HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                          Total,               Men,               Women,           Both sexes,    
                                                         16 years            20 years            20 years            16 to 19     
                      Reason                             and over            and over            and over             years       
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
     Total unemployed.............................    6,739     6,210     2,882     2,580     2,585     2,424     1,271     1,205 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                  
     jobs.........................................    3,037     2,822     1,795     1,588     1,069     1,053       174       181 
    On temporary layoff...........................      931       866       567       483       304       322        60        61 
    Not on temporary layoff.......................    2,106     1,957     1,228     1,105       764       731       114       120 
      Permanent job losers........................    1,436     1,353       833       763       541       527        63        64 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs........      670       603       395       343       224       204        51        56 
  Job leavers.....................................      795       734       358       318       333       330       104        86 
  Reentrants......................................    2,338     2,132       675       611     1,057       944       606       577 
  New entrants....................................      569       520        55        63       126        97       388       361 
                                                                                                                                  
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................     45.1      45.5      62.3      61.5      41.3      43.4      13.7      15.0 
     On temporary layoff..........................     13.8      13.9      19.7      18.7      11.8      13.3       4.7       5.1 
     Not on temporary layoff......................     31.3      31.5      42.6      42.8      29.6      30.2       9.0      10.0 
   Job leavers....................................     11.8      11.8      12.4      12.3      12.9      13.6       8.2       7.2 
   Reentrants.....................................     34.7      34.3      23.4      23.7      40.9      39.0      47.6      47.9 
   New entrants...................................      8.4       8.4       1.9       2.4       4.9       4.0      30.5      30.0 
                                                                                                                                  
          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................      2.2       2.1       2.6       2.3       1.8       1.8       2.2       2.2 
   Job leavers....................................       .6        .5        .5        .5        .6        .6       1.3       1.0 
   Reentrants.....................................      1.7       1.5       1.0        .9       1.8       1.6       7.6       7.0 
   New entrants...................................       .4        .4        .1        .1        .2        .2       4.9       4.4 

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.