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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2003
13 Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2002 2003
2001 2002 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 84 92 95 91 87 105 111 112
16-24 33 36 40 35 31 36 40 39
25-54 46 51 49 52 51 62 66 68
55-74 6 5 5 4 5 7 5 6
                 
Males 46 52 51 50 52 60 64 65
16-24 17 20 22 19 20 19 21 22
25-54 25 29 27 28 30 37 40 39
55-74 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 4
                 
Females 38 41 44 41 35 45 47 47
16-24 15 16 19 16 12 17 19 17
25-54 20 22 22 24 21 26 26 29
55-74 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.4 4.7 4.7
16-24 10.6 11.4 12.7 10.6 10.0 12.2 12.7 12.0
25-54 2.7 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.7 4.0 4.1
55-74 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.3 1.4
                 
Males 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.1
16-24 10.8 12.4 13.4 11.4 12.2 12.6 13.1 13.4
25-54 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.5 4.4
55-74 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.6
                 
Females 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.2
16-24 10.4 10.3 11.9 9.8 7.6 11.8 12.3 10.6
25-54 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.6
55-74 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.1