HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                          ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                 2008                                        
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             
                                                          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  rela-    ment   ment                  
                                                                                   applica-    ads     tives   agency  agency                
                                                                                    tions                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over........................   8,924   7,749     56.9      52.3      17.1     23.8    18.9     8.0    14.1    1.92
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1)...  ....................................   4,789   3,614     59.5      51.4      20.1     28.0    24.3    10.6    15.2    2.10
     Job leavers.......................................     896     896     58.7      54.8      18.3     22.5    16.9     7.8    13.2    1.93
     Reentrants........................................   2,472   2,472     53.3      51.7      14.0     19.5    14.6     5.9    14.0    1.73
     New entrants......................................     766     766     54.5      55.1      11.2     19.3     9.9     3.4    10.8    1.64
                                                                                                                                             
       Men, 16 years and over..........................   5,033   4,234     58.7      49.8      17.1     26.1    19.3     8.1    14.2    1.94
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1)...  ....................................   3,055   2,255     61.0      48.7      19.5     29.9    23.7    10.2    15.0    2.08
     Job leavers.......................................     458     458     59.2      52.6      17.9     24.2    16.9     7.2    13.2    1.92
     Reentrants........................................   1,128   1,128     55.1      49.1      14.0     21.0    14.9     6.0    14.1    1.75
     New entrants......................................     393     393     55.9      54.9      11.8     21.4     9.5     3.0    10.8    1.67
                                                                                                                                             
       Women, 16 years and over........................   3,891   3,515     54.7      55.3      17.0     21.0    18.4     8.0    14.1    1.89
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
      jobs (1).  ......................................   1,735   1,359     57.1      56.0      21.1     24.9    25.2    11.2    15.6    2.12
     Job leavers.......................................     438     438     58.1      57.1      18.8     20.7    17.0     8.5    13.2    1.94
     Reentrants........................................   1,345   1,345     51.8      54.0      14.0     18.3    14.2     5.8    13.9    1.73
     New entrants......................................     374     374     53.1      55.2      10.5     17.1    10.3     3.7    10.7    1.61

       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. Updated population controls are
     introduced annually with the release of January data.