HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

(Percent distribution)

Reason, sex, and age

1999

Total unemployed Duration of unemployment

Thousands

of persons Percent Less than5 weeks

5 to 14

weeks

15 weeks and over

Total 15 to 26

weeks

27 weeks

and over

 Total, 16 years and over ............................................................. 5,880 100.0 43.7 31.2 25.2 12.8 12.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 2,622 100.0 43.7 31.2 25.1 14.5 10.5

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 848 100.0 55.5 31.6 12.9 9.3 3.7

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,774 100.0 38.1 31.1 30.8 17.1 13.8

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 1,225 100.0 35.6 31.0 33.4 18.7 14.7

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 549 100.0 43.7 31.3 25.1 13.4 11.7

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 783 100.0 51.1 29.2 19.6 10.3 9.4

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 2,005 100.0 41.0 31.5 27.5 11.9 15.6

New entrants .................................................................................. 469 100.0 42.4 32.3 25.2 11.8 13.5

 Men, 20 years and over .............................................................. 2,433 100.0 40.1 30.8 29.0 14.2 14.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 1,459 100.0 41.4 32.0 26.6 15.2 11.4

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 475 100.0 51.8 34.3 13.9 10.6 3.3

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 984 100.0 36.3 30.9 32.7 17.4 15.4

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 685 100.0 33.8 30.4 35.7 18.9 16.8

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 299 100.0 42.0 32.1 25.9 13.8 12.1

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 336 100.0 48.2 28.7 23.1 11.1 11.9

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 592 100.0 33.0 29.5 37.5 14.1 23.4

New entrants .................................................................................. 46 100.0 33.5 27.1 39.4 9.0 30.4

 Women, 20 years and over ........................................................ 2,285 100.0 42.6 31.0 26.4 13.6 12.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 990 100.0 43.5 30.7 25.8 15.1 10.7

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 310 100.0 56.9 30.1 13.1 8.2 4.8

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 680 100.0 37.3 31.0 31.6 18.2 13.4

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 481 100.0 35.1 31.4 33.5 20.0 13.5

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 199 100.0 42.6 30.3 27.1 13.6 13.4

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 333 100.0 49.2 30.3 20.5 11.4 9.1

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 866 100.0 40.1 31.6 28.3 12.5 15.8

New entrants .................................................................................. 96 100.0 34.1 29.3 36.7 16.1 20.6

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ......................................................... 1,162 100.0 53.1 32.2 14.7 8.5 6.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 173 100.0 65.0 27.4 7.5 6.2 1.4

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 63 100.0 76.2 18.8 4.9 3.8 1.1

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 110 100.0 58.7 32.3 9.0 7.5 1.5

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 59 100.0 59.6 34.2 6.1 5.6 .5

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 51 100.0 57.5 30.1 12.4 9.7 2.6

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 114 100.0 65.4 27.5 7.2 4.5 2.7

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 547 100.0 51.0 33.6 15.3 8.6 6.8

New entrants .................................................................................. 328 100.0 46.1 34.0 19.9 10.9 9.0

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment

Duration of unemployment

Total Full-time workers

Thousands of persons Percent distribution Thousands of persons Percent distribution

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

 Total, 16 years and over ..................................... 6,210 5,880 100.0 100.0 4,916 4,669 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks ................................................ 2,622 2,568 42.2 43.7 1,909 1,899 38.8 40.7

5 to 14 weeks ....................................................... 1,950 1,832 31.4 31.2 1,574 1,480 32.0 31.7

 5 to 10 weeks ..................................................... 1,375 1,283 22.1 21.8 1,093 1,018 22.2 21.8

 11 to 14 weeks ................................................... 575 549 9.3 9.3 481 462 9.8 9.9

15 weeks and over ............................................... 1,637 1,480 26.4 25.2 1,433 1,290 29.1 27.6

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................... 763 755 12.3 12.8 662 656 13.5 14.1

 27 weeks and over ............................................. 875 725 14.1 12.3 771 634 15.7 13.6

 27 to 51 weeks ................................................. 379 325 6.1 5.5 340 289 6.9 6.2

 52 weeks and over ........................................... 496 400 8.0 6.8 431 345 8.8 7.4

Average (mean) duration, in weeks ...................... 14.5 13.4 – – 15.6 14.4 – –

Median duration, in weeks .................................... 6.7 6.4 – – 7.6 7.3 – –

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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