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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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 2003 2004
2002 2003 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 92 107 111 112 98 107 111 111
1-19 hours per week 17 20 13 23 19 23 12 23
20-36 hours per week 17 20 23 20 20 18 24 17
37 hours per week and over 58 68 75 69 60 66 75 70
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 31 31 31 33 31
Number of man-weeks desired 78 90 98 93 82 89 98 91
                 
Underemployed persons 75 86 86 85 90 97 100 98
1-19 hours per week 7 8 7 7 8 10 8 7
20-36 hours per week 32 34 32 35 35 36 41 39
37 hours per week and over 35 44 47 43 48 50 51 52
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 33 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 26 31 32 31 33 35 37 36
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 104 121 130 124 115 124 135 127
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 52 62 64 65 58 64 64 61
1-19 hours per week 7 8 5 10 9 10 4 12
20-36 hours per week 6 8 10 10 9 8 9 6
37 hours per week and over 38 45 50 45 41 46 51 44
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 35 33 33 33 35 32
Number of man-weeks desired 46 55 59 57 51 57 59 52
                 
Underemployed persons 19 23 23 23 23 30 27 22
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
20-36 hours per week 5 6 7 6 5 7 8 4
37 hours per week and over 11 14 14 14 16 19 18 17
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 33 33 34 33 34 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 10 10 10 10 13 12 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 54 65 70 67 61 70 71 62
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 41 45 47 47 40 43 47 50
1-19 hours per week 10 11 8 13 10 13 7 12
20-36 hours per week 11 11 14 9 11 10 15 11
37 hours per week and over 20 23 26 25 19 20 25 26
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 29 31 29 28 28 31 29
Number of man-weeks desired 32 35 39 37 30 32 38 39
                 
Underemployed persons 56 63 63 62 67 67 73 76
1-19 hours per week 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6
20-36 hours per week 27 28 26 28 30 29 33 35
37 hours per week and over 24 30 32 29 31 31 33 36
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 19 21 21 21 23 22 25 26
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 50 56 60 58 53 54 63 65