LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2007
13	Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2006		2007
	2006	2007	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	84	63	83	60	66	69	63	54
15-24	29	26	28	19	27	31	25	19
25-54	50	33	50	37	35	33	35	30
55-74	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
Males	45	34	43	33	36	37	33	31
15-24	15	14	12	11	14	18	13	11
25-54	27	17	28	20	20	15	17	17
55-74	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3
Females	39	29	40	27	31	32	30	24
15-24	14	12	16	8	14	13	11	8
25-54	23	16	22	17	15	18	18	14
55-74	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2
	Per cent
Total	3.4	2.5	3.4	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.1
15-24	8.6	7.3	8.0	5.7	8.2	8.8	6.7	5.4
25-54	3.0	1.9	3.0	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.8
55-74	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.1
Males	3.5	2.6	3.3	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.5	2.3
15-24	8.6	7.9	6.9	6.5	8.0	10.1	7.2	6.3
25-54	3.1	1.9	3.1	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.9	1.8
55-74	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1
Females	3.4	2.5	3.5	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.0
15-24	8.7	6.6	9.2	4.9	8.5	7.4	6.3	4.5
25-54	2.8	2.0	2.8	2.1	1.9	2.2	2.2	1.7
55-74	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0

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