HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and active jobsearch methods used

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                               1998                                                
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                  Thousands of                 Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                       
                                    persons                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                   
     Sex, age, and race                                                                                                    Average 
                                                              Sent out                                                    number 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 relatives    ment      ment                      
                                                            applicatio-    ads                agency    agency                     
                                                                 ns                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
  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  
  16 to 19 years.............    1,205     1,144      62.7      54.2         9.8      10.8       8.9       2.4      5.6      1.55  
  20 to 24 years.............    1,081       989      65.9      48.0        15.3      13.9      18.8       7.3      8.0      1.78  
  25 to 34 years.............    1,419     1,204      65.8      47.8        18.0      16.5      22.7       7.8      9.6      1.89  
  35 to 44 years.............    1,258     1,035      65.9      47.1        18.5      15.6      24.2       8.7      9.1      1.90  
  45 to 54 years.............      782       619      64.5      48.2        18.6      17.8      23.8      10.4     11.1      1.95  
  55 to 64 years.............      343       264      62.2      42.0        19.6      17.5      21.0       7.7     13.7      1.84  
  65 years and over..........      122        89      53.8      32.4        13.4      14.4      11.0       2.9     15.3      1.44  
                                                                                                                                   
  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  
  16 to 19 years.............      686       650      62.6      52.9         9.3      12.0       8.5       2.5      5.1      1.53  
  20 to 24 years.............      583       522      66.5      44.7        15.0      15.5      18.4       7.2      7.9      1.76  
  25 to 34 years.............      699       559      67.7      45.5        18.1      18.6      23.3       7.3     10.2      1.91  
  35 to 44 years.............      609       481      69.2      45.3        18.7      17.6      25.6       8.9     10.0      1.96  
  45 to 54 years.............      420       325      64.7      45.8        19.9      20.2      25.5      12.1     13.5      2.03  
  55 to 64 years.............      201       159      62.7      42.2        19.9      16.9      22.6       7.8     15.4      1.88  
  65 years and over..........       69        52      53.0      34.3        12.8      13.8       9.3       2.4     21.0      1.49  
                                                                                                                                   
  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  
  16 to 19 years.............      519       494      62.8      55.9        10.5       9.2       9.5       2.3      6.1      1.57  
  20 to 24 years.............      498       467      65.2      51.8        15.7      12.0      19.3       7.4      8.1      1.80  
  25 to 34 years.............      720       645      64.1      49.8        17.9      14.7      22.2       8.2      9.1      1.86  
  35 to 44 years.............      650       554      63.1      48.7        18.3      13.8      22.9       8.5      8.3      1.84  
  45 to 54 years.............      362       294      64.2      50.8        17.1      15.2      21.8       8.5      8.4      1.86  
  55 to 64 years.............      141       106      61.4      41.6        19.1      18.3      18.5       7.6     11.2      1.78  
  65 years and over..........       53        36      55.0      29.7        14.3      15.2      13.4       3.6      7.0      1.38  
                                                                                                                                   
  White, 16 years and over...    4,484     3,767      64.8      48.4        32.6      31.1      35.2      13.3      9.5      1.79  
Men..........................    2,431     1,997      65.8      47.0        16.2      14.0      17.9       6.7     10.3      1.82  
Women........................    2,053     1,770      63.7      49.8        16.4      17.1      17.3       6.6      8.5      1.77  
                                                                                                                                   
  Black, 16 years and over...    1,426     1,311      64.5      49.9        29.2      24.5      47.9      14.8      6.7      1.79  
Men..........................      671       604      65.6      46.6        14.1      13.5      24.5       7.3      6.5      1.78  
Women........................      756       706      63.5      52.7        15.1      11.0      23.4       7.5      6.9      1.80  

   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
1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey