LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2009
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2008			2009
	2007	2008	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	63	67	72	66	66	79	89	84
15-24	26	29	33	28	26	31	40	34
25-54	33	34	34	34	36	42	44	45
55-74	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	5
Males	34	38	40	36	37	50	53	48
15-24	14	16	18	16	15	18	23	19
25-54	17	19	19	19	20	27	26	26
55-74	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	4
Females	29	30	31	29	29	29	36	36
15-24	12	13	15	13	11	13	17	16
25-54	16	15	15	15	16	15	18	19
55-74	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
	Per cent
Total	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.1	3.4	3.3
15-24	7.3	7.5	8.4	7.3	7.2	8.7	10.5	9.3
25-54	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.4	2.5	2.6
55-74	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.0
Males	2.6	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.7	3.7	3.8	3.5
15-24	7.9	8.2	9.1	7.8	8.0	10.1	11.6	10.0
25-54	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.9	2.8	2.9
55-74	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.8	1.1	2.1	1.6	1.4
Females	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.9	2.9
15-24	6.6	6.8	7.7	6.7	6.3	7.3	9.4	8.6
25-54	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.8	2.2	2.3
55-74	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5

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