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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2007 2008
2006 2007 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1 000
                 
Total 84 63 66 69 63 54 65 72
15-24 29 26 27 31 25 19 27 33
25-54 50 33 35 33 35 30 33 34
55-74 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 4
                 
Males 45 34 36 37 33 31 37 40
15-24 15 14 14 18 13 11 15 18
25-54 27 17 20 15 17 17 18 19
55-74 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3
                 
Females 39 29 31 32 30 24 29 31
15-24 14 12 14 13 11 8 12 15
25-54 23 16 15 18 18 14 15 15
55-74 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.4 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.8
15-24 8.6 7.3 8.2 8.8 6.7 5.4 7.2 8.4
25-54 3.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0
55-74 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0
                 
Males 3.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.9
15-24 8.6 7.9 8.0 10.1 7.2 6.3 8.1 9.1
25-54 3.1 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1
55-74 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1
                 
Females 3.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.6
15-24 8.7 6.6 8.5 7.4 6.3 4.5 6.4 7.7
25-54 2.8 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8
55-74 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.8