Table 3: Wage Changes After Job Losses by Age for Frequent Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants (for the Period 1996 to 1998)

		Wage Change*
		< - 10%		-10% to 0		0.1 to +10%		> + 10%		Total**
UI Claimants	Age in 1996	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	% of Total
Seasonal Claimants	Under 25	111	27.5%	31	7.7%	21	5.2%	241	59.7%	404	12.0%
	25 - 34	296	32.2%	80	8.7%	93	10.1%	451	49.0%	920	27.4%
	35 - 44	324	32.8%	100	10.1%	117	11.8%	448	45.3%	989	29.5%
	45 - 54	212	35.3%	70	11.6%	78	13.0%	241	40.1%	601	17.9%
	55 and Older	143	32.4%	44	10.0%	62	14.1%	192	43.5%	441	13.1%
	Subtotal	1,086	32.4%	325	9.7%	371	11.1%	1,573	46.9%	3,355	100.0%
Non-seasonal Claimants	Under 25	98	24.3%	25	6.2%	27	6.7%	253	62.8%	403	15.5%
	25 - 34	234	30.0%	67	8.6%	58	7.4%	421	54.0%	780	30.1%
	35 - 44	249	32.0%	77	9.9%	68	8.7%	385	49.4%	779	30.0%
	45 - 54	154	39.7%	27	7.0%	37	9.5%	170	43.8%	388	15.0%
	55 and Older	83	34.0%	26	10.7%	27	11.1%	108	44.3%	244	9.4%
	Subtotal	818	31.5%	222	8.6%	217	8.4%	1,337	51.5%	2,594	100.0%
Total		1,904		547		588		2,910		5,949

* Wage change: comparison of the average quarterly wage between the claimants' re-employment (1997) and pre-job loss employment (1995), see Footnote 7.
** The 278 records that have no wage change information are not included in this table.

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