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Year	Source	Total No. ('000)	As % of Labour force by sex		By Industry ('000)
Year	Source	Total No. ('000)	Male	Female	Agriculture	Industry	Manufacturing	Construction(c)	Services
2005 (b)	Quarterly Labour Force Survey (a)	6083	67.3	32.6	2059	1787	1293	494	2941
2006	Quarterly Labour Force Survey (a)	7599	68.1	35.7	2287	1890	1363	527	2928
2007	Quarterly Labour Force Survey (a)	7489	67.8	33.4	2202	1874	1331	543	2966
2008	Quarterly Labour Force Survey (a)	7569	67.9	34.3	2344	1888	1355	533	2943

Source: Central Bank Annual Report 2008

(a) Data exclude both Northern and Eastern provinces.
(b) QLFS was conducted as a one-off survey in August 2005.
(c) Mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and water categorized under construction