Average annual unemployment rate of men, by age, selected years, 1959-1999

					

		       1959    1969    1979    1989    1999

16 to 19 years	       15.3    11.4    15.9    15.9    14.7
20 to 24 years		8.7	5.1	8.7	8.8	7.7
25 to 34 years		4.7	1.9	4.3	4.8	3.6
35 to 44 years		3.7	1.5	2.9	3.7	2.8
45 to 54 years		4.1	1.5	2.7	3.2	2.6
55 to 64 years		4.5	1.8	2.7	3.5	2.7
65 years and older	4.8	2.2	3.4	2.4	3.0