MALDIVES, POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2006
TABLE EC 3: POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE & OVER, UNEMPLOYED BY REASONS FOR NOT WORKING, LOCALITY, AGE & SEX
Locality, sex & age	Total Unemployed1	Reasons for not working							Not stated
		Studying / Attending training	Unable to find suitable employment	Lack of employment opportunities	Objection to work by family & relatives	Needs special care	Unable to work due to health condition	Other reasons
(1)	(2)	(3)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
Republic
Both sexes	18,605	164	14,049	3,651	13	2	352	320	54
15-19	4,142	89	3,213	751	5	0	22	49	13
20-24	4,618	53	3,561	871	2	0	41	75	15
25-29	2,323	6	1,813	410	0	0	46	43	5
30-34	1,663	8	1,248	353	1	0	26	25	2
35-39	1,504	4	1,109	317	0	0	37	31	6
40-44	1,336	3	975	285	1	1	35	31	5
45-49	1,214	0	860	280	1	0	43	29	1
50-54	625	1	457	124	0	0	26	14	3
55-59	397	0	274	89	1	1	23	8	1
60-64	329	0	226	75	0	0	21	5	2
65+	454	0	313	96	2	0	32	10	1
Male	5,981	97	4,444	992	6	0	184	234	24
15-19	1,911	57	1,495	311	3	0	11	30	4
20-24	1,443	28	1,119	207	1	0	23	58	7
25-29	630	2	482	83	0	0	29	31	3
30-34	372	4	269	72	0	0	8	18	1
35-39	311	3	226	43	0	0	16	21	2
40-44	273	2	176	55	0	0	14	24	2
45-49	283	0	176	63	0	0	21	23	0
50-54	178	1	116	35	0	0	15	9	2
55-59	139	0	91	27	0	0	13	7	1
60-64	144	0	91	34	0	0	13	5	1
65+	297	0	203	62	2	0	21	8	1
Female	12,624	67	9,605	2,659	7	2	168	86	30
15-19	2,231	32	1,718	440	2	0	11	19	9
20-24	3,175	25	2,442	664	1	0	18	17	8
25-29	1,693	4	1,331	327	0	0	17	12	2
30-34	1,291	4	979	281	1	0	18	7	1
35-39	1,193	1	883	274	0	0	21	10	4
40-44	1,063	1	799	230	1	1	21	7	3
45-49	931	0	684	217	1	0	22	6	1
50-54	447	0	341	89	0	0	11	5	1
55-59	258	0	183	62	1	1	10	1	0
60-64	185	0	135	41	0	0	8	0	1
65+	157	0	110	34	0	0	11	2	0
Male'
Both sexes	4,805	117	3,655	782	8	0	83	139	21
15-19	1,476	61	1,135	223	4	0	10	37	6
20-24	1,408	41	1,105	200	1	0	18	37	6
25-29	546	5	433	87	0	0	7	13	1
30-34	361	3	280	61	1	0	5	10	1
35-39	286	4	205	54	0	0	9	13	1
40-44	242	2	168	49	1	0	9	11	2
45-49	229	0	164	51	1	0	5	8	0
50-54	97	1	66	17	0	0	6	4	3
55-59	80	0	51	21	0	0	8	0	0
60-64	43	0	26	11	0	0	3	2	1
65+	37	0	22	8	0	0	3	4	0
Male	1,981	64	1,514	271	2	0	34	88	8
15-19	773	39	599	106	2	0	5	21	1
20-24	582	17	464	70	0	0	5	25	1
25-29	208	2	163	30	0	0	4	8	1
30-34	119	1	95	15	0	0	2	6	0
35-39	79	3	54	11	0	0	4	7	0
40-44	63	1	40	12	0	0	0	8	2
45-49	55	0	37	10	0	0	2	6	0
50-54	33	1	19	5	0	0	4	2	2
55-59	27	0	17	5	0	0	5	0	0
60-64	17	0	10	3	0	0	1	2	1
65+	25	0	16	4	0	0	2	3	0
Female	2,824	53	2,141	511	6	0	49	51	13
15-19	703	22	536	117	2	0	5	16	5
20-24	826	24	641	130	1	0	13	12	5
25-29	338	3	270	57	0	0	3	5	0
30-34	242	2	185	46	1	0	3	4	1
35-39	207	1	151	43	0	0	5	6	1
40-44	179	1	128	37	1	0	9	3	0
45-49	174	0	127	41	1	0	3	2	0
50-54	64	0	47	12	0	0	2	2	1
55-59	53	0	34	16	0	0	3	0	0
60-64	26	0	16	8	0	0	2	0	0
65+	12	0	6	4	0	0	1	1	0
Atolls
Both sexes	13,800	47	10,394	2,869	5	2	269	181	33
15-19	2,666	28	2,078	528	1	0	12	12	7
20-24	3,210	12	2,456	671	1	0	23	38	9
25-29	1,777	1	1,380	323	0	0	39	30	4
30-34	1,302	5	968	292	0	0	21	15	1
35-39	1,218	0	904	263	0	0	28	18	5
40-44	1,094	1	807	236	0	1	26	20	3
45-49	985	0	696	229	0	0	38	21	1
50-54	528	0	391	107	0	0	20	10	0
55-59	317	0	223	68	1	1	15	8	1
60-64	286	0	200	64	0	0	18	3	1
65+	417	0	291	88	2	0	29	6	1
Male	4,000	33	2,930	721	4	0	150	146	16
15-19	1,138	18	896	205	1	0	6	9	3
20-24	861	11	655	137	1	0	18	33	6
25-29	422	0	319	53	0	0	25	23	2
30-34	253	3	174	57	0	0	6	12	1
35-39	232	0	172	32	0	0	12	14	2
40-44	210	1	136	43	0	0	14	16	0
45-49	228	0	139	53	0	0	19	17	0
50-54	145	0	97	30	0	0	11	7	0
55-59	112	0	74	22	0	0	8	7	1
60-64	127	0	81	31	0	0	12	3	0
65+	272	0	187	58	2	0	19	5	1
Female	9,800	14	7,464	2,148	1	2	119	35	17
15-19	1,528	10	1,182	323	0	0	6	3	4
20-24	2,349	1	1,801	534	0	0	5	5	3
25-29	1,355	1	1,061	270	0	0	14	7	2
30-34	1,049	2	794	235	0	0	15	3	0
35-39	986	0	732	231	0	0	16	4	3
40-44	884	0	671	193	0	1	12	4	3
45-49	757	0	557	176	0	0	19	4	1
50-54	383	0	294	77	0	0	9	3	0
55-59	205	0	149	46	1	1	7	1	0
60-64	159	0	119	33	0	0	6	0	1
65+	145	0	104	30	0	0	10	1	0
1 Unemployed persons are those seeking and available for work during the census reference period. Persons who were not working during the census reference period for the reasons “unable to find a suitable employment" and "lack of employment opportunities" were classified as unemployed, even though they were not seeking and available for work.
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