LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2007 | |
5 | Persons in the labour force aged 15-74 by age and sex. 1000 and as per cent of all in each group |
Annual average | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
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2006 | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | |
1000 | |||||||
Total | 2 446 | 2 452 | 2 464 | 2 450 | 2 463 | 2 503 | 2 522 |
15-19 | 131 | 134 | 141 | 126 | 130 | 140 | 145 |
20-24 | 205 | 210 | 212 | 200 | 202 | 215 | 220 |
25-29 | 247 | 247 | 249 | 247 | 245 | 248 | 251 |
30-39 | 606 | 605 | 604 | 604 | 607 | 606 | 607 |
40-54 | 836 | 837 | 834 | 838 | 843 | 850 | 855 |
55-66 | 398 | 397 | 400 | 407 | 407 | 415 | 417 |
67-74 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Males | 1 296 | 1 298 | 1 305 | 1 298 | 1 300 | 1 322 | 1 332 |
15-19 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 62 | 62 | 70 | 72 |
20-24 | 108 | 111 | 111 | 104 | 107 | 111 | 112 |
25-29 | 130 | 129 | 131 | 131 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
30-39 | 320 | 319 | 321 | 319 | 319 | 320 | 323 |
40-54 | 439 | 440 | 439 | 441 | 443 | 447 | 451 |
55-66 | 220 | 221 | 219 | 224 | 221 | 225 | 225 |
67-74 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Females | 1 150 | 1 154 | 1 159 | 1 152 | 1 163 | 1 181 | 1 190 |
15-19 | 68 | 69 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 70 | 74 |
20-24 | 97 | 99 | 101 | 96 | 95 | 105 | 108 |
25-29 | 117 | 119 | 117 | 116 | 116 | 117 | 118 |
30-39 | 286 | 286 | 283 | 286 | 288 | 286 | 284 |
40-54 | 396 | 397 | 395 | 397 | 400 | 403 | 404 |
55-66 | 178 | 176 | 181 | 183 | 186 | 190 | 192 |
67-74 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Per cent | |||||||
Total | 72.0 | 72.3 | 72.4 | 71.7 | 71.9 | 72.8 | 73.1 |
15-19 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 46.3 | 40.9 | 42.3 | 45.3 | 46.6 |
20-24 | 74.6 | 76.6 | 77.0 | 72.1 | 72.0 | 76.8 | 78.3 |
25-29 | 85.7 | 85.5 | 86.2 | 85.5 | 84.9 | 85.3 | 85.8 |
30-39 | 87.9 | 87.8 | 87.8 | 87.9 | 88.5 | 88.5 | 88.6 |
40-54 | 86.8 | 87.1 | 86.5 | 86.6 | 86.7 | 87.0 | 87.3 |
55-66 | 63.5 | 63.4 | 63.3 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 65.5 | 65.6 |
67-74 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
Males | 75.6 | 75.8 | 76.0 | 75.3 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 76.4 |
15-19 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 43.2 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 44.2 | 44.7 |
20-24 | 77.2 | 79.2 | 79.1 | 74.0 | 74.7 | 77.9 | 78.0 |
25-29 | 89.5 | 88.7 | 90.3 | 89.8 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 88.9 |
30-39 | 91.8 | 91.6 | 92.1 | 91.6 | 91.4 | 92.0 | 93.0 |
40-54 | 90.0 | 90.3 | 89.8 | 89.8 | 89.9 | 90.1 | 90.4 |
55-66 | 69.4 | 69.8 | 68.9 | 70.0 | 69.6 | 70.3 | 70.2 |
67-74 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 |
Females | 68.3 | 68.7 | 68.8 | 68.1 | 68.6 | 69.5 | 69.8 |
15-19 | 45.6 | 46.4 | 49.6 | 42.6 | 45.2 | 46.4 | 48.6 |
20-24 | 71.8 | 73.9 | 74.8 | 70.2 | 69.2 | 75.7 | 78.6 |
25-29 | 81.8 | 82.3 | 82.2 | 81.1 | 80.6 | 81.4 | 82.5 |
30-39 | 83.8 | 83.9 | 83.4 | 84.1 | 85.4 | 84.9 | 84.1 |
40-54 | 83.5 | 83.7 | 83.1 | 83.3 | 83.5 | 83.8 | 84.0 |
55-66 | 57.5 | 56.9 | 57.7 | 58.7 | 59.3 | 60.7 | 60.8 |
67-74 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 |