APPENDICES
APPENDIX 8
(Chapter 4: The Economy)
Number of Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rates
by Age Group and by Sex
1996
1997
1998
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
('000)
(%)
(*000)
(%)
(*000)
(%)
Age group
15-19
10.6
12.5
8.2
10.2
16.9
20.5
20-29
29.5
3.6
23.0
2.8
48.0
5.7
30-39
20.2
2.0
17.2
1.6
36.4
3.3
40-49
16.0
2.2
13.9
1.8
34.6
4.1
50-59
8.5
2.7
7.7
2.3
19.1
5.1
260
1.4
1.1
1.2
1.0
2.8
2.3
Sex
Male
Female
Overall
58.0
3.1
45.7
2.3
105.0
5.1
28.1
2.3
25.6
2.0
52.7
4.0
86.1
2.8
71.3
2.2
157.6
4.7
Number of Underemployed Persons and Underemployment Rates
by Age Group and by Sex
1996
1997
1998
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
Age group
15-19
1.5
1.7
1.5
1.8
2.4
2.9
20-29
7.6
0.9
5.0
0.6
13.2
1.6
30-39
15.2
1.5
9.7
0.9
22.9
2.1
40-49
17.1
2.4
13.3
1.7
29.0
3.4
50-59
7.9
2.5
6.9
2.0
14.4
3.8
260
2.4
1.9
1.6
1.3
3.6
3.0
Sex
Male
Female
Overall
41.3
2.2
29.0
1.5
66.7
3.3
10.4
0.9
8.8
0.7
18.7
1.4
51.7
1.7
37.9
1.2
85.5
2.5
Note: Figures are averages of the estimates obtained from the quarterly General Household Surveys of the year.
Source: General Household Survey Section (2), Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5508)
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