Employment and population ratio by selected characteristics, 2015

Selected Characteristics		Number of employed persons			Employment-to-population ratio (%)
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Age group
15 to 24	4,187	2,180	2,007	31.2	33.3	29.2
25 to 54	32,790	14,842	17,948	81.2	83.9	79.0
55 to 64	4,394	2,333	2,061	56.3	64.6	49.2
65+	1,166	776	390	14.8	22.8	8.7
Total, 15 and older	42,537	20,131	22,406	61.2	64.4	58.6
Total 15 to 64	41,371	19,355	22,016	67.1	69.5	65.2
Highest level of education
Primary or less	6,778	3,681	3,098	48.3	53.8	43.1
Lower / Junior Secondary	2,951	1,716	1,235	47.8	54.8	40.6
Upper Secondary	15,275	7,496	7,779	62.4	65.4	59.7
Post-secondary below univeristy degree	12,788	5,495	7,293	70.8	74.3	68.4
University degree	4,274	1,499	2,774	79.2	81.9	77.8
Parish
St. John City	11,233	5,345	5,888	61.8	65.3	58.9
St. John Rural	15,319	7,312	8,007	65.1	69.2	61.7
St. George	3,682	1,688	1,994	54.1	57.6	51.5
St. Peter	2,432	1,041	1,391	56.0	56.1	56.0
St. Philip	2,054	1,033	1,020	70.8	76.1	66.1
St. Paul	3,638	1,770	1,868	53.8	57.3	50.9
St. Mary	3,479	1,660	1,819	60.0	60.2	59.9
Barbuda	699	281	418	59.0	56.0	61.2
% : per cent
Source: Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance, Labour Force Survey, 2015.
Date: 06 December 2018