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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2006
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by sex and age (LFS)2. 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2005 2006
2005 2006
Old 		4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
New		 4th quarter
Old
                 
  1000
                 
Total 111 84 98 95 98 83 60 61
15-24 37 27 32 30 39 28 19 18
25-54 67 52 60 60 53 50 37 39
55-74 7 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
                 
Males 61 46 55 52 53 43 33 34
15-24 20 14 17 16 20 12 11 11
25-54 37 28 33 32 29 28 20 21
55-74 5 3 4 4 3 2 2 2
                 
Females 49 39 43 43 46 40 27 27
15-24 17 13 15 14 19 16 8 7
25-54 30 24 27 28 24 22 17 18
55-74 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 4.6 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.4 2.5 2.5
15-24 12.0 8.8 10.5 9.3 11.5 8.0 5.7 5.7
25-54 4.0 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.3
55-74 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.1
                 
Males 4.8 3.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.6 2.6
15-24 12.5 9.0 11.0 9.6 11.4 6.9 6.5 6.7
25-54 4.2 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.4
55-74 2.0 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.9
                 
Females 4.4 3.4 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.5 2.4 2.4
15-24 11.5 8.5 9.9 8.9 11.5 9.2 4.9 4.7
25-54 3.8 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.1 2.2
55-74 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.3

1 See note 1, table 1.
2 See note 6, table 1.