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Appendices

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Table 17

(Chapter 7: Employment)

Labour Force, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment and Underemployment

2011

2015**

2016

Labour Force(1) ('000)

Age Group

Under 25

317

325

319

25-44

1,887

1,907

1,900

45-64

1,444

1,572

1,593

65 and over

55

99

109

Total

3,703

3.903

3,920

Sex

Male

1,943

1,997

1,996

Female

1,760

1,906

1,924

Total

3,703

3,903

3,920

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

Male

68.4

68.8

68.6

Female

53.0

54.7

54.8

Overall

60.1

61.1

61.1

Unemployment

Unemployed persons ('000)

127

129

133

Unemployment rate (%)

3.4

3.3

3.4

Underemployment

Underemployed persons ('000)

Underemployment rate (%)

63

53

55

1.7

1.4

1.4

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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