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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2009
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 2009
2007 2008 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 63 67 54 65 72 66 66 79
1-19 hours per week 12 17 11 19 19 15 17 16
20-36 hours per week 12 14 10 15 17 13 11 10
37 hours per week and over 39 36 33 31 36 38 38 53
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 29 31 29 29 30 30 32
Number of man-weeks desired 53 53 46 50 55 52 53 68
                 
Underemployed persons 66 59 58 57 68 59 53 62
1-19 hours per week 5 4 5 4 6 4 3 6
20-36 hours per week 27 24 22 25 25 24 21 23
37 hours per week and over 34 31 31 27 36 32 29 33
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 21 21 19 24 21 20 22
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 76 74 66 69 80 73 73 90
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 34 38 31 37 40 36 37 50
1-19 hours per week 5 7 5 8 7 7 7 8
20-36 hours per week 4 6 3 8 9 4 4 4
37 hours per week and over 24 24 22 21 24 26 26 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 34 31 31 32 32 34
Number of man-weeks desired 30 32 28 31 33 31 32 45
                 
Underemployed persons 15 13 12 11 17 12 13 14
1-19 hours per week 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2
20-36 hours per week 3 3 2 2 5 2 3 3
37 hours per week and over 11 9 9 8 10 8 9 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 33 34 33 32 34 35 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 6 5 5 7 5 6 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 36 37 33 35 41 36 38 51
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 29 30 24 29 31 29 29 29
1-19 hours per week 7 10 6 11 11 8 10 8
20-36 hours per week 8 8 7 7 8 9 7 7
37 hours per week and over 14 12 10 10 12 12 12 14
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 27 28 26 26 28 27 29
Number of man-weeks desired 23 21 18 20 22 22 21 22
                 
Underemployed persons 51 46 46 45 50 48 40 48
1-19 hours per week 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 4
20-36 hours per week 24 20 20 23 20 21 17 20
37 hours per week and over 23 22 22 19 27 24 20 23
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 34 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 15 16 14 17 16 14 17
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 40 36 34 34 39 37 35 39