Persons belonging to this category can normally find employment in a rather short period of time. The second, much smaller but growing, category consists of people with little education who also are unemployed for a much longer time. In 1994, among the unemployed, 66.3 percent were Aruban and 33.7 non-Aruban. At this moment 68.8 of the unemployed are Aruban. Table C.8. gives more information about the family status of the unemployed.
Unemployment is significantly higher for women than for men.
The unemployment rate for women increased with 0.3 percent, and stands at the moment at 8.3 percent. Unemployment among men increased by 1 percent to 6.7 percent. For both sexes unemployment rates are lower for the four highest age groups. Though unemployment is particularly high in the 15-19 age group, we already mentioned that this is due to the fact that a large group of youngsters who recently left school had not yet been absorbed in the labor market. Educational upgrading of the unemployed On the basis of tables C.10.