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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2004
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 2004
2002 2003 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 92 107 87 105 111 112 98 107
1-19 hours per week 17 20 17 24 13 23 19 23
20-36 hours per week 17 20 8 16 23 20 20 18
37 hours per week and over 58 68 62 66 75 69 60 66
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 31 33 31 31 31
Number of man-weeks desired 78 90 74 87 98 93 82 89
                 
Underemployed persons 75 86 80 82 86 85 90 97
1-19 hours per week 7 8 8 9 7 7 8 10
20-36 hours per week 32 34 34 33 32 35 35 36
37 hours per week and over 35 44 38 40 47 43 48 50
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 33 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 26 31 29 29 32 31 33 35
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 104 121 103 116 130 124 115 124
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 52 62 52 60 64 65 58 64
1-19 hours per week 7 8 8 10 5 10 9 10
20-36 hours per week 6 8 2 5 10 10 9 8
37 hours per week and over 38 45 43 44 50 45 41 46
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 34 33 35 33 33 33
Number of man-weeks desired 46 55 47 53 59 57 51 57
                 
Underemployed persons 19 23 23 21 23 23 23 30
1-19 hours per week 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 3
20-36 hours per week 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 7
37 hours per week and over 11 14 13 12 14 14 16 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 32 33 33 34 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 13
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 54 65 57 62 70 67 61 70
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 41 45 35 45 47 47 40 43
1-19 hours per week 10 11 9 13 8 13 10 13
20-36 hours per week 11 11 6 11 14 9 11 10
37 hours per week and over 20 23 20 21 26 25 19 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 29 29 28 31 29 28 28
Number of man-weeks desired 32 35 27 34 39 37 30 32
                 
Underemployed persons 56 63 58 60 63 62 67 67
1-19 hours per week 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 7
20-36 hours per week 27 28 28 27 26 28 30 29
37 hours per week and over 24 30 25 28 32 29 31 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 19 21 19 20 21 21 23 22
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 50 56 46 54 60 58 53 54