LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2005
13	Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2004		2005
	2004	2005	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	106	111	111	97	110	116	117	98
16-24	36	37	36	31	33	44	38	32
25-54	65	67	69	60	70	65	72	60
55-74	6	7	6	5	8	8	7	6
Males	62	61	61	57	63	63	63	55
16-24	20	20	20	18	18	23	21	17
25-54	38	37	37	36	40	35	39	33
55-74	4	5	4	4	5	6	4	4
Females	45	49	50	40	47	53	54	43
16-24	16	17	16	13	15	21	17	15
25-54	27	30	32	25	30	30	33	27
55-74	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2
	Per cent
Total	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.1	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.1
16-24	11.6	12.0	11.2	10.3	11.7	14.1	11.8	10.5
25-54	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.6	4.2	3.9	4.3	3.6
55-74	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6
Males	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.6	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.3
16-24	12.5	12.5	12.1	11.2	12.3	14.1	12.6	11.0
25-54	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.0	4.4	3.7
55-74	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.4	1.7	2.0
Females	4.0	4.4	4.4	3.6	4.2	4.7	4.7	3.9
16-24	10.6	11.5	10.3	9.2	11.0	14.1	11.0	9.9
25-54	3.4	3.8	4.0	3.1	3.8	3.8	4.2	3.4
55-74	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.2	1.7	1.0

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