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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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 2002 2003
2001 2002 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 92 95 91 87 105 111 112
1-19 hours per week 19 17 11 18 17 24 13 23
20-36 hours per week 16 17 23 19 8 16 23 20
37 hours per week and over 49 58 61 54 62 66 75 69
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 32 33 31 32 31 33 31
Number of man-weeks desired 68 78 83 76 74 87 98 93
                 
Underemployed persons 68 75 70 74 80 82 86 85
1-19 hours per week 7 7 5 7 8 9 7 7
20-36 hours per week 29 32 32 32 34 33 32 35
37 hours per week and over 32 35 33 35 38 40 47 43
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 26 24 26 29 29 32 31
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 91 104 107 101 103 116 130 124
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 52 51 50 52 60 64 65
1-19 hours per week 8 7 4 8 8 10 5 10
20-36 hours per week 5 6 8 7 2 5 10 10
37 hours per week and over 33 38 39 34 43 44 50 45
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 35 33 34 33 35 33
Number of man-weeks desired 40 46 48 43 47 53 59 57
                 
Underemployed persons 15 19 17 15 23 21 23 23
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 1 4 3 2 2
20-36 hours per week 4 5 5 4 6 6 7 6
37 hours per week and over 9 11 10 10 13 12 14 14
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 33 33 32 32 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 8 7 6 10 9 10 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 54 55 49 57 62 70 67
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 38 41 44 41 35 45 47 47
1-19 hours per week 11 10 7 9 9 13 8 13
20-36 hours per week 10 11 15 12 6 11 14 9
37 hours per week and over 16 20 22 20 20 21 26 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 28 29 30 29 29 28 31 29
Number of man-weeks desired 28 32 36 32 27 34 39 37
                 
Underemployed persons 53 56 53 59 58 60 63 62
1-19 hours per week 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
20-36 hours per week 25 27 28 28 28 27 26 28
37 hours per week and over 23 24 22 25 25 28 32 29
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 19 17 19 19 20 21 21
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 45 50 53 52 46 54 60 58