HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used

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                                                   | Thousands of  |     Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers     |
                                                   |    persons    |                                                       |
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                  Sex and reason                   |       |       |       | Sent  |       |       |       |       |       |number
                                                   |       |       |       |  out  |Placed |       |       |       |       |  of
                                                   | Total | Total |Emplo- |resumes|  or   |Friends|Public |Private|       |methods
                                                   | unem- | job-  |  yer  |  or   |answe- |  or   |employ-|employ-| Other | used
                                                   |ployed |seekers| dire- |filled |  red  |relati-| ment  | ment  |       |
                                                   |       |       | ctly  |  out  |  ads  |  ves  |agency |agency |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |applica|       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       | tions |       |       |       |       |       |
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  Total, 16 years and over.........................|  6,739|  5,808|  65.0 |  48.4 |  16.9 |  16.1 |  18.7 |   6.9 |   8.1 |  1.80
Job losers and persons who completed temporary     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 jobs 1/...........................................|  3,037|  2,106|  68.2 |  46.9 |  20.3 |  20.0 |  25.1 |   9.1 |   8.5 |  1.99
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Job leavers........................................|    795|    795|  67.9 |  50.8 |  20.8 |  16.0 |  20.3 |   8.0 |   7.8 |  1.92
Reentrants.........................................|  2,338|  2,338|  62.1 |  48.5 |  13.8 |  13.1 |  14.3 |   5.4 |   8.5 |  1.66
New entrants.......................................|    569|    569|  60.5 |  50.4 |  11.2 |  14.2 |  11.0 |   3.3 |   5.5 |  1.56
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  Men, 16 years and over...........................|  3,577|  2,974|  66.1 |  46.7 |  17.2 |  17.8 |  19.5 |   7.0 |   8.7 |  1.83
Job losers and persons who completed temporary     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 jobs 1/...........................................|  1,902|  1,299|  69.0 |  44.8 |  19.2 |  20.9 |  25.0 |   8.7 |   9.4 |  1.97
Job leavers........................................|    414|    414|  68.2 |  51.2 |  22.0 |  17.5 |  21.2 |   8.4 |   8.7 |  1.97
Reentrants.........................................|  1,004|  1,004|  62.5 |  46.7 |  13.7 |  15.0 |  14.0 |   5.4 |   9.0 |  1.66
New entrants.......................................|    257|    257|  62.3 |  49.7 |  12.3 |  14.2 |  10.3 |   2.6 |   4.4 |  1.56
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  Women, 16 years and over.........................|  3,162|  2,834|  63.7 |  50.2 |  16.6 |  14.2 |  17.9 |   6.8 |   7.5 |  1.77
Job losers and persons who completed temporary     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 jobs 1/...........................................|  1,135|    807|  66.9 |  50.3 |  22.1 |  18.5 |  25.3 |   9.8 |   7.2 |  2.00
Job leavers........................................|    381|    381|  67.6 |  50.3 |  19.5 |  14.5 |  19.3 |   7.6 |   6.9 |  1.86
Reentrants.........................................|  1,334|  1,334|  61.8 |  49.9 |  13.9 |  11.6 |  14.5 |   5.4 |   8.1 |  1.65
New entrants.......................................|    312|    312|  58.9 |  50.9 |  10.3 |  14.1 |  11.6 |   3.8 |   6.4 |  1.56
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   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
1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.