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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2005
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 2005
2003 2004 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 107 106 98 107 111 111 97 110
1-19 hours per week 20 19 19 23 12 23 18 21
20-36 hours per week 20 18 20 18 24 17 11 19
37 hours per week and over 68 70 60 66 75 70 68 70
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 31 33 31 33 32
Number of man-weeks desired 90 91 82 89 98 91 84 93
                 
Underemployed persons 86 98 90 97 100 98 97 109
1-19 hours per week 8 9 8 10 8 7 10 10
20-36 hours per week 34 38 35 36 41 39 35 41
37 hours per week and over 44 51 48 50 51 52 52 58
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 33 32 32 33 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 31 36 33 35 37 36 36 41
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 121 126 115 124 135 127 120 134
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 62 58 64 64 61 57 63
1-19 hours per week 8 9 9 10 4 12 9 9
20-36 hours per week 8 7 9 8 9 6 4 8
37 hours per week and over 45 46 41 46 51 44 44 46
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 33 33 35 32 34 33
Number of man-weeks desired 55 55 51 57 59 52 51 56
                 
Underemployed persons 23 26 23 30 27 22 25 29
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3
20-36 hours per week 6 6 5 7 8 4 5 6
37 hours per week and over 14 18 16 19 18 17 17 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 34 33 34 35 33 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 10 12 10 13 12 10 12 13
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 65 67 61 70 71 62 63 70
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 45 40 43 47 50 40 47
1-19 hours per week 11 10 10 13 7 12 9 12
20-36 hours per week 11 11 11 10 15 11 7 12
37 hours per week and over 23 24 19 20 25 26 25 24
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 30 28 28 31 29 31 29
Number of man-weeks desired 35 36 30 32 38 39 33 37
                 
Underemployed persons 63 72 67 67 73 76 72 80
1-19 hours per week 5 7 6 7 6 6 7 7
20-36 hours per week 28 32 30 29 33 35 30 35
37 hours per week and over 30 34 31 31 33 36 35 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 21 24 23 22 25 26 24 28
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 56 60 53 54 63 65 57 64