HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                       1998                                        
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                Thousands of          Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                
                                                  persons                                                                          
                                                                                                                            Average
               Sex and reason                                                                                                number
                                                                         Sent out                                              of  
                                               Total   Total             resumes    Placed  Friends  Public Private         methods
                                               unem-    job-   Employer or filled     or       or   employ- employ-  Other    used 
                                               ployed seekers  directly    out     answered relati-   ment    ment                 
                                                                         applica-    ads      ves    agency  agency                
                                                                          tions                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
  Total, 16 years and over...................   6,210   5,344     64.6     48.6       15.9     14.8    19.2     6.9    8.8    1.79 
Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                               
   temporary jobs(1).........................   2,822   1,957     68.0     47.1       19.7     17.5    25.2     9.5  10.0     1.98 
Job leavers..................................     734     734     67.9     51.2       18.8     13.4    20.2     7.7    7.8    1.87 
Reentrants...................................   2,132   2,132     61.1     48.2       13.1     13.0    15.6     5.4    8.8    1.65 
New entrants.................................     520     520     61.7     51.8        9.4     14.0     9.8     2.4    6.2    1.56 
                                                                                                                                   
  Men, 16 years and over.....................   3,266   2,748     65.6     46.7       15.8     16.3    19.2     6.9    9.4    1.80 
Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                               
   temporary jobs(1).........................   1,703   1,185     69.4     44.9       19.1     18.7    24.6     9.4   10.6    1.97 
Job leavers..................................     368     368     68.6     49.7       18.4     15.0    19.7     7.1    7.9    1.87 
Reentrants...................................     931     931     60.7     46.0       12.4     14.3    15.1     4.9    9.7    1.64 
New entrants.................................     264     264     61.6     53.0        8.9     14.2     8.7     2.7    5.7    1.55 
                                                                                                                                   
  Women, 16 years and over...................   2,944   2,596     63.6     50.6       16.1     13.2    19.1     6.9    8.2    1.78 
Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                               
   temporary jobs(1).........................   1,119     772     65.9     50.6       20.6     15.7    26.0     9.7    9.1    1.98 
Job leavers..................................     366     366     67.2     52.7       19.1     11.8    20.7     8.4    7.6    1.88 
Reentrants...................................   1,201   1,201     61.4     49.9       13.6     11.9    15.9     5.8    8.1    1.67 
New entrants.................................     257     257     61.9     50.6       10.0     13.7    10.9     2.1    6.7    1.56 

  1 Data on the number of jobseekers and the jobsearch methods used exclude persons on temporary layoff.
   NOTE:  The jobseeker total is less than the total unemployed because it does not include persons on temporary layoff.  The
percent using each method will always total more than 100 because many jobseekers use more than one method. Beginning in January
1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.