LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2002
13	Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2001		2002
	2001	2002	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	84	92	86	78	97	95	91	87
16-24	33	36	33	30	36	40	35	31
25-54	46	51	48	44	53	49	52	51
55-74	6	5	5	5	7	5	4	5
Males	46	52	44	43	54	51	50	52
16-24	17	20	17	17	19	22	19	20
25-54	25	29	24	23	31	27	28	30
55-74	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	3
Females	38	41	43	35	42	44	41	35
16-24	15	16	16	13	17	19	16	12
25-54	20	22	24	20	22	22	24	21
55-74	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
	Per cent
Total	3.6	3.9	3.6	3.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7
16-24	10.6	11.4	10.4	9.8	12.2	12.7	10.6	10.0
25-54	2.7	3.1	2.9	2.6	3.2	2.9	3.1	3.0
55-74	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.0	1.4
Males	3.7	4.1	3.5	3.5	4.3	4.0	3.9	4.2
16-24	10.8	12.4	10.4	10.8	12.5	13.4	11.4	12.2
25-54	2.8	3.2	2.7	2.6	3.5	3.0	3.2	3.3
55-74	1.7	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.0	1.5
Females	3.4	3.6	3.8	3.2	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.2
16-24	10.4	10.3	10.3	8.7	11.8	11.9	9.8	7.6
25-54	2.6	2.8	3.1	2.6	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.7
55-74	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	1.2

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