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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

2010

2014

2015

316

321

324

25-44

1,879

1,913

1,913

45-64

1,388

1,554

1,574

65 and over

49

88

99

Total

3,631

3,876

3,910

Sex

Male

1,931

1,988

1,995

Female

1,700

1,888

1,914

Total

3,631

3,876

3,910

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

Male

68.5

68.8

68.8

Female

51.9

54.6

54.8

Overall

59.6

61.1

61.2

Unemployment

Unemployed persons ('000)

157

127

129

Unemployment rate (%)

4.3

3.3

3.3

Underemployment

Underemployed persons ('000)

72

56

53

2.0

1.5

1.4

Underemployment rate (%)

Notes:

Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as 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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