Working population by sex

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Personal characteristics Sex Total population aged 15-64 years (x 1000) Labour force Percentage unemployed (%) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Seniority Average seniority (years) Registered unemployment Percentage registered unemployed (%) Relation to the labour market Total population aged 15-64 years (x 1000)
Age category 15-19 Total men and women 989 17.5 1.2 . 989
Men 505 15.3 1.2 . 505
Women 484 20.2 1.2 . 484
Age category 20-24 Total men and women 960 8.2 2.3 . 960
Men 486 7.4 2.5 . 486
Women 474 9.1 2.1 . 474
Age category 25-29 Total men and women 985 5.3 3.7 . 985
Men 492 5.2 3.7 . 492
Women 493 5.4 3.7 . 493
Age category 30-34 Total men and women 1,093 4.1 5.6 . 1,093
Men 545 3.0 5.6 . 545
Women 548 5.4 5.7 . 548
Age category 35-39 Total men and women 1,296 4.9 7.9 . 1,296
Men 653 3.7 7.8 . 653
Women 643 6.4 8.0 . 643
Age category 40-44 Total men and women 1,304 4.9 10.2 . 1,304
Men 660 3.2 10.7 . 660
Women 645 7.1 9.6 . 645
Age category 45-49 Total men and women 1,220 5.1 12.8 . 1,220
Men 614 4.1 13.9 . 614
Women 606 6.3 11.3 . 606
Age category 50-54 Total men and women 1,120 4.2 16.1 . 1,120
Men 563 3.1 18.1 . 563
Women 556 5.8 13.2 . 556
Age category 55-59 Total men and women 1,122 5.1 19.6 . 1,122
Men 566 4.8 21.5 . 566
Women 556 5.7 16.3 . 556
Age category 60-64 Total men and women 875 6.9 21.5 . 875
Men 439 6.9 22.9 . 439
Women 436 6.8 18.4 . 436
Age category 15-24 Total men and women 1,950 10.7 2.1 . 1,950
Men 991 9.6 2.2 . 991
Women 958 11.9 1.9 . 958
Age category 25-34 Total men and women 2,078 4.7 4.7 . 2,078
Men 1,038 4.0 4.7 . 1,038
Women 1,040 5.4 4.7 . 1,040
Age category 35-44 Total men and women 2,601 4.9 9.0 . 2,601
Men 1,313 3.4 9.2 . 1,313
Women 1,288 6.8 8.8 . 1,288
Age category 45-54 Total men and women 2,339 4.7 14.3 . 2,339
Men 1,177 3.6 15.9 . 1,177
Women 1,162 6.1 12.2 . 1,162
Age category 55-64 Total men and women 1,997 5.5 20.0 . 1,997
Men 1,005 5.3 21.8 . 1,005
Women 992 5.9 16.7 . 992
Child aged >= 18 years Total men and women 1,059 9.2 3.7 . 1,059
Men 655 8.1 4.1 . 655
Women 405 11.3 2.8 . 405
Child aged <18 years Total men and women 590 23.0 0.8 . 590
Men 302 19.3 0.8 . 302
Women 288 27.1 0.9 . 288
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation

Persons employed, labour force, unemployment broken down
by personal features (age, level of education, origin) and
sex

Data available from: 1996

Frequency: Stopped

Status of the figures:
Figures based on the LFS are always final.

When will new figures be published?
This publication is stopped.

Description topics

Total population aged 15-64 years
Labour force
The labour force (15-64 years) includes:
- persons who work at least 12 hours a week;
- persons who have accepted work for at least 12 hours a week;
- persons willing to work at least 12 hours a week, who are available and
actively seeking work for at least 12 hours a week.
The employed labour force includes all persons working at least 12 hours
a week.
The unemployed labour force includes all persons unemployed or working
less than 12 hours a week.
Percentage unemployed
Unemployed labour force as a percentage of labour force (15-64 yrs).
Employed labour force aged 15-64
Persons working at least 12 hours a week.
Seniority
The number of years that persons in the age category 15-64 who work at
least twelve hours a week are employed by their current employer or run
their own business.
Average seniority
Registered unemployment
Registered unemployed are persons registered at an employment office
aged 15-64 who:
- do not work or work less than 12 hours a week
- are available for a job of 12 hours a week or more or have accepted work
for at least 12 hours a week.
Percentage registered unemployed
Registered unemployed as a percentage of the total labour force.
Relation to the labour market
Distinction between the employed labour force and the unemployed labour
force. The employed labour force is subdivided according to their
availability for the labour market and how actively they have sought work.
Total population aged 15-64 years