 99.81 99.52 -0.09
Mar-02 99.67 98.35 99.81 99.45 -0.07
Apr-02 99.85 97.66 99.79 99.40 -0.05
May-02 100.04 96.99 100.04 99.43 0.04
Jun-02 100.54 96.31 100.04 99.55 0.12
Jul-02 113.2 95.63 100.04 105.76 6.24
Aug-02 114.5 95.02 100.25 106.36 0.56
Sep-02 114.9 94.36 100.65 106.54 0.18
Oct-02 115.29 93.71 100.56 106.58 0.04
Nov-02 116.32 93.92 100.56 107.14 0.53
Dec-02 116.86 94.12 100.56 107.45 0.29
Jan-03 120.99 94.33 105.13 110.93 3.24
Feb-03 121.21 94.54 105.75 111.27 0.30
Mar-03 121.89 94.75 104.79 111.37 0.09
Apr-03 122.63 94.95 104.82 111.79 0.38
May-03 129.25 94.75 104.82 115.07 2.93
Jun-03 130.54 94.68 104.82 115.70 0.55
Jul-03 131.59 94.68 105.40 116.40 0.61
Aug-03 132.42 97.25 105.40 117.33 0.80
Sep-03 132.83 99.89 106.23 118.31 0.84
Oct-03 133.67 102.60 106.23 119.27 1.65
Nov-03 134.50 102.60 106.23 119.69 0.35
Dec-03 135.32 104.23 106.23 120.42 0.61
Jan-04 141.08 105.14 106.47 123.57 2.61
Feb-04 144.64 106.77 106.47 125.68 1.71
Mar-04 145.71 109.67 106.47 126.79 0.88
Apr-04 146.10 111.66 106.47 127.38 0.47
May-04 146.73 110.03 107.74 127.75 0.29
Jun-04 146.96 108.12 109.35 127.97 0.17
Jul-04 147.42 109.28 110.58 128.8 0.65
Aug-04 147.89 113.77 110.58 129.93 0.88
Sep-04 148.32 114.81 110.58 130.35 0.32
Oct-04 149.18 113.42 110.58 130.51 0.12
Nov-04 149.53 114.88 110.78 131.03 0.40
Dec-04 150.21 116.25 110.78 131.65 0.47
Jan-05 158.34 117.41 112.52 136.48 3.67
Feb-05 161.23 116.75 117.49 139.28 2.05
Mar-05 162.68 117.58 117.62 140.21 0.67
Apr-05 165.17 120.43 117.62 142.03 1.30
May-05 168.40 123.21 117.62 144.21 1.53
Jun-05 170.71 123.75 117.62 145.47 0.88
Jul-05 174.10 123.78 119.89 147.86 1.64
Aug-05 178.06 122.67 121.53 150.11 1.52
Sep-05 180.84 125.90 124.06 152.91 1.87
Oct-05 184.60 125.71 125.06 155.05 1.40
Nov-05 186.32 129.01 125.06 156.58 0.99
Dec-05 189.20 130.88 125.06 158.39 1.16
Jan-06 191.97 136.19 125.80 161.06 1.69
Feb-06 194.57 137.31 125.80 162.59 0.95
Mar-06 196.87 138.21 125.99 163.98 0.85
Apr-06 200.79 141.40 126.19 166.64 1.62
May-06 204.04 143.94 127.58 169.19 1.53
Jun-06 206.97 145.45 128.59 171.27 1.23
Jul-06 211.98 145.28 131.16 174.51 1.89
Aug-06 215.68 146.97 132.55 177.12 1.50

Source: INDEC.
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Table A3.5
Quarterly evolution of total employment, worked hours and employment corrected per hours
Total Conglomerates 1)

Base index IV 2001=100 Quarterly variations

Period Employment Employment

Employment Worked hours corrected per Employment Worked hours corrected per
hours hours
2001 IV 100.0 100.0 100.0
2002 I 96.2 89.7 86.3 -3.8% -10.3% -13.7%
II 93.6 90.8 85.0 -2.7% 1.2% -1.5%
III 92.3 90.0 83.1 -1.3% -0.9% -2.3%
IV 92.6 90.6 83.9 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%
2003 I 93.2 92.0 85.7 0.7% 1.5% 2.2%
II 93.8 94.7 88.9 0.7% 3.0% 3.7%
III 95.3 99.6 94.9 1.6% 5.2% 6.8%
IV 97.5 101.3 98.8 2.2% 1.8% 4.0%
2004 I 99.2 102.1 101.2 1.7% 0.7% 2.5%
II 100.3 100.9 101.3 1.2% -1.1% 0.0%
III 101.9 105.8 107.8 1.5% 4.9% 6.5%
IV 104.1 109.1 113.5 2.2% 3.0% 5.3%
2005 I 106.2 104.0 110.4 2.0% -4.7% -2.8%
II 109.2 109.0 119.0 2.9% 4.8% 7.8%
III 111.6 112.4 125.5 2.2% 3.2% 5.4%
IV 114.6 117.6 134.8 2.7% 4.6% 7.4%
2006 I 116.3 114.2 132.9 1.5% -2.9% -1.4%

Source: National Direction of Macroeconomic Programming on the base of the information of EIL
 Interannual variation
Employment
Employment Worked hours corrected per
hours

