23-4 Basic Statistics on Trade Unions
		Membership and Number of Staff and Workers in Grassroots Unions
		(10 000 persons)				Number of
Year	Number of					Full-time
	Grassroots					Personnel of
	Unions	Number of Staff	Female	Membership	Female	Unions(10 000
	(10 000 units)	and Workers				persons)
1952	20.7	1393.2		1002.3		5.3
1957	16.5	2158.3		1746.7
1962	16.5	2667.1		1922.0		8.6
1978
1979	32.9	6897.2	2171.7	5147.3		17.9
1980	37.6	7448.2	2518.6	6116.5		24.3
1981	41.1	8183.0	2902.0	6843.9	2412.8	29.1
1982	43.3	8586.6	3065.9	7331.6	2629.3	32.2
1983	44.7	8845.7	3191.8	7693.4	2771.4	33.7
1984	46.6	9243.9	3370.3	8029.1	2950.3	41.9
1985	46.5	9643.0	3596.7	8525.8	3149.2	38.1
1986	50.2	9949.6	3664.3	8908.5	3309.2	45.9
1987	53.6	10411.8	3900.4	9336.5	3486.9	47.0
1988	56.4	10747.4	4434.9	9628.9	3647.0	47.4
1989	58.9	10998.6	4178.7	9909.2	3777.7	48.8
1990	60.6	11156.9	4291.0	10135.6	3897.7	55.6
1991	61.4	11351.4	4394.8	10389.1	3991.6	58.0
1992	61.7	11223.9	4377.1	10322.5	3974.0	58.0
1993	62.7	11103.8	4359.9	10176.1	3949.6	55.4
1994	58.3	11269.6	4483.2	10202.5	4018.1	56.0
1995	59.3	11321.4	4515.3	10399.6	4116.5	46.8
1996	58.6	11181.4	4500.0	10211.9	4093.1	60.5
1997	51.0	10111.5	4004.8	9131.0	3579.4	57.7
1998	50.4	9716.5	3882.0	8913.4	3546.7	48.4
1999	50.9	9683.0	3797.9	8689.9	3406.2	49.7
2000	85.9	11472.1	4534.5	10361.5	3917.3	48.2
2001	153.8	12997.0	5087.9	12152.3	4696.6
2002	171.3	14461.5	5157.6	13397.8	4665.2	47.2
2003	90.6	13301.6	5079.3	12340.5	4601.2	46.5
a) The statistical standard of number of grassroots unions in 2003 have been adjusted.