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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2004
13 Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2003 2004
2002 2003 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 92 107 111 112 98 107 111 111
16-24 36 36 40 39 30 33 42 36
25-54 51 65 66 68 62 67 63 69
55-74 5 6 5 6 6 7 6 6
                 
Males 52 62 64 65 58 64 64 61
16-24 20 20 21 22 17 19 22 20
25-54 29 38 40 39 38 41 37 37
55-74 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
                 
Females 41 45 47 47 40 43 47 50
16-24 16 16 19 17 14 14 20 16
25-54 22 26 26 29 25 26 25 32
55-74 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.9 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.6
16-24 11.4 11.7 12.7 12.0 9.9 11.4 13.4 11.2
25-54 3.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 3.8 4.1
55-74 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5
                 
Males 4.1 4.9 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.8
16-24 12.4 12.5 13.1 13.4 10.7 12.7 14.0 12.1
25-54 3.2 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.2
55-74 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9
                 
Females 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.4
16-24 10.3 10.9 12.3 10.6 9.1 10.1 12.7 10.3
25-54 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.2 4.0
55-74 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0