HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

34.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                            2002                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                     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........................   8,378   7,254     62.9     54.4       16.7    17.2     20.3    8.5    11.8    1.92 
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
   jobs(1)........................................   4,607   3,483     65.4     54.6       19.9    20.7     26.1   11.4    13.9    2.12 
Job leavers.......................................     866     866     64.7     57.2       18.5    15.9     19.5    7.7    10.0    1.94 
Reentrants........................................   2,368   2,368     59.7     52.9       12.7    13.3     14.8    5.7    10.5    1.70 
New entrants......................................     536     536     57.9     54.9       11.2    13.7      8.8    3.0     6.9    1.57 
                                                                                                                                        
  Men, 16 years and over..........................   4,597   3,859     64.1     52.7       16.8    18.4     20.8    8.7    12.7    1.95 
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                          
   jobs(1)........................................   2,820   2,082     66.1     52.9       19.7    21.5     25.7   11.3    14.6    2.13 
Job leavers.......................................     434     434     65.9     55.4       17.5    17.3     20.3    7.7    11.2    1.96 
Reentrants........................................   1,068   1,068     61.0     50.8       12.4    14.0     14.8    5.2    11.1    1.70 
New entrants......................................     274     274     58.5     53.7       11.6    13.2      8.0    3.2     7.0    1.56 
                                                                                                                                        
  Women, 16 years and over........................   3,781   3,395     61.5     56.3       16.6    15.8     19.8    8.2    10.8    1.89 
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                           
   jobs(1)........................................   1,787   1,401     64.3     57.1       20.1    19.4     26.6   11.4    12.8    2.12 
Job leavers.......................................     432     432     63.5     59.0       19.5    14.4     18.7    7.6     8.8    1.92 
Reentrants........................................   1,300   1,300     58.6     54.6       13.0    12.8     14.9    6.1    10.0    1.70 
New entrants......................................     262     262     57.3     56.0       10.7    14.3      9.5    2.8     6.8    1.58 

  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.