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| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2004 | |
| 13 | Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent |
| Age. Year | Annual average | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2003 | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | |
| 1000 | ||||||||
| Total | 92 | 107 | 87 | 105 | 111 | 112 | 98 | 107 |
| 16-24 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 33 |
| 25-54 | 51 | 65 | 51 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 62 | 67 |
| 55-74 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Males | 52 | 62 | 52 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 58 | 64 |
| 16-24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
| 25-54 | 29 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 41 |
| 55-74 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Females | 41 | 45 | 35 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 40 | 43 |
| 16-24 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| 25-54 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 26 |
| 55-74 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Per cent | ||||||||
| Total | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 16-24 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 |
| 25-54 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 55-74 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Males | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 16-24 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 12.7 |
| 25-54 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 55-74 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Females | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 16-24 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 10.1 |
| 25-54 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 55-74 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |