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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2005
13 Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2003 2004 2005
2003 2004 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 107 106 98 107 111 111 97 110
16-24 36 36 30 33 42 36 31 33
25-54 65 65 62 67 63 69 60 70
55-74 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 8
                 
Males 62 62 58 64 64 61 57 63
16-24 20 20 17 19 22 20 18 18
25-54 38 38 38 41 37 37 36 40
55-74 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
                 
Females 45 45 40 43 47 50 40 47
16-24 16 16 14 14 20 16 13 15
25-54 26 27 25 26 25 32 25 30
55-74 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.6
16-24 11.7 11.6 9.9 11.4 13.4 11.2 10.3 11.7
25-54 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.8 4.1 3.6 4.2
55-74 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.8
                 
Males 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6 5.0
16-24 12.5 12.5 10.7 12.7 14.0 12.1 11.2 12.3
25-54 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.6
55-74 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.0
                 
Females 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.4 3.6 4.2
16-24 10.9 10.6 9.1 10.1 12.7 10.3 9.2 11.0
25-54 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.2 4.0 3.1 3.8
55-74 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5