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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2008
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2007 2008
2007 2008 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 63 67 63 54 65 72 66 66
15-24 26 29 25 19 27 33 28 26
25-54 33 34 35 30 33 34 34 36
55-74 4 4 4 5 6 4 3 4
                 
Males 34 38 33 31 37 40 36 37
15-24 14 16 13 11 15 18 16 15
25-54 17 19 17 17 18 19 19 20
55-74 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3
                 
Females 29 30 30 24 29 31 29 29
15-24 12 13 11 8 12 15 13 11
25-54 16 15 18 14 15 15 15 16
55-74 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.6
15-24 7.3 7.5 6.7 5.4 7.2 8.4 7.3 7.2
25-54 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0
55-74 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.0
                 
Males 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.7
15-24 7.9 8.2 7.2 6.3 8.1 9.1 7.8 8.0
25-54 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1
55-74 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.1
                 
Females 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.4
15-24 6.6 6.8 6.3 4.5 6.4 7.7 6.7 6.3
25-54 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9
55-74 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.8