HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                 2003                                        
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             
                                                          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........................   8,774   7,653     63.8      54.6      17.2     18.8    20.6     8.2    12.2    1.96
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1).........................................   4,838   3,717     66.2      54.3      20.4     22.3    26.4    10.8    14.0    2.15
     Job leavers.......................................     818     818     64.1      56.4      17.7     17.1    18.2     7.4    11.2    1.92
     Reentrants........................................   2,477   2,477     60.8      54.9      13.6     15.1    15.2     5.6    10.9    1.76
     New entrants......................................     641     641     61.5      52.5      11.8     14.8    11.5     4.3     7.6    1.64
                                                                                                                                             
       Men, 16 years and over..........................   4,906   4,175     65.2      52.3      16.9     20.1    20.9     8.2    12.4    1.96
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1).........................................   3,024   2,293     67.1      51.9      19.3     23.0    25.8    10.4    14.4    2.12
     Job leavers.......................................     422     422     65.1      53.4      18.1     19.1    18.5     7.6    10.9    1.93
     Reentrants........................................   1,141   1,141     62.6      53.4      13.0     15.9    14.2     5.2    10.4    1.75
     New entrants......................................     320     320     61.2      50.4      11.5     15.5    12.4     4.2     6.7    1.62
                                                                                                                                             
       Women, 16 years and over........................   3,868   3,478     62.2      57.3      17.6     17.2    20.4     8.1    11.9    1.95
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1).........................................   1,814   1,424     64.7      58.3      22.1     21.3    27.3    11.3    13.2    2.19
     Job leavers.......................................     397     397     62.9      59.5      17.2     15.1    17.9     7.2    11.5    1.92
     Reentrants........................................   1,336   1,336     59.3      56.2      14.1     14.3    16.0     5.8    11.4    1.78
     New entrants......................................     321     321     61.8      54.5      12.1     14.1    10.7     4.4     8.6    1.67

       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 2003, data 
     reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.