LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2007
13	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average	2006			2007
	2006	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	84	98	83	60	66	69	63
15-24	29	39	28	19	27	31	25
25-54	50	53	50	37	35	33	35
55-74	5	6	4	5	4	4	4
Males	45	53	43	33	36	37	33
15-24	15	20	12	11	14	18	13
25-54	27	29	28	20	20	15	17
55-74	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Females	39	46	40	27	31	32	30
15-24	14	19	16	8	14	13	11
25-54	23	24	22	17	15	18	18
55-74	2	2	2	3	2	1	1
	Per cent
Total	3.4	4.0	3.4	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.5
15-24	8.6	11.5	8.0	5.7	8.2	8.8	6.7
25-54	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.0
55-74	1.2	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9
Males	3.5	4.0	3.3	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.5
15-24	8.6	11.4	6.9	6.5	8.0	10.1	7.2
25-54	3.1	3.3	3.1	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.9
55-74	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1
Females	3.4	4.0	3.5	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.5
15-24	8.7	11.5	9.2	4.9	8.5	7.4	6.3
25-54	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.1	1.9	2.2	2.2
55-74	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.5

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