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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2008
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2007 2008
2006 2007 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1 000
                 
Total 84 63 69 63 54 65 72 66
15-24 29 26 31 25 19 27 33 28
25-54 50 33 33 35 30 33 34 34
55-74 5 4 4 4 5 6 4 3
                 
Males 45 34 37 33 31 37 40 36
15-24 15 14 18 13 11 15 18 16
25-54 27 17 15 17 17 18 19 19
55-74 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2
                 
Females 39 29 32 30 24 29 31 29
15-24 14 12 13 11 8 12 15 13
25-54 23 16 18 18 14 15 15 15
55-74 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.5
15-24 8.6 7.3 8.8 6.7 5.4 7.2 8.4 7.3
25-54 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9
55-74 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7
                 
Males 3.5 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.6
15-24 8.6 7.9 10.1 7.2 6.3 8.1 9.1 7.8
25-54 3.1 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0
55-74 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.8
                 
Females 3.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.4
15-24 8.7 6.6 7.4 6.3 4.5 6.4 7.7 6.7
25-54 2.8 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9
55-74 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6