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Table 2 Unemployment rates by various characteristics, population census data, ages 15-29

From: Making sense of Arab labor markets: the enduring legacy of dualism

 

Egypt 1996

Egypt 2006

Iraq 1997

Jordan 2004

Morocco 2004

Palestine 1997

Palestine 2007

Total

Male

23.4

18.7

22.0

27.9

22.7

19.5

22.2

21.5

Female

50.5

40.2

4.3

52.6

36.4

28.1

31.2

40.9

Education: Less than Primary

3.7

10.1

25.7

20.4

20.3

25.3

25.4

12.6

Education: Primary

10.1

17.3

19.4

35.1

35.5

20.2

22.5

24.2

Education: Secondary

53.4

29.3

14.6

35.2

37.6

18.9

22.6

38.3

Education: University

32.5

31.6

15.6

36.2

39.5

19.8

27.2

31.3

Urban/rural missing

  

13.3

 

27.0

25.8

28.6

27.0

Rural

30.2

18.8

20.9

42.4

 

17.0

23.8

23.1

Urban

27.8

29.5

20.3

31.8

 

21.1

23.0

27.2

Total

28.8

23.2

20.5

34.3

27.0

20.4

23.5

25.6

N (Observations)

679,333

839,128

233,428

67,750

218,806

27,239

19,018

2,084,702

  1. Source: Author’s calculations based on data from Minnesota Population Center (2013).