HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                                   |      Total,       |       Men,        |      Women,       |    Both sexes,
                                                   |     16 years      |     20 years      |     20 years      |     16 to 19
                      Reason                       |     and over      |     and over      |     and over      |       years
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                                                   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
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   Total unemployed................................|   7,236 |   6,739 |   3,146 |   2,882 |   2,783 |   2,585 |   1,306 |   1,271
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs|   3,370 |   3,037 |   2,043 |   1,795 |   1,145 |   1,069 |     182 |     174
  On temporary layoff..............................|   1,021 |     931 |     617 |     567 |     338 |     304 |      67 |      60
  Not on temporary layoff..........................|   2,349 |   2,106 |   1,426 |   1,228 |     807 |     764 |     115 |     114
    Permanent job losers...........................|   1,660 |   1,436 |   1,013 |     833 |     581 |     541 |      65 |      63
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...........|     689 |     670 |     413 |     395 |     226 |     224 |      50 |      51
Job leavers........................................|     774 |     795 |     322 |     358 |     361 |     333 |      91 |     104
Reentrants.........................................|   2,512 |   2,338 |     731 |     675 |   1,156 |   1,057 |     625 |     606
New entrants.......................................|     580 |     569 |      51 |      55 |     120 |     126 |     409 |     388
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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   Total unemployed................................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|    46.6 |    45.1 |    64.9 |    62.3 |    41.1 |    41.3 |    13.9 |    13.7
   On temporary layoff.............................|    14.1 |    13.8 |    19.6 |    19.7 |    12.1 |    11.8 |     5.1 |     4.7
   Not on temporary layoff.........................|    32.5 |    31.3 |    45.3 |    42.6 |    29.0 |    29.6 |     8.8 |     9.0
 Job leavers.......................................|    10.7 |    11.8 |    10.2 |    12.4 |    13.0 |    12.9 |     6.9 |     8.2
 Reentrants........................................|    34.7 |    34.7 |    23.2 |    23.4 |    41.5 |    40.9 |    47.8 |    47.6
 New entrants......................................|     8.0 |     8.4 |     1.6 |     1.9 |     4.3 |     4.9 |    31.3 |    30.5
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          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
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                  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
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 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|     2.5 |     2.2 |     3.0 |     2.6 |     2.0 |     1.8 |     2.3 |     2.2
 Job leavers.......................................|      .6 |      .6 |      .5 |      .5 |      .6 |      .6 |     1.2 |     1.3
 Reentrants........................................|     1.9 |     1.7 |     1.1 |     1.0 |     2.0 |     1.8 |     8.0 |     7.6
 New entrants......................................|      .4 |      .4 |      .1 |      .1 |      .2 |      .2 |     5.2 |     4.9
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.