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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2002
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2001 2002
2000 2001 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 81 84 87 84 86 78 97 95
1-19 hours per week 19 19 25 11 22 19 23 11
20-36 hours per week 17 16 11 24 17 11 18 23
37 hours per week and over 45 49 51 50 47 48 56 61
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 31 29 33 30 31 30 33
Number of man-weeks desired 64 68 68 73 68 64 78 83
                 
Underemployed persons 67 68 65 67 68 72 74 70
1-19 hours per week 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 5
20-36 hours per week 27 29 28 28 29 32 30 32
37 hours per week and over 34 32 30 32 33 32 36 33
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 23 23 23 22 23 26 24
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 89 91 91 96 91 87 104 107
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 46 50 47 44 43 54 51
1-19 hours per week 7 8 10 4 9 9 10 4
20-36 hours per week 7 5 3 9 5 5 7 8
37 hours per week and over 31 33 37 34 30 29 38 39
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 35 32 32 32 35
Number of man-weeks desired 40 40 43 44 37 36 47 48
                 
Underemployed persons 16 15 13 18 14 15 19 17
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 2
20-36 hours per week 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
37 hours per week and over 10 9 8 11 9 9 11 10
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 32 33 33 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 7 6 5 7 6 6 8 7
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 46 48 51 43 43 54 55
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 35 38 37 37 43 35 42 44
1-19 hours per week 12 11 15 6 13 10 13 7
20-36 hours per week 9 10 8 15 12 6 11 15
37 hours per week and over 14 16 14 16 17 19 19 22
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 26 28 26 30 27 29 28 30
Number of man-weeks desired 25 28 25 29 31 27 31 36
                 
Underemployed persons 51 53 53 49 54 57 55 53
1-19 hours per week 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 4
20-36 hours per week 23 25 25 24 25 27 25 28
37 hours per week and over 24 23 23 21 24 24 25 22
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 31 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 18 17 18 16 17 17 19 17
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 42 45 43 45 48 45 50 53