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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2008
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2006 2007 2008
2006 2007 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 63 60 66 69 63 54 65
1-19 hours per week 13 12 9 16 9 12 11 19
20-36 hours per week 16 12 10 10 18 11 10 15
37 hours per week and over 55 39 41 40 41 40 33 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 31 32 30 32 32 31 29
Number of man-weeks desired 72 53 52 53 59 53 46 50
                 
Underemployed persons 76 66 59 70 71 65 58 57
1-19 hours per week 6 5 7 8 6 3 5 4
20-36 hours per week 32 27 23 28 29 28 22 25
37 hours per week and over 39 34 30 35 36 34 31 27
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 32 33 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 28 23 21 23 26 23 21 19
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 99 76 73 77 85 76 66 69
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 45 34 33 36 37 33 31 37
1-19 hours per week 5 5 4 7 4 6 5 8
20-36 hours per week 5 4 3 4 8 4 3 8
37 hours per week and over 35 24 26 25 25 24 22 21
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 34 32 33 33 34 31
Number of man-weeks desired 41 30 30 30 33 29 28 31
                 
Underemployed persons 19 15 13 15 19 13 12 11
1-19 hours per week 1 1 2 2 2 - 2 1
20-36 hours per week 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 2
37 hours per week and over 13 11 9 11 13 11 9 8
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 35 33 34 34 37 34 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 6 6 6 8 6 5 5
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 49 36 36 36 41 35 33 35
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 39 29 27 31 32 30 24 29
1-19 hours per week 8 7 5 9 5 6 6 11
20-36 hours per week 11 8 7 6 11 8 7 7
37 hours per week and over 20 14 15 15 16 16 10 10
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 31 28 30 31 28 26
Number of man-weeks desired 31 23 22 23 26 25 18 20
                 
Underemployed persons 57 51 45 56 52 52 46 45
1-19 hours per week 4 4 5 6 4 2 3 3
20-36 hours per week 26 24 20 25 25 26 20 23
37 hours per week and over 26 23 20 24 23 23 22 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 32 33 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 20 17 15 17 18 17 16 14
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 51 40 37 40 44 41 34 34