Objectives, Strategies, Performance Measures and Targets — Continued

Comparative Months	BC Labour Force (‘000)	Employ- ment Rate	Unemploy- ment Rate	Participation Rate	Youth Unemploy- ment Rate (15-24- year-olds)	Youth Employ- ment Rate (% of Population)
Dec. 2001	2119.4	58.0%	9.7%	64.2%	15.5%	51.5%
Dec. 2002	2175.8	59.5%	8.3%	65.1%	14.9%	54.3%