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Table 17

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Labour Force, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment and Underemployment

Labour Force(1) ('000)

Appendices ❘ 481

2006

2010**

2011

Age Group

Under 25

25-44

390

1 934

316

1 879

45-64

1 202

65 and over

46

Overall

3 572

3 631

1 388

49

317

1 887

1 444

3 703

55

Sex

Male

1 951

1 931

1 943

Female

1 621

1 700

1 760

Overall

3 572

3 631

3 703

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

Male

Female

Overall

70.9

68.5

68.4

52.6

51.9

53.0

61.2

59.6

60.1

Unemployment

Unemployed persons ('000)

171

157

127

Unemployment rate (%)

4.8

4.3

3.4

Underemployment

Underemployed persons ('000)

Underemployment rate (%)

86

72

2.4

2.0

63

1.7

Notes: Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.

(1) Labour force refers to the land-based non-institutional population aged 15 and over who satisfy the

criteria for being classified as employed population or unemployed population.

Source: General Household Survey Section, Census and Statistics Department

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