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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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 2004 2005
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 106 111 111 97 110 116 117 98
1-19 hours per week 19 20 23 18 21 16 24 20
20-36 hours per week 18 22 17 11 19 31 21 19
37 hours per week and over 70 68 70 68 70 70 73 60
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 33 32 32 31 31
Number of man-weeks desired 91 93 91 84 93 99 98 81
                 
Underemployed persons 98 98 98 97 109 97 90 95
1-19 hours per week 9 9 7 10 10 10 6 9
20-36 hours per week 38 37 39 35 41 34 37 39
37 hours per week and over 51 51 52 52 58 53 48 47
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 32 33 33 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 36 36 36 36 41 36 34 34
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 126 129 127 120 134 136 132 116
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 61 61 57 63 63 63 55
1-19 hours per week 9 8 12 9 9 7 10 9
20-36 hours per week 7 8 6 4 8 12 6 7
37 hours per week and over 46 45 44 44 46 45 48 39
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 34 33 34 34 33
Number of man-weeks desired 55 54 52 51 56 56 57 48
                 
Underemployed persons 26 24 22 25 29 24 23 21
1-19 hours per week 2 2 1 3 3 4 1 2
20-36 hours per week 6 5 4 5 6 4 5 5
37 hours per week and over 18 17 17 17 20 17 17 14
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 35 33 35 33 35 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 12 11 10 12 13 11 11 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 67 65 62 63 70 67 67 57
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 49 50 40 47 53 54 43
1-19 hours per week 10 12 12 9 12 9 14 11
20-36 hours per week 11 14 11 7 12 19 15 12
37 hours per week and over 24 24 26 25 24 25 25 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 29 31 29 30 29 29
Number of man-weeks desired 36 39 39 33 37 43 41 33
                 
Underemployed persons 72 73 76 72 80 73 67 74
1-19 hours per week 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 7
20-36 hours per week 32 33 35 30 35 30 32 34
37 hours per week and over 34 34 36 35 38 36 31 33
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 32 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 25 26 24 28 25 23 25
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 60 64 65 57 64 68 65 58