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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 8
(Chapter 4: The Economy)
Number of Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rates
by Age Group and by Sex
1997
1998
1999
Number
Rate
Number
A
Rate Number
Rate
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
Age group
15-19
8.2
10.2
16.9
20.5
21.5
26.9
20-29
23.0
2.8
48.0
5.7
63.4
7.6
30-39
17.2
1.6
36.4
3.3
48.5
4.4
40-49
13.9
1.8
34.6
4.1
49.1
5.4
50-59
7.7
2.3
19.1
5.1
30.3
7.2
260
1.2
1.0
2.8
2.3
4.2
3.5
Sex
Male
Female
Overall
45.7
2.3
105.0
5.1
149.4
7.1
25.6
2.0
52.7
4.0
67.7
4.9
71.3
2.2
157.6
4.7
217.1
6.2
Number of Underemployed Persons and Underemployment Rates
by Age Group and by Sex
1997
1998
1999
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
('000)
(%)
Age group
15-19
1.5
1.8
2.4
2.9
4.4
5.5
20-29
5.0
0.6
13.2
1.6
17.9
2.1
30-39
9.7
0.9
22.9
2.1
24.7
2.2
40-49
13.3
1.7
29.0
3.4
36.6
4.0
50-59
6.9
2.0
14.4
3.8
15.8
3.8
260
1.6
1.3
3.6
3.0
3.9
3.2
Sex
Male
Female
26
Overall
29,0
1.5
66.7
3.3
76.9
3.7
8.8
0.7
18.7
1.4
26.4
1.9
37.9
1.2
85.5
2.5
103.3
3.0
Note: Figures are averages of the figures obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.
Source: General Household Survey Section (2), Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5508)