HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                            2004                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                     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  rela-   ment    ment                 
                                                                              applica-    ads     tives  agency  agency                
                                                                               tions                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over........................   8,149   7,151     62.7      54.5      16.4     18.0    19.9     7.7    11.8    1.92
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
 jobs (1).........................................   4,197   3,199     65.4      53.9      19.8     21.1    25.7    10.3    13.5    2.10
Job leavers.......................................     858     858     64.4      54.0      17.3     16.8    18.7     7.0    11.6    1.90
Reentrants........................................   2,408   2,408     59.4      55.1      13.5     15.1    15.2     5.5    11.0    1.75
New entrants......................................     686     686     59.6      56.2      10.3     15.8    11.2     4.0     6.4    1.64
                                                                                                                                        
  Men, 16 years and over..........................   4,456   3,807     63.9      52.4      15.9     19.5    20.0     8.2    12.7    1.93
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
 jobs (1).........................................   2,603   1,954     66.3      51.5      18.6     22.1    24.7    10.4    14.1    2.08
Job leavers.......................................     437     437     66.1      51.6      17.8     17.8    19.1     8.4    12.1    1.94
Reentrants........................................   1,070   1,070     59.8      53.1      12.2     15.8    14.7     5.2    12.1    1.73
New entrants......................................     346     346     59.7      56.0       9.8     17.8    11.4     4.8     7.1    1.67
                                                                                                                                        
  Women, 16 years and over........................   3,694   3,344     61.4      57.0      17.1     16.4    19.8     7.1    10.7    1.90
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
 jobs (1).........................................   1,595   1,245     64.0      57.5      21.6     19.5    27.2    10.2    12.6    2.13
Job leavers.......................................     421     421     62.5      56.5      16.8     15.8    18.3     5.6    11.1    1.87
Reentrants........................................   1,338   1,338     59.0      56.8      14.5     14.4    15.7     5.7    10.2    1.77
New entrants......................................     340     340     59.4      56.4      10.8     13.6    11.0     3.2     5.7    1.60

  1 Data on the number of jobseekers and the jobsearch methods used exclude persons on temporary layoff.
  NOTE:  The jobseekers 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.