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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2002
13 Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2001 2002
2000 2001 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 81 84 87 84 86 78 97 95
16-24 32 33 31 36 33 30 36 40
25-54 44 46 47 43 48 44 53 49
55-74 5 6 8 6 5 5 7 5
                 
Males 46 46 50 47 44 43 54 51
16-24 17 17 17 18 17 17 19 22
25-54 26 25 28 25 24 23 31 27
55-74 3 3 5 4 2 3 4 2
                 
Females 35 38 37 37 43 35 42 44
16-24 15 15 15 18 16 13 17 19
25-54 18 20 19 18 24 20 22 22
55-74 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.3 4.1 4.0
16-24 10.2 10.6 11.0 11.4 10.4 9.8 12.2 12.7
25-54 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.6 3.2 2.9
55-74 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.3
                 
Males 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.3 4.0
16-24 9.9 10.8 11.0 11.1 10.4 10.8 12.5 13.4
25-54 2.9 2.8 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.5 3.0
55-74 1.8 1.7 2.3 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.2
                 
Females 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.2 3.8 3.9
16-24 10.6 10.4 11.0 11.7 10.3 8.7 11.8 11.9
25-54 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.8
55-74 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.9 1.5