Scenarios of different unemployment rates and the corresponding minimum sample size needed to marginally meet a coefficient of variation of 0.15, with their accompanying standard errors
Unemployment rate | Sample size | Standard error |
---|---|---|
2% | 2,178 | 0.003 |
4% | 1,067 | 0.006 |
5% | 844 | 0.008 |
6% | 696 | 0.009 |
8% | 511 | 0.012 |
10% | 400 | 0.015 |
12% | 326 | 0.018 |
14% | 273 | 0.021 |
15% | 252 | 0.023 |
16% | 233 | 0.024 |
18% | 202 | 0.027 |
20% | 178 | 0.030 |