LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008 | |
5 | Persons in the labour force aged 15-74 by age and sex. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group |
Annual average | 2007 | 20081 | ||||||
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2006 | 2007 | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | |
1 000 | ||||||||
Total | 2 446 | 2 507 | 2 463 | 2 503 | 2 522 | 2 538 | 2 562 | 2 604 |
15-19 | 131 | 139 | 130 | 140 | 145 | 142 | 155 | 167 |
20-24 | 205 | 213 | 202 | 215 | 220 | 214 | 218 | 226 |
25-29 | 247 | 249 | 245 | 248 | 251 | 252 | 255 | 260 |
30-39 | 606 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 610 | 609 | 613 |
40-54 | 836 | 854 | 843 | 850 | 855 | 867 | 868 | 877 |
55-66 | 398 | 416 | 407 | 415 | 417 | 426 | 427 | 429 |
67-74 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 31 |
Males | 1 296 | 1 323 | 1 300 | 1 322 | 1 332 | 1 340 | 1 350 | 1 380 |
15-19 | 64 | 68 | 62 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 76 | 83 |
20-24 | 108 | 110 | 107 | 111 | 112 | 109 | 111 | 120 |
25-29 | 130 | 132 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 133 | 132 | 138 |
30-39 | 320 | 321 | 319 | 320 | 323 | 323 | 322 | 328 |
40-54 | 439 | 450 | 443 | 447 | 451 | 458 | 458 | 461 |
55-66 | 220 | 226 | 221 | 225 | 225 | 231 | 231 | 231 |
67-74 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
Females | 1 150 | 1 183 | 1 163 | 1 181 | 1 190 | 1 199 | 1 212 | 1 224 |
15-19 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 79 | 84 |
20-24 | 97 | 103 | 95 | 105 | 108 | 105 | 107 | 106 |
25-29 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 123 | 122 |
30-39 | 286 | 286 | 288 | 286 | 284 | 288 | 286 | 286 |
40-54 | 396 | 404 | 400 | 403 | 404 | 408 | 409 | 416 |
55-66 | 178 | 191 | 186 | 190 | 192 | 194 | 196 | 198 |
67-74 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Per cent | ||||||||
Total | 72.0 | 72.8 | 71.9 | 72.8 | 73.1 | 73.2 | 73.6 | 74.4 |
15-19 | 43.2 | 44.8 | 42.3 | 45.3 | 46.6 | 44.9 | 49.1 | 52.9 |
20-24 | 74.6 | 75.6 | 72.0 | 76.8 | 78.3 | 75.4 | 76.2 | 78.0 |
25-29 | 85.7 | 85.4 | 84.9 | 85.3 | 85.8 | 85.6 | 85.7 | 86.9 |
30-39 | 87.9 | 88.7 | 88.5 | 88.5 | 88.6 | 89.1 | 88.9 | 89.7 |
40-54 | 86.8 | 87.3 | 86.7 | 87.0 | 87.3 | 88.1 | 87.9 | 88.4 |
55-66 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 64.4 | 65.5 | 65.6 | 66.3 | 65.8 | 65.7 |
67-74 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
Males | 75.6 | 76.0 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 76.4 | 76.3 | 76.5 | 77.8 |
15-19 | 40.9 | 42.6 | 39.5 | 44.2 | 44.7 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 51.2 |
20-24 | 77.2 | 76.4 | 74.7 | 77.9 | 78.0 | 75.1 | 76.5 | 81.3 |
25-29 | 89.5 | 88.8 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 88.9 | 88.0 | 86.5 | 89.4 |
30-39 | 91.8 | 92.3 | 91.4 | 92.0 | 93.0 | 92.8 | 92.4 | 93.7 |
40-54 | 90.0 | 90.5 | 89.9 | 90.1 | 90.4 | 91.6 | 90.9 | 91.0 |
55-66 | 69.4 | 70.3 | 69.6 | 70.3 | 70.2 | 71.1 | 71.0 | 70.8 |
67-74 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
Females | 68.3 | 69.5 | 68.6 | 69.5 | 69.8 | 70.0 | 70.5 | 71.0 |
15-19 | 45.6 | 47.0 | 45.2 | 46.4 | 48.6 | 48.0 | 51.2 | 54.6 |
20-24 | 71.8 | 74.8 | 69.2 | 75.7 | 78.6 | 75.8 | 75.9 | 74.7 |
25-29 | 81.8 | 81.9 | 80.6 | 81.4 | 82.5 | 83.0 | 84.8 | 84.4 |
30-39 | 83.8 | 84.9 | 85.4 | 84.9 | 84.1 | 85.3 | 85.4 | 85.5 |
40-54 | 83.5 | 84.0 | 83.5 | 83.8 | 84.0 | 84.5 | 84.8 | 85.6 |
55-66 | 57.5 | 60.5 | 59.3 | 60.7 | 60.8 | 61.4 | 60.5 | 60.6 |
67-74 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 |