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| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2007 | |
| 13 | Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent |
| Age. Year | Annual average | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | |
| 1000 | |||||||
| Total | 84 | 95 | 98 | 83 | 60 | 66 | 69 |
| 15-24 | 29 | 30 | 39 | 28 | 19 | 27 | 31 |
| 25-54 | 50 | 60 | 53 | 50 | 37 | 35 | 33 |
| 55-74 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Males | 45 | 52 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 37 |
| 15-24 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
| 25-54 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| 55-74 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Females | 39 | 43 | 46 | 40 | 27 | 31 | 32 |
| 15-24 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
| 25-54 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| 55-74 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Per cent | |||||||
| Total | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 15-24 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 8.8 |
| 25-54 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| 55-74 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Males | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 15-24 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 10.1 |
| 25-54 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 55-74 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Females | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 15-24 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| 25-54 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 55-74 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 |