Activity, Employment and Unemployment - Long SeriesActivité, emploi et chômage - séries longues

Activité, emploi et chômage - séries longuesActivity, Employment and Unemployment - Long Series

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This API from INSEE, the French national statistics institute, provides access to long-term time series data on the labour force, employment, unemployment and the halo around unemployment (people not classified as unemployed but showing some attachment to the labour market) in France. It supports historical analysis of labour market trends at the national level and is intended for researchers, analysts and public bodies studying employment dynamics over time. Séries longues sur la population active, l’emploi, le chômage et le halo autour du chômage.

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Data schema (14 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
PCS	string	—
EEC_MEASUREEec measure	string	—
SEX	string	—
EDUC	string	—
UNDEREMP	string	—
EMPFORM	string	—
UNEMPDUR	string	—
COMPOHALO	string	—
EMPSTA	string	—
TIME_PERIODPeriod	string	—
UNIT_MEASUREUnit	string	—
WKTIME	string	—
AGE	string	—
OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue	number	—

Schema captured from melodi 4 days ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1AGE: Y15T24 · PCS: _T

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "PCS": "_T",
  "SEX": "_T",
  "EDUC": "EEC6T8",
  "EMPSTA": "_T",
  "WKTIME": "_T",
  "EMPFORM": "_T",
  "UNDEREMP": "_T",
  "UNEMPDUR": "_T",
  "COMPOHALO": "_T",
  "EEC_MEASURE": "POP_EDUC",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2022",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PS",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 820.3
}

Record 2AGE: Y15T24 · PCS: _T

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "PCS": "_T",
  "SEX": "_T",
  "EDUC": "EEC6T8",
  "EMPSTA": "_T",
  "WKTIME": "_T",
  "EMPFORM": "_T",
  "UNDEREMP": "_T",
  "UNEMPDUR": "_T",
  "COMPOHALO": "_T",
  "EEC_MEASURE": "PT_EDUC_IN_POP_BY_SEX_AGE",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1982",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 1.7
}

Record 3AGE: Y15T24 · PCS: _T

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "PCS": "_T",
  "SEX": "_T",
  "EDUC": "EEC6T8",
  "EMPSTA": "_T",
  "WKTIME": "_T",
  "EMPFORM": "_T",
  "UNDEREMP": "_T",
  "UNEMPDUR": "_T",
  "COMPOHALO": "_T",
  "EEC_MEASURE": "PT_EDUC_IN_POP_BY_SEX_AGE",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1983",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 1.8
}

Record 4AGE: Y15T24 · PCS: _T

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "PCS": "_T",
  "SEX": "_T",
  "EDUC": "EEC6T8",
  "EMPSTA": "_T",
  "WKTIME": "_T",
  "EMPFORM": "_T",
  "UNDEREMP": "_T",
  "UNEMPDUR": "_T",
  "COMPOHALO": "_T",
  "EEC_MEASURE": "POP_EDUC",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2023",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PS",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 891.6
}

Record 5AGE: Y15T89 · PCS: _T

{
  "AGE": "Y15T89",
  "PCS": "_T",
  "SEX": "M",
  "EDUC": "EEC6T8",
  "EMPSTA": "_T",
  "WKTIME": "_T",
  "EMPFORM": "_T",
  "UNDEREMP": "_T",
  "UNEMPDUR": "_T",
  "COMPOHALO": "_T",
  "EEC_MEASURE": "PT_EDUC_IN_POP_BY_SEX_AGE",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1998",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 9.5
}

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Base URL: https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DD_EEC_SERIES

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