Unemployment in Greece: Econometric Evidence after the Athens 2004 Olympics and before the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for Greece, Attica, and RCM.

	2006
Variables/area	Greece		Attica		C. Macedonia
	31.898 cases		8.498 cases		4.984 cases
	Frequencies	Share	Frequencies	Share	Frequencies	Share
Employed	29.132	91,3%	7.809	91,9%	4.504	90,4%
Unemployed	2.766	8,7%	689	8,1%	478	9.6%
Males	18.692	58,6%	4.949	58,2%	2.584	57,3%
Females	13.206	41,4%	3.549	41,8%	2.130	42,7%
Marital status	22.072	69,2%	5.458	64,2%	3.477	69,8%
Aged 15–24	2.666	8,4%	716	8,4%	431	8,6%
Aged 25–34	8.181	25,6%	2.480	29,2%	1.275	25,6%
Aged 35–44	9.004	28,2%	2.455	28,9%	1.497	30,0%
Aged 45–64	12.047	37,8%	2.847	33,5%	1.781	35,7%
M.S. or Ph.D. holders	386	1,2%	213	2,5%	75	1,5%
University graduates	4.905	15,4%	1.587	18,7%	892	17,9%
TEI graduates	4.661	14,6%	1.750	20,6%	771	15,5%
12 years of schooling	10.331	32,4%	2.848	33,5%	1.677	33,6%
9 years of compulsory education	3.690	11,6%	922	10,8%	573	11,5%
Primary school graduates and below	7.925	24,8%	1.178	13,9%	996	20,0%
Athens area	5.982	18,8%	5.982	70,4%	—	—
Thessaloniki area	3.042	9,5%	—	—	3.042	61,0%
Urban areas	10.192	32,0%	1.569	18,5%	714	14,3%
Semiurban areas	4.997	15,7%	809	9,5%	635	12,7%
Rural areas	7.685	24,1%	138	1,6%	593	11,9%
Registered in OAED	2.183	6,8%	400	4,7%	386	7,7%
Immigrants	1.915	6,0%	839	9,9%	270	5,4%