Labour force survey, Q1 2017

Persons in the labour force and employed persons aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). In per cent of the population
	Annual average		4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
	2015	2016	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
Persons in the labour force
15-74 years
Both sexes	71.2	70.6	70.7	70.8	70.8	71.2	69.8	69.6
Males	73.9	73.4	73.3	73.6	73.9	73.8	72.4	72.4
Females	68.3	67.7	67.9	67.9	67.5	68.4	67.1	66.7

15-24 years
Both sexes	56.7	55.3	54.4	55.1	55.8	57.1	53.1	52.4
Males	56.3	55.1	54.5	54.8	56.2	56.3	52.9	53.0
Females	57.2	55.5	54.3	55.4	55.4	57.8	53.3	51.9

25-66 years
Both sexes	82.1	82.0	81.9	82.2	82.0	82.3	81.5	81.4
Males	85.1	85.1	84.8	85.4	85.4	85.2	84.3	84.2
Females	78.9	78.8	78.9	78.9	78.5	79.3	78.6	78.5

Employed persons
15-74 years
Both sexes	68.0	67.3	67.6	67.4	67.4	67.7	66.7	66.5
Males	70.5	69.5	70.1	69.4	69.6	70.0	68.8	68.7
Females	65.5	65.0	65.1	65.2	65.0	65.3	64.6	64.1

15-24 years
Both sexes	51.1	49.2	49.6	48.8	48.8	51.0	48.1	46.9
Males	50.0	48.1	49.6	47.5	47.7	50.1	47.1	46.7
Females	52.2	50.3	49.6	50.2	50.0	52.0	49.1	47.2

25-66 years
Both sexes	79.2	78.9	78.9	79.0	79.0	79.0	78.5	78.4
Males	81.9	81.3	81.6	81.4	81.5	81.5	80.7	80.7
Females	76.3	76.3	76.1	76.5	76.4	76.3	76.2	76.0

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