U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the civilian labor force. U-2 Job losers as a percent of the civilian labor force. U-3 Unemployed persons 25 years and over as a percent of the civilian labor force 25 years and over . U-4 Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the full-time labor force. U-5 Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force (official measure) . U-6 Total full-time jobseekers plus half part-time jobseekers plus half total on part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force less half of the part-time labor force . U-7 Total full-time jobseekers plus half part-time jobseekers plus half total on part time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers less half of the parttime labor force. MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW August 1982 http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1995/10/art1full.pdf