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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	2011
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	13,747	100.0	19.5	21.8	58.8	15.0	43.8
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	8,106	100.0	19.5	20.5	59.9	14.7	45.2
On temporary layoff	1,230	100.0	52.3	30.3	17.4	10.6	6.8
Not on temporary layoff	6,876	100.0	13.6	18.8	67.6	15.4	52.1
Permanent job losers	5,486	100.0	11.9	17.2	70.9	15.0	55.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,390	100.0	20.6	25.2	54.2	17.1	37.1
Job leavers	956	100.0	22.4	25.0	52.7	16.6	36.1
Reentrants	3,401	100.0	18.0	22.2	59.9	14.9	45.0
New entrants	1,284	100.0	21.1	26.1	52.8	15.9	37.0

Men, 20 years and over	6,898	100.0	18.2	20.3	61.5	15.0	46.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,856	100.0	19.3	20.2	60.6	14.9	45.7
On temporary layoff	782	100.0	49.7	31.2	19.1	12.0	7.1
Not on temporary layoff	4,074	100.0	13.4	18.0	68.6	15.5	53.1
Permanent job losers	3,197	100.0	11.5	16.3	72.1	15.1	57.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	877	100.0	20.3	24.3	55.4	16.7	38.7
Job leavers	464	100.0	19.8	23.7	56.5	17.0	39.4
Reentrants	1,312	100.0	14.6	20.2	65.2	14.8	50.5
New entrants	267	100.0	13.7	17.9	68.4	14.3	54.1

Women, 20 years and over	5,450	100.0	18.2	21.3	60.5	14.8	45.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,070	100.0	18.5	20.7	60.8	14.6	46.1
On temporary layoff	397	100.0	55.1	29.7	15.3	8.4	6.9
Not on temporary layoff	2,673	100.0	13.1	19.4	67.5	15.5	52.0
Permanent job losers	2,202	100.0	11.7	17.9	70.4	15.0	55.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	471	100.0	19.6	26.4	54.1	18.1	35.9
Job leavers	441	100.0	22.4	25.1	52.6	16.5	36.0
Reentrants	1,661	100.0	17.0	21.4	61.7	15.0	46.7
New entrants	279	100.0	16.4	20.9	62.7	12.9	49.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,400	100.0	30.6	30.9	38.5	15.7	22.8
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	181	100.0	43.9	27.3	28.8	10.9	18.0
On temporary layoff	51	100.0	70.8	22.0	7.2	5.8	1.4
Not on temporary layoff	129	100.0	33.2	29.4	37.4	12.8	24.5
Permanent job losers	87	100.0	30.9	28.5	40.6	13.0	27.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	42	100.0	38.0	31.2	30.8	12.6	18.2
Job leavers	52	100.0	44.8	35.9	19.3	12.9	6.4
Reentrants	429	100.0	32.2	31.4	36.3	15.1	21.3
New entrants	739	100.0	25.5	31.1	43.4	17.5	25.9
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012