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3 Unemployment ................................................................................................ 112
Synopsis ...................................................................... 112
Figure3.1 Unemployment rates 1991-1998................................................................. 112
Figure 3.2 Unemployed persons by education levels 1998.................................... 113
Figure 3.3 Registered unemployment by labour force status 1998.......................................... 114
Figure 3.4 Unemployment rates in the OECD countries 1997 ............................................... 115
3.1 Unemployment - labour force survey data .................................................. 117
Table 3.1.1 Unemployed persons by age groups 1991-1998 .................................... 117
Table3.1.2 Unemployment rates by age groups 1991-1998................................................... 118
Table 3.1.3 Unemployed persons by education levels 1991-1998............................... 119
Table 3.1.4 Unemployment rates by education levels 1991-1998 ............................................ 120
Table 3.1.5 Unemployed persons by marital status 1991-1998 .............................................. 121
Table 3.1.6 Unemployment rates by marital status 1991-1998 .............................................. 122
Table 3.1.7 Unemployed persons by sectors of activity 1991-1998 ......................................... 123
Table 3.1.8 Unemployment rates by sectors of activity 1991-1998 ......................................... 124
Table 3.1.9 Unemployed persons by reasons forleaving last job 1991-1998.................................. 125
Table 3.1.10 Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 1991-1998................................... 126
Table 3.1.11 Unemployed persons by length of job search 1991-1998........................................ 127
Table 3.1.12 Unemployed persons by method ofjob search 1991-1998 ........................................ 128
Table 3.1.13 Unemployed persons by registration and labour force status 1991-1998 ....................... 129
3.2 Registered unemployment ................................................................................ 130
Table 3.2.1 Registered unemployment by regions 1991-1998................................................. 130
Table 3.2.2 Registered unemployment as percentage of estimated number of man-years by regions 1991-1998 136
Table 3.2.3 Registered unemployment at end of month by age groups 1986-1998.............................. 142
Figure 3.2.1 Registered unemployed persons 15-24 years. Percentage of total unemployment 1986-1998 .... 143
Table 3.2.4 Registered unemployment by duration of unemployment 1987-1998................................ 144
Figure 3.2.2 Registered unemployment for 6 months or longer. Percentage of total unemployment 1986-1998 . 145
Table 3.2.5 Registered unemployed persons 15-24 years. Percentage of total unemployment
by regions 1986-1998 ........................................................................ 146
Table 3.2.6 Registered unemployed persons for 6 months or longer. Percentage of total unemployment
by regions 1986-1998 ........................................................................ 147
Table 3.2.7 Registered unemployed persons by duration of unemployment and age groups 1998............... 148
Table 3.2.8 Registered unemployed persons by duration of unemployment and age groups 1998 (%)........... 150
3.3 International unemployment rates........................................................................ 152
Table 3.3.1 Unemployment rates in fourteen OECD countries 1991-1997 ..................................... 152
4 Inactive persons .................................................................................... 153
Synopsis .................................................................................................... 153
Figure4.1 Inactive persons by main status 1998......................................................... 153
Tables ...................................................................................................... 154
Table 4.1 Inactive persons by main activity status 1991-1998 .......................................... 154
Table 4.2 Inactive persons by age groups 1991-1998..................................................... 155
Table4.3 Inactive persons by education levels 1991-1998 .............................................. 156
Table 4.4 Inactive persons by marital status 1991-1998................................................. 157
Table 4.5 Inactive persons by reasons for not seeking a job 1991-1998.................................. 158
5 Women and the labour market ................................................................................. 159
Synopsis .................................................................................................... 159
Figure 5.1 Females 25-54 years. Activity rates by age of youngest child 1991-1998....................... 159
Figure 5.2 Females 25-54 years. Actual hours worked byage of youngest child 1991-1998 .................. 160
Tables ...................................................................................................... 161
Table 5.1 Females 25-54 years by labour force status and number and age of children 1991-1998.......... 161
Table 5.2 Females 25-54 years. Activity rates and unemployment rates by number and age
ofchildren 1991-1998......................................................................... 162
Table 5.3 Females 25-54 years. Full-time employment by number and age of children 1991-1998 ........... 162
Table 5.4 Females 25-54 years. Part-time employment by number and age of children 1991-1998 ........... 163
Table 5.5 Females 25-54 years. Usual hours worked per week by number and age of children 1991-1998 163
Table 5.6 Females 25-54 years. Absence from work 1 day or more per week by number and age
ofchildren 1991-1998......................................................................... 163
6 Students and the labour market ............................................................................. 164
Synopsis .................................................................................................... 164
Figureð.l Student activity rates 1991-1998 ............................................................ 164
Tables ...................................................................................................... 165
Table 6.1 Students by age groups 1991-1998 ............................................................ 165
Table 6.2 Students by age groups 1991-1998. Percentage of population................................... 166