-7.4% -9.4% -16.1%

-3.1% 2.5% -0.7%
0.2% 4.3% 4.5%
3.2% 10.7% 14.3%
5.3% 11.8% 17.7%
6.4% 11.0% 18.1%
6.9% 6.6% 14.0%
6.9% 6.3% 13.6%
6.8% 7.6% 15.0%
7.1% 2.1% 9.3%
8.8% 8.1% 17.7%
9.6% 6.4% 16.6%
10.1% 7.8% 18.7%
9.6% 9.8% 20.3%
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Table A3.6
Quarterly evolution of employment by sectors of economic activity
Total Conglomerates 1)
Base Index IV 2001=100

Manufacturing Trade, Restaurants Transport Storage and

Period Construction
Industry and Hotels Communications

2001 IV 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2002 I 96.6 80.7 96.0 98.5
II 94.5 69.1 92.9 95.7
III 94.2 62.6 91.2 93.4
IV 95.0 63.0 91.2 93.4
2003 I 96.3 67.1 91.3 93.4
II 97.9 68.8 92.1 93.7
III 99.8 75.0 94.4 94.0
IV 103.4 78.7 97.2 94.2
2004 I 106.4 79.4 99.8 95.1
II 108.2 78.2 101.0 95.2
III 109.8 78.5 102.4 96.0
IV 112.6 83.0 104.2 98.0
2005 I 115.2 89.9 106.0 98.5
II 117.0 100.4 107.8 99.7
III 119.5 112.7 102.2 107.8
IV 123.2 113.4 108.4 109.4
2006 I 124.7 114.1 111.4 111.5

1) Gran Buenos Aires, Gran Córdoba, Gran Rosario y Gran Mendoza.

Source: National Direction of Macroeconomic Programming on the base of the information of EIL
Services

100.0
95.7
92.9
90.8
90.6
91.4
89.3
89.2
90.3
91.1
91.7
94.0
95.9
98.6
100.7
104.5
107.8
109.8
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Table A3.7
Companies according to employee movements
Total Conglomerates 1)
% on companies of every period

With employee movements Without

Period hires and employee
only hires only turnover
turnover movements
2001 IV 6.9% 16.7% 9.8% 66.6%
2002 I 5.5% 17.7% 7.5% 69.3%
II 6.4% 15.4% 7.8% 70.4%
III 7.7% 12.3% 7.1% 72.9%
IV 9.9% 11.8% 8.3% 70.0%
2003 I 10.9% 10.9% 10.1% 68.1%
II 12.9% 11.0% 13.0% 63.1%
III 13.2% 10.9% 13.5% 62.5%
IV 14.3% 11.6% 12.8% 61.2%
2004 I 13.0% 12.4% 14.7% 59.9%
II 12.2% 11.6% 12.9% 63.3%
III 12.4% 10.2% 12.9% 64.5%
IV 13.4% 10.7% 15.3% 60.6%
2005 I 13.8% 15.2% 18.3% 52.7%
II 14.7% 14.7% 19.3% 51.3%
III 14.2% 12.9% 22.0% 50.9%
IV 13.4% 14.7% 21.2% 50.7%
2006 I 14.5% 15.2% 22.2% 48.1%

1) Gran Buenos Aires, Gran Córdoba, Gran Rosario y Gran Mendoza.

Source: National Direction of Macroeconomic Programming on the base of the information of EIL
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Table A3.8
Reasons for hires and turnover of employee in the companies
Total Conglomerates 1)

Reason of hires Reason of

Companies Companies Decided by the companies
Period Increase of Functional
with hires demand reorganization
with turnover Decrease of
demand
2001 IV 100.0% 33.0% 67.0% 100.0% 28.1%
2002 I 100.0% 34.0% 66.0% 100.0% 26.6%
II 100.0% 23.4% 76.6% 100.0% 16.3%
III 100.0% 40.8% 59.2% 100.0% 16.2%
IV 100.0% 42.0% 58.0% 100.0% 13.3%
2003 I 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 100.0% 15.5%
II 100.0% 38.0% 62.0% 100.0% 23.1%
III 100.0% 37.3% 62.7% 100.0% 11.8%
IV 100.0% 40.8% 59.2% 100.0% 7.1%
2004 I 100.0% 33.6% 66.4% 100.0% 8.4%
II 100.0% 34.2% 65.8% 100.0% 9.5%
III 100.0% 28.9% 71.1% 100.0% 7.9%
IV 100.0% 33.8% 66.2% 100.0% 8.1%
2005 I 100.0% 40.5% 59.5% 100.0% 17.6%
II 100.0% 44.1% 55.9% 100.0% 26.5%
III 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 100.0% 29.8%
IV 100.0% 55.7% 44.3% 100.0% 37.1%
2005 I 100.0% 47.5% 52.5% 100.0% 32.3%

1) Gran Buenos Aires, Gran Córdoba, Gran Rosario y Gran Mendoza.

2) Includes discharges without cause, disciplinary reasons and contract conclusion.
3) Includes resings and retirement
Source: National Direction of Macroeconomic Programming on the base of the information of EIL
 Reason of turnover
ecided by the companies
Decided by the
Functional workers 3
reorganization
43.0% 28.9%
47.1% 26.3%
45.3% 38.3%
44.6% 39.3%
45.5% 41.2%
40.3% 44.2%
40.4% 36.4%
44.9% 43.3%
48.8% 44.1%
50.9% 40.7%
44.3% 46.2%
45.4% 46.8%
41.5% 50.4%
34.5% 47.9%
26.9% 46.5%
27.4% 42.8%
20.5% 42.5%
24.4% 43.2%