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	Table 099 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
	Departures for Foreign Employment (Skill Level)(Age Group)(Sex) (2004 - 2007)
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Age Group        Year        Sex		Below 20	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39	40 - 44	45 - 49	Above 49	Not Reported	Total
Departures for Professional, Middle and Clerical Level Jobs
	Male	46	1,450	2,627	2,267	1,589	1,207	926	868	1,962	12,942
2004	Female	82	505	436	307	281	201	131	86	98	2,127
	Total	128	1,955	3,063	2,574	1,870	1,408	1,057	954	2,060	15,069
	Male	70	2,592	3,928	2,872	1,838	1,256	1,009	859	2,183	16,607
2005	Female	14	273	378	266	207	204	139	87	274	1,842
	Total	84	2,865	4,306	3,138	2,045	1,460	1,148	946	2,457	18,449
	Male	20	1,424	3,381	3,710	2,051	1,431	1,125	1,088	1,278	14,508
2006	Female	1	183	411	279	256	220	148	152	104	1,754
	Total	21	1,607	3,792	2,989	2,307	1,651	1,273	1,240	1,382	16,262
	Male	70	786	1,875	1,602	1,189	838	639	1,744		8,743
2007	Female	18	185	283	186	116	117	85	189	-	1,179
	Total	88	971	2,158	1,788	1,305	955	724	1,933	-	9,922
Departures for Skilled Level Jobs
	Male	242	5,779	6,581	5,738	5,144	4,273	2,596	1,476	3,097	33,947
2004	Female	636	4,085	3,248	1,774	1,290	603	216	68	59	11,979
	Total	878	8,885	9,829	7,512	6,434	4,876	2,812	1,544	3,156	45,926
	Male	390	5,774	8,199	6,471	5,572	4,621	3,056	1,769	2,981	38,833
2005	Female	348	2,468	1,972	1,009	557	255	70	35	43	6,757
	Total	738	8,242	10,771	8,480	6,129	4,876	3,126	1,804	3,024	45,590
	Male	88	4,650	9,002	6,929	5,807	4,501	3,363	2,316	2,081	38,737
2006	Female	58	1,878	2,114	1,117	667	293	110	33	29	6,326
	Total	173	6,528	11,116	8,046	6,474	4,794	3,473	2,349	2,110	45,063
	Male	486	5,854	9,532	7,537	6,184	4,922	3,666	5,428	4	43,613
2007	Female	323	1,821	1,773	967	607	250	146	109	-	5,996
	Total	809	7,675	11,305	8,504	6,791	5,172	3,812	5,537	4	49,609
Departures for Unskilled Level Jobs
	Male	1,024	9,287	8,055	5,204	3,463	2,182	1,071	540	2,986	33,812
2004	Female	207	1,701	2,019	1,603	1,715	1,281	591	170	105	9,392
	Total	1,231	10,988	10,074	6,807	5,178	3,463	1,662	710	2,091	43,204
	Male	1,205	10,862	10,018	5,773	4,002	2,296	1,093	546	2,731	38,525
2005	Female	67	669	768	531	534	388	198	117	73	3,345
	Total	1,272	11,531	10,786	6,304	4,535	2,684	1,291	663	2,804	41,870
	Male	435	8,906	10,736	6,153	4,100	2,501	1,417	676	2,001	36,925
2006	Female	15	585	940	647	690	553	347	154	56	3,987
	Total	450	9,491	11,676	6,800	4,790	3,054	1,764	830	2,057	40,912
	Male	1,897	12,136	12,686	7,408	4,940	2,919	1,579	3,541	-	47,106
2007	Female	132	766	1,040	823	839	668	496	321	-	5,085
	Total	2,629	12,902	13,726	8,231	5,779	3,587	2,075	3,862	-	52,191
Departures for Housemaid Jobs (Female Only)
2004	Total	2,450	15,682	22,484	19,359	21,656	16,479	7,062	1,784	3,556	110,512
2005	Total	2,495	18,944	23,695	20,022	23,228	19,884	10,395	3,041	3,390	125,154
2006	Total	584	12,083	18,646	16,867	18,116	17,281	10,038	3,622	2,474	99,711
2007	Total	2,039	12,804	18,446	16,447	18,426	17,374	9,528	7,077	35	102,176
Departures for all Occupations
	Male	1,312	15,537	17,263	13,209	10,196	7,662	4,593	2,884	8,045	80,701
2004	Female	3,375	21,973	28,187	23,043	24,942	18,564	8,000	2,108	3,818	134,010
	Total	4,687	37,510	45,450	36,252	35,136	26,226	125,593	4,992	11,863	214,711
	Male	1,665	19,228	22,145	15,116	11,411	8,173	5,185	3,174	7,895	93,965
2005	Female	2,924	22,354	26,813	21,828	24,586	20,731	10,802	3,280	3,780	137,098
	Total	4,589	41,582	48,958	36,944	35,997	28,904	15,960	6,454	11,675	321,063
	Male	543	14,980	23,119	15,792	11,958	8,433	5,905	4,080	5,360	90,170
2006	Female	685	14,729	22,111	48,910	19,229	18,347	10,643	3,961	2,663	111,778
	Total	1,228	29,709	45,230	34,702	31,687	26,780	16,548	8,041	8,023	201,948
	Male	2,543	18,776	24,093	16,547	12,313	8,679	5,884	10,713	4,024	103,482
2007	Female	2,512	15,576	21,542	18,423	19,888	18,409	10,255	7,696	576	114,977
	Total	4,965	34,352	45,635	34,970	32,301	27,088	16,139	18,409	4,600	218,459
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2009(y)/11(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Former Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.