Table 5 -  Unemployment and Participation Rates and Employment Population Ratios
	in Reference Week by Sex, 1999 and 2001
	Total	Unemployment Rate		Participation Rate		Employment Population Ratio
	Age Groups	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001
	17 - 19	n.a.	18.9%	n.a.	70.8%	n.a.	57.5%
	15 -19	24.3%	20.7%	50.3%	45.1%	38.1%	35.8%
	20 - 34	7.8%	6.2%	89.1%	89.6%	82.2%	84.0%
	35 - 49	4.1%	4.4%	90.0%	88.6%	86.3%	84.7%
	50-64	10.9%	5.0%	66.1%	67.2%	58.9%	63.9%
	65+	2.2%	15.8%	27.4%	20.6%	26.8%	17.3%
	Total 15+	8.3%	6.7%	73.1%	73.8%	67.1%	68.9%
	Total 17+		6.5%		77.2%		72.1%
	Males	Unemployment Rate		Participation Rate		Employment Population Ratio
	Age Groups	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001
	17 - 19	n.a.	15.9%	n.a.	76.2%	n.a.	51.0%
	15 - 19	10.2%	17.0%	59.7%	48.2%	53.6%	40.0%
	20 - 34	3.1%	5.2%	92.5%	94.8%	89.6%	89.8%
	35 - 49	1.3%	5.1%	95.3%	93.8%	94.0%	89.1%
	50-64	14.4%	5.9%	87.2%	78.6%	74.7%	74.0%
	65+	0.0%	15.0%	36.4%	29.9%	36.4%	25.4%
	Males 15+	4.6%	6.5%	80.5%	80.3%	76.8%	75.1%
	Males 17+		6.3%		84.0%		78.7%
	Females	Unemployment Rate		Participation Rate		Employment Population Ratio
	Age Groups	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001
	17 - 19	n.a.	22.2%	n.a.	65.6%	n.a.	51.0%
	15-19	39.9%	24.8%	42.8%	42.1%	25.7%	31.7%
	20 - 34	12.2%	7.3%	86.1%	84.6%	75.6%	78.4%
	35 - 49	6.7%	3.7%	85.5%	83.6%	79.7%	80.5%
	50-64	6.1%	3.9%	49.6%	56.0%	46.5%	53.8%
	65+	6.8%	17.5%	18.1%	12.4%	16.9%	10.2%
	Females 15+	12.1%	7.0%	66.7%	67.6%	58.6%	62.9%
	Females 17+		6.7%		70.6%		65.9%