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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd 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). 1000
  Annual average 2007 2008
2006 2007 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 63 66 69 63 54 65 72
1-19 hours per week 13 12 16 9 12 11 19 19
20-36 hours per week 16 12 10 18 11 10 15 17
37 hours per week and over 55 39 40 41 40 33 31 36
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 31 30 32 32 31 29 29
Number of man-weeks desired 72 53 53 59 53 46 50 55
                 
Underemployed persons 76 66 70 71 65 58 57 68
1-19 hours per week 6 5 8 6 3 5 4 6
20-36 hours per week 32 27 28 29 28 22 25 25
37 hours per week and over 39 34 35 36 34 31 27 36
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 33 34 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 28 23 23 26 23 21 19 24
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 99 76 77 85 76 66 69 80
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 45 34 36 37 33 31 37 40
1-19 hours per week 5 5 7 4 6 5 8 7
20-36 hours per week 5 4 4 8 4 3 8 9
37 hours per week and over 35 24 25 25 24 22 21 24
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 32 33 33 34 31 31
Number of man-weeks desired 41 30 30 33 29 28 31 33
                 
Underemployed persons 19 15 15 19 13 12 11 17
1-19 hours per week 1 1 2 2 - 2 1 3
20-36 hours per week 5 3 2 4 2 2 2 5
37 hours per week and over 13 11 11 13 11 9 8 10
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 35 34 34 37 34 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 7
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 49 36 36 41 35 33 35 41
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 39 29 31 32 30 24 29 31
1-19 hours per week 8 7 9 5 6 6 11 11
20-36 hours per week 11 8 6 11 8 7 7 8
37 hours per week and over 20 14 15 16 16 10 10 12
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 28 30 31 28 26 26
Number of man-weeks desired 31 23 23 26 25 18 20 22
                 
Underemployed persons 57 51 56 52 52 46 45 50
1-19 hours per week 4 4 6 4 2 3 3 3
20-36 hours per week 26 24 25 25 26 20 23 20
37 hours per week and over 26 23 24 23 23 22 19 27
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 33 33 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 20 17 17 18 17 16 14 17
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 51 40 40 44 41 34 34 39