HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Total, Men, Women, Both sexes, 16 years 20 years 20 years 16 to 19 Reason and over and over and over years 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................. 6,739 6,210 2,882 2,580 2,585 2,424 1,271 1,205 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs......................................... 3,037 2,822 1,795 1,588 1,069 1,053 174 181 On temporary layoff........................... 931 866 567 483 304 322 60 61 Not on temporary layoff....................... 2,106 1,957 1,228 1,105 764 731 114 120 Permanent job losers........................ 1,436 1,353 833 763 541 527 63 64 Persons who completed temporary jobs........ 670 603 395 343 224 204 51 56 Job leavers..................................... 795 734 358 318 333 330 104 86 Reentrants...................................... 2,338 2,132 675 611 1,057 944 606 577 New entrants.................................... 569 520 55 63 126 97 388 361 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs......................................... 45.1 45.5 62.3 61.5 41.3 43.4 13.7 15.0 On temporary layoff.......................... 13.8 13.9 19.7 18.7 11.8 13.3 4.7 5.1 Not on temporary layoff...................... 31.3 31.5 42.6 42.8 29.6 30.2 9.0 10.0 Job leavers.................................... 11.8 11.8 12.4 12.3 12.9 13.6 8.2 7.2 Reentrants..................................... 34.7 34.3 23.4 23.7 40.9 39.0 47.6 47.9 New entrants................................... 8.4 8.4 1.9 2.4 4.9 4.0 30.5 30.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs......................................... 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.3 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.2 Job leavers.................................... .6 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 1.3 1.0 Reentrants..................................... 1.7 1.5 1.0 .9 1.8 1.6 7.6 7.0 New entrants................................... .4 .4 .1 .1 .2 .2 4.9 4.4 NOTE: Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.