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Table 17

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Appendices

6

Labour Force, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment and Underemployment

Labour Force(1) ('000)

Age Group

Under 25

2009

2013

2014

346

334

321

25-44

1,908

1,913

1,913

45-64

65 and over

1,361

1,535

1,554

46

77

88

Total

Sex

3,660

3,859

3,876

Male

1,944

1,992

1,988

Female

1,716

1,866

1,888

Total

3,660

3,859

3,876

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

Male

69.4

69.1

68.8

Female

53.2

54.5

54.6

Overall

60.8

61.2

61.1

Unemployment

Unemployed persons ('000)

193

131

127

Unemployment rate (%)

5.3

3.4

3.3

Underemployment

Underemployed persons ('000)

ळ

Underemployment rate (%)

84

58

56

2.3

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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