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| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2008 | |
| 5 | Persons in the labour force aged 15-74 by age and sex. 1000 and as per cent of all in each group |
| Annual average | 2007 | 20081 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008 | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | |
| 1000 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 507 | 2 591 | 2 522 | 2 538 | 2 562 | 2 604 | 2 608 | 2 591 |
| 15-19 | 139 | 158 | 145 | 142 | 155 | 167 | 162 | 149 |
| 20-24 | 213 | 222 | 220 | 214 | 218 | 226 | 227 | 218 |
| 25-29 | 249 | 260 | 251 | 252 | 255 | 260 | 263 | 262 |
| 30-39 | 608 | 613 | 607 | 610 | 609 | 613 | 615 | 615 |
| 40-54 | 854 | 877 | 855 | 867 | 868 | 877 | 881 | 884 |
| 55-66 | 416 | 430 | 417 | 426 | 427 | 429 | 430 | 435 |
| 67-74 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 |
| Males | 1 323 | 1 370 | 1 332 | 1 340 | 1 350 | 1 380 | 1 382 | 1 367 |
| 15-19 | 68 | 79 | 72 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 73 |
| 20-24 | 110 | 116 | 112 | 109 | 111 | 120 | 118 | 116 |
| 25-29 | 132 | 136 | 133 | 133 | 132 | 138 | 138 | 137 |
| 30-39 | 321 | 324 | 323 | 323 | 322 | 328 | 325 | 323 |
| 40-54 | 450 | 462 | 451 | 458 | 458 | 461 | 465 | 465 |
| 55-66 | 226 | 232 | 225 | 231 | 231 | 231 | 233 | 234 |
| 67-74 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Females | 1 183 | 1 222 | 1 190 | 1 199 | 1 212 | 1 224 | 1 226 | 1 224 |
| 15-19 | 71 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 79 | 84 | 78 | 75 |
| 20-24 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 105 | 107 | 106 | 109 | 102 |
| 25-29 | 117 | 124 | 118 | 119 | 123 | 122 | 125 | 124 |
| 30-39 | 286 | 289 | 284 | 288 | 286 | 286 | 290 | 292 |
| 40-54 | 404 | 415 | 404 | 408 | 409 | 416 | 416 | 419 |
| 55-66 | 191 | 198 | 192 | 194 | 196 | 198 | 197 | 201 |
| 67-74 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Per cent | ||||||||
| Total | 72.8 | 73.9 | 73.1 | 73.2 | 73.6 | 74.4 | 74.3 | 73.4 |
| 15-19 | 44.8 | 49.9 | 46.6 | 44.9 | 49.1 | 52.9 | 51.3 | 46.5 |
| 20-24 | 75.6 | 76.6 | 78.3 | 75.4 | 76.2 | 78.0 | 77.9 | 74.4 |
| 25-29 | 85.4 | 86.7 | 85.8 | 85.6 | 85.7 | 86.9 | 87.7 | 86.6 |
| 30-39 | 88.7 | 89.8 | 88.6 | 89.1 | 88.9 | 89.7 | 90.1 | 90.3 |
| 40-54 | 87.3 | 88.2 | 87.3 | 88.1 | 87.9 | 88.4 | 88.4 | 88.2 |
| 55-66 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 65.6 | 66.3 | 65.8 | 65.7 | 65.1 | 65.6 |
| 67-74 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| Males | 76.0 | 77.1 | 76.4 | 76.3 | 76.5 | 77.8 | 77.6 | 76.4 |
| 15-19 | 42.6 | 48.5 | 44.7 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 51.2 | 51.6 | 44.4 |
| 20-24 | 76.4 | 78.7 | 78.0 | 75.1 | 76.5 | 81.3 | 79.0 | 77.8 |
| 25-29 | 88.8 | 88.5 | 88.9 | 88.0 | 86.5 | 89.4 | 89.7 | 88.6 |
| 30-39 | 92.3 | 93.2 | 93.0 | 92.8 | 92.4 | 93.7 | 93.4 | 93.2 |
| 40-54 | 90.5 | 91.0 | 90.4 | 91.6 | 90.9 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 90.7 |
| 55-66 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 70.2 | 71.1 | 71.0 | 70.8 | 70.6 | 70.6 |
| 67-74 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| Females | 69.5 | 70.7 | 69.8 | 70.0 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 70.9 | 70.4 |
| 15-19 | 47.0 | 51.4 | 48.6 | 48.0 | 51.2 | 54.6 | 51.0 | 48.8 |
| 20-24 | 74.8 | 74.5 | 78.6 | 75.8 | 75.9 | 74.7 | 76.7 | 70.8 |
| 25-29 | 81.9 | 84.8 | 82.5 | 83.0 | 84.8 | 84.4 | 85.6 | 84.6 |
| 30-39 | 84.9 | 86.2 | 84.1 | 85.3 | 85.4 | 85.5 | 86.7 | 87.2 |
| 40-54 | 84.0 | 85.4 | 84.0 | 84.5 | 84.8 | 85.6 | 85.4 | 85.7 |
| 55-66 | 60.5 | 60.3 | 60.8 | 61.4 | 60.5 | 60.6 | 59.7 | 60.6 |
| 67-74 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 |