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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2003
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 2003
2001 2002 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 92 78 97 95 91 87 105
1-19 hours per week 19 17 19 23 11 18 17 24
20-36 hours per week 16 17 11 18 23 19 8 16
37 hours per week and over 49 58 48 56 61 54 62 66
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 32 31 30 33 31 32 31
Number of man-weeks desired 68 78 64 78 83 76 74 87
                 
Underemployed persons 68 75 72 74 70 74 80 82
1-19 hours per week 7 7 7 9 5 7 8 9
20-36 hours per week 29 32 32 30 32 32 34 33
37 hours per week and over 32 35 32 36 33 35 38 40
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 26 23 26 24 26 29 29
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 91 104 87 104 107 101 103 116
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 52 43 54 51 50 52 60
1-19 hours per week 8 7 9 10 4 8 8 10
20-36 hours per week 5 6 5 7 8 7 2 5
37 hours per week and over 33 38 29 38 39 34 43 44
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 32 35 33 34 33
Number of man-weeks desired 40 46 36 47 48 43 47 53
                 
Underemployed persons 15 19 15 19 17 15 23 21
1-19 hours per week 2 2 1 3 2 1 4 3
20-36 hours per week 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 6
37 hours per week and over 9 11 9 11 10 10 13 12
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 33 32 33 33 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 8 6 8 7 6 10 9
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 54 43 54 55 49 57 62
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 38 41 35 42 44 41 35 45
1-19 hours per week 11 10 10 13 7 9 9 13
20-36 hours per week 10 11 6 11 15 12 6 11
37 hours per week and over 16 20 19 19 22 20 20 21
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 28 29 29 28 30 29 29 28
Number of man-weeks desired 28 32 27 31 36 32 27 34
                 
Underemployed persons 53 56 57 55 53 59 58 60
1-19 hours per week 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 6
20-36 hours per week 25 27 27 25 28 28 28 27
37 hours per week and over 23 24 24 25 22 25 25 28
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 19 17 19 17 19 19 20
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 45 50 45 50 53 52 46 54