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Table 17

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Appendices

6

Labour Force, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment and Underemployment

Labour Force() ('000)

Age Group

Under 25

2008

2012

2013

363

323

334

25-44

1,925

1,910

1,913

45-64

65 and over

1,306

1,486

1,535

43

65

77

Total

Sex

3,637

3,785

3,859

Male

1,944

1,972

1,992

Female

1,693

1,813

1,866

Total

3,637

3,785

3,859

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

Male

69.7

68.7

69.1

Female

53.1

53.6

54.5

Overall

60.9

60.5

61.2

Unemployment

Unemployed persons ('000)

128

124

Unemployment rate (%)

3.5

2233323

131

3.4

Underemployment

Underemployed persons ('000)

Underemployment rate (%)

68

58

58

1.9

1.5

1.5

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: Social Analysis and Research Section, Census and Statistics Department

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