HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

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

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                                   |      Total,       |       Men,        |      Women,       |    Both sexes,
                                                   |     16 years      |     20 years      |     20 years      |     16 to 19
                      Reason                       |     and over      |     and over      |     and over      |       years
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                                                   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
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   Total unemployed................................|   7,996 |   7,404 |   3,627 |   3,239 |   3,049 |   2,819 |   1,320 |   1,346
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs|   3,815 |   3,476 |   2,296 |   2,051 |   1,334 |   1,211 |     185 |     214
  On temporary layoff..............................|     977 |   1,030 |     579 |     602 |     330 |     356 |      69 |      72
  Not on temporary layoff..........................|   2,838 |   2,446 |   1,717 |   1,449 |   1,004 |     856 |     116 |     142
    Permanent job losers...........................|   2,090 |   1,730 |   1,252 |   1,024 |     771 |     627 |      68 |      79
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...........|     748 |     716 |     466 |     425 |     234 |     228 |      49 |      63
Job leavers........................................|     791 |     824 |     367 |     356 |     339 |     366 |      84 |     102
Reentrants.........................................|   2,786 |   2,525 |     898 |     775 |   1,253 |   1,135 |     634 |     615
New entrants.......................................|     604 |     579 |      65 |      57 |     122 |     107 |     416 |     415
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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   Total unemployed................................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|    47.7 |    46.9 |    63.3 |    63.3 |    43.7 |    43.0 |    14.0 |    15.9
   On temporary layoff.............................|    12.2 |    13.9 |    16.0 |    18.6 |    10.8 |    12.6 |     5.2 |     5.4
   Not on temporary layoff.........................|    35.5 |    33.0 |    47.3 |    44.7 |    32.9 |    30.4 |     8.8 |    10.5
 Job leavers.......................................|     9.9 |    11.1 |    10.1 |    11.0 |    11.1 |    13.0 |     6.4 |     7.6
 Reentrants........................................|    34.8 |    34.1 |    24.8 |    23.9 |    41.1 |    40.3 |    48.1 |    45.7
 New entrants......................................|     7.6 |     7.8 |     1.8 |     1.8 |     4.0 |     3.8 |    31.5 |    30.8
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          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
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                  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
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 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|     2.9 |     2.6 |     3.4 |     3.0 |     2.4 |     2.1 |     2.5 |     2.8
 Job leavers.......................................|      .6 |      .6 |      .5 |      .5 |      .6 |      .6 |     1.1 |     1.3
 Reentrants........................................|     2.1 |     1.9 |     1.3 |     1.2 |     2.2 |     2.0 |     8.5 |     7.9
 New entrants......................................|      .5 |      .4 |      .1 |      .1 |      .2 |      .2 |     5.6 |     5.3
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