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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
2001 2002 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 92 86 78 97 95 91 87
1-19 hours per week 19 17 22 19 23 11 18 17
20-36 hours per week 16 17 17 11 18 23 19 8
37 hours per week and over 49 58 47 48 56 61 54 62
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 32 30 31 30 33 31 32
Number of man-weeks desired 68 78 68 64 78 83 76 74
                 
Underemployed persons 68 75 68 72 74 70 74 80
1-19 hours per week 7 7 6 7 9 5 7 8
20-36 hours per week 29 32 29 32 30 32 32 34
37 hours per week and over 32 35 33 32 36 33 35 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 26 22 23 26 24 26 29
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 91 104 91 87 104 107 101 103
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 52 44 43 54 51 50 52
1-19 hours per week 8 7 9 9 10 4 8 8
20-36 hours per week 5 6 5 5 7 8 7 2
37 hours per week and over 33 38 30 29 38 39 34 43
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 32 32 35 33 34
Number of man-weeks desired 40 46 37 36 47 48 43 47
                 
Underemployed persons 15 19 14 15 19 17 15 23
1-19 hours per week 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 4
20-36 hours per week 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 6
37 hours per week and over 9 11 9 9 11 10 10 13
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 33 33 32 33 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 8 6 6 8 7 6 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 54 43 43 54 55 49 57
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 38 41 43 35 42 44 41 35
1-19 hours per week 11 10 13 10 13 7 9 9
20-36 hours per week 10 11 12 6 11 15 12 6
37 hours per week and over 16 20 17 19 19 22 20 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 28 29 27 29 28 30 29 29
Number of man-weeks desired 28 32 31 27 31 36 32 27
                 
Underemployed persons 53 56 54 57 55 53 59 58
1-19 hours per week 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5
20-36 hours per week 25 27 25 27 25 28 28 28
37 hours per week and over 23 24 24 24 25 22 25 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 31 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 19 17 17 19 17 19 19
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 45 50 48 45 50 53 52 46