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Unemployed persons by sex and duration of unemployment, Trinidad and Tobago
Both sexes ('000)
Duration 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Less than 1 month 4.6 5.0 6.2 6.8 8.7 8.5 6.6 9.4 8.2 8.0 6.5 7.5
1-3 months 20.5 21.0 23.4 23.7 24.2 26.2 27.1 28.7 28.0 31.5 31.7 25.6
4-6 months 8.1 7.7 8.4 10.4 10.4 10.0 12.2 12.3 12.8 13.0 12.9 9.8
7-11 months 5.8 4.0 5.0 6.1 4.9 5.2 5.5 6.6 8.6 8.6 8.2 6.7
1 year and over 14.5 17.2 18.5 19.4 21.7 22.7 23.9 21.1 24.1 25.8 25.6 24.9
Not applicable 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.6 9.3 8.6 10.7 11.1 12.3 12.8 13.8 16.3
Not stated 0.1 - 0.2 0.1 0 0 0 0.3 0 0.1 0.4 0.4
Total 61.1 62.3 69.5 74.0 79.4 81.2 86.1 89.4 93.9 99.9 99.2 91.2
 
Male ('000)
Duration 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Less than 1 month 2.9 3.8 5.0 5.0 6.7 6.1 4.7 7.7 6.2 6.4 5.0 5.8
1-3 months 11.4 13.2 15.9 14.9 14.4 16.6 16.1 19.0 18.6 21.8 22.4 18.1
4-6 months 3.8 3.5 4.3 5.8 5.3 5.0 6.7 7.5 7.9 8.0 7.6 6.5
7-11 months 2.2 1.2 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.2 3.0 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.4
1 year and over 5.1 6.2 5.9 7.2 7.1 8.1 9.4 8.0 9.7 11.2 9.5 10.0
Not applicable 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.4 5.2 5.6
Not stated - - 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3
Total 27.8 30.6 36.1 37.9 39.0 41.3 43.1 49.5 51.5 56.3 54.3 49.6
 
Female ('000)
Duration 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Less than 1 month 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.8 2.0 2.4 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.6
1-3 months 9.1 7.8 7.5 8.8 9.8 9.6 11.0 9.7 9.4 9.8 9.3 7.5
4-6 months 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.0 5.5 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.4 3.3
7-11 months 3.6 2.8 2.9 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.3
1 year and over 9.4 11.0 12.6 12.2 14.6 14.6 14.5 13.1 14.4 14.6 16.1 15.0
Not applicable 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.9 5.3 6.7 6.8 7.6 8.4 8.6 10.7
Not stated 0.1 - - 0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.1 0.1
Total 33.3 31.7 33.4 36.1 40.4 39.9 43.0 39.9 42.4 43.7 44.9 41.5

Source: Continuous Sample Surveys of Population, Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago

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