Jordanian Population Not Economically Active Available For Work and Not Seeking Work by Broad Age Groups and Reasons For Not Seeking Work (Percent Distribution)

Not Economically Active Jordanian Population Age 15+ Years Available For Work & Not Seeking Work by Broad Age Groups, sex & Reasons For Not Seeking Work (Percentage Distribution)

Sex & Reason	Broad Age Groups
Sex & Reason	Total	15-19	20-24	25-39	40-54	55-64	65 +
Grand Total
Total	2181	308	638	882	256	89	9
Percent	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Believe No Work Available	42.8	48.3	40.3	42.5	46.9	32.5	62.1
Tired of seeking Work	9.6	2.8	7.7	12.4	12.5	8.5	13.5
Do not know How to seek Work	4.4	5.4	4.8	4.3	2.8	3.5	0
Can not find suitable work	20.4	16.8	18	20.8	22.7	38.7	24.5
Not Qualified	9	18.1	8.4	7.6	6.7	3.1	0
Other	13.9	8.6	20.8	12.4	8.4	13.7	0
Male
Total	1125	257	326	277	178	79	9
Percent	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Believe No Work Available	47.1	52.7	45.1	43.7	52.9	34.9	62.1
Tired of seeking Work	7.9	2.4	9.3	9.4	10.1	8.5	13.5
Do not know How to seek Work	2.4	5.6	2	1	0.9	1.5	0
Can not find suitable work	22.6	16.2	18.1	29.1	21.3	41.9	24.5
Not Qualified	8.3	16.8	9	4.8	4.1	0.5	0
Other	11.7	6.3	16.6	11.9	10.8	12.6	0
Female
Total	1057	51	312	605	78	11	0
Percent	100	100	100	100	100	100	0
Believe No Work Available	38.3	26.5	35.3	41.9	33.2	14.7	0
Tired of seeking Work	11.3	4.6	6.1	13.8	18	8.3	0
Do not know How to seek Work	6.5	4	7.7	5.8	7.3	18.2	0
Can not find suitable work	18	19.6	18	17	25.9	14.7	0
Not Qualified	9.7	24.8	7.7	8.8	12.7	22.2	0
Other	16.1	20.5	25.2	12.7	2.8	21.9	0

Note: Slight differences in the totals of some tables are due to weighting procedures and rounding of figures

Department of Statistics/Employment and Unemployment Survey- Annual Report 2005

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