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By Javaughn Keyes
There were 672,700 people outside of the local labour force.
In the latest survey on Jamaica's working age population, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica found there were more women than men outside the labour force.
Some 402,500 women compared with 270,200 men were considered outside the labour force.
STATIN says among the people outside the labour force, 23,600 or 3.5 per cent were classified as part of the potential labour force.
This group includes people seeking employment but not available to work or available for work but not currently searching for a job.
Among the youth aged 15 to 24 years outside the labour force, there were 139,600 males and 153,000 females.
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