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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2009
17 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 2008 2009
2007 2008 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 63 67 72 66 66 79 89 84
1-19 hours per week 12 17 19 15 17 16 10 16
20-36 hours per week 12 14 17 13 11 10 22 13
37 hours per week and over 39 36 36 38 38 53 57 56
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 29 29 30 30 32 33 32
Number of man-weeks desired 53 53 55 52 53 68 78 72
                 
Underemployed persons 66 59 68 59 53 62 60 62
1-19 hours per week 5 4 6 4 3 6 7 5
20-36 hours per week 27 24 25 24 21 23 22 27
37 hours per week and over 34 31 36 32 29 33 31 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 34 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 21 24 21 20 22 21 23
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 76 74 80 73 73 90 99 95
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 34 38 40 36 37 50 53 48
1-19 hours per week 5 7 7 7 7 8 5 6
20-36 hours per week 4 6 9 4 4 4 10 5
37 hours per week and over 24 24 24 26 26 38 38 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 31 32 32 34 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired 30 32 33 31 32 45 48 44
                 
Underemployed persons 15 13 17 12 13 14 14 14
1-19 hours per week 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2
20-36 hours per week 3 3 5 2 3 3 2 3
37 hours per week and over 11 9 10 8 9 9 9 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 33 32 34 35 33 32 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 36 37 41 36 38 51 54 51
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 29 30 31 29 29 29 36 36
1-19 hours per week 7 10 11 8 10 8 5 10
20-36 hours per week 8 8 8 9 7 7 12 8
37 hours per week and over 14 12 12 12 12 14 19 18
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 27 26 28 27 29 31 29
Number of man-weeks desired 23 21 22 22 21 22 30 28
                 
Underemployed persons 51 46 50 48 40 48 46 49
1-19 hours per week 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 3
20-36 hours per week 24 20 20 21 17 20 20 24
37 hours per week and over 23 22 27 24 20 23 22 22
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 33 33 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 15 17 16 14 17 15 16
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 40 36 39 37 35 39 45 44