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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2006
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons aged 15-741,2, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2005 2006
2005 2006
Old 		4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
New		 4th quarter
Old
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 111 84 98 95 98 83 60 61
1-19 hours per week 20 13 20 19 13 12 9 8
20-36 hours per week 22 16 19 12 27 17 10 11
37 hours per week and over 68 56 60 64 58 54 41 42
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 32 32 32 32 33
Number of man-weeks desired 93 73 81 80 84 71 52 53
                 
Underemployed persons 98 108 95 114 113 108 97 96
1-19 hours per week 9 9 9 6 10 5 12 11
20-36 hours per week 37 51 39 56 54 51 43 44
37 hours per week and over 51 48 47 51 48 52 42 40
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 33 33 34 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 36 39 34 41 41 39 32 32
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 129 112 116 121 124 110 84 85
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 61 46 55 52 53 43 33 34
1-19 hours per week 8 5 9 7 5 4 4 4
20-36 hours per week 8 5 7 3 10 5 3 3
37 hours per week and over 45 36 39 42 38 34 26 27
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 33 34 34 34 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired 54 42 48 47 47 39 30 31
                 
Underemployed persons 24 26 21 28 31 25 22 21
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 3
20-36 hours per week 5 8 5 9 12 9 5 5
37 hours per week and over 17 16 14 18 16 15 14 13
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 34 34 33 36 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 11 11 10 12 12 11 9 9
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 65 53 57 59 59 50 39 40
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 49 39 43 43 46 40 27 27
1-19 hours per week 12 8 11 11 9 8 5 5
20-36 hours per week 14 10 12 9 17 12 7 7
37 hours per week and over 24 20 20 23 20 20 15 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 30 29 29 30 30 31 31
Number of man-weeks desired 39 31 33 33 36 32 22 23
                 
Underemployed persons 73 82 74 86 82 84 75 75
1-19 hours per week 6 7 7 5 7 5 9 8
20-36 hours per week 33 43 34 48 43 42 38 40
37 hours per week and over 34 32 33 34 32 37 28 27
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 33 31 31
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 25 27 25 29 28 28 23 24
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 64 58 58 62 65 60 46 47

1 See note 1, table 1.
2 See note 6, table 1.