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Table 5 Composition of unemployed population age 20 to 64

	%
	1976 to 1977	1981 to 1983	1990 to 1992	2008 to 2009
Unemployed individuals	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Married men	31.6	32.2	30.6	28.8
Married women	31.1	27.0	27.6	24.1
Unmarried and unattached persons	37.3	40.8	41.8	47.1
Individuals unemployed due to layoff	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Married men	39.2	39.0	36.2	34.2
Married women	24.0	21.8	24.0	21.2
Unmarried and unattached persons	36.8	39.2	39.9	44.6
Note: Includes legally married and common-law couples. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.