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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2006
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by sex and age (LFS)2 3. 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2005 2006
2004 2005 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 106 111 110 116 117 98 98 95
15-24 36 37 33 44 38 32 29 30
25-54 65 67 70 65 72 60 63 60
55-74 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 5
                 
Males 62 61 63 63 63 55 55 52
15-24 20 20 18 23 21 17 15 16
25-54 38 37 40 35 39 33 35 32
55-74 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 4
                 
Females 45 49 47 53 54 43 43 43
15-24 16 17 15 21 17 15 13 14
25-54 27 30 30 30 33 27 28 28
55-74 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 1
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9
15-24 11.6 12.0 11.7 14.1 11.8 10.5 10.2 9.3
25-54 3.9 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.3 3.6 3.7 3.5
55-74 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.2
                 
Males 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.1
15-24 12.5 12.5 12.3 14.1 12.6 11.0 10.6 9.6
25-54 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.0 4.4 3.7 3.9 3.6
55-74 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.7
                 
Females 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.8
15-24 10.6 11.5 11.0 14.1 11.0 9.9 9.7 8.9
25-54 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.2 3.4 3.6 3.5
55-74 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.7

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 2nd quarter 2006 and 2nd quarter 2005, figures for 2nd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes. 3 Numbers for 1st quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.