21. 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

Working hours desired per week,
sex
Annual average 2009 2010 2011
2009 2010 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    82 94 75 95 102 92 85 84
1-19 hours per week     14 15 14 16 12 17 16 17
20-36 hours per week     14 17 11 19 25 12 15 14
37 per week and more     54 61 50 60 66 63 55 54
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 32 32 33 33 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired   70 81 64 81 89 80 73 71
   
Underemployed persons
    60 67 54 63 70 69 67 68
1-19 hours per week     6 4 5 5 4 3 5 6
20-36 hours per week     23 29 21 25 31 31 27 26
37 per week and more     31 34 28 33 35 35 35 36
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 33 33 34 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   21 25 19 23 25 25 24 25
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   92 106 83 104 115 105 98 96
   
Males Unemployed persons
    49 57 46 58 64 52 52 49
1-19 hours per week     6 7 6 9 4 6 8 7
20-36 hours per week     6 6 3 5 9 3 6 6
37 per week and more     38 44 36 44 51 42 38 36
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 34 34 35 35 34 33
Number of man-weeks desired   45 52 42 52 60 48 47 44
   
Underemployed persons
    14 17 14 18 16 17 16 16
1-19 hours per week     2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
20-36 hours per week     3 4 3 4 4 5 2 3
37 per week and more     9 12 9 13 11 11 12 11
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 35 33 35 35 34 35 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   6 7 6 8 7 7 7 7
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   51 59 47 60 67 55 54 51
   
Females Unemployed persons
    32 37 29 37 38 40 33 35
1-19 hours per week     8 8 8 8 7 11 7 9
20-36 hours per week     8 12 7 13 16 8 9 8
37 per week and more     16 17 14 16 15 21 16 18
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 29 29 29 30 30 29
Number of man-weeks desired   26 29 22 29 30 32 26 27
   
Underemployed persons
    46 51 40 45 54 53 51 52
1-19 hours per week     4 3 3 4 3 2 3 4
20-36 hours per week     21 25 18 21 27 27 25 23
37 per week and more     22 23 19 20 24 24 23 25
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 33 33 32 33 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   15 17 13 15 18 18 17 18
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   41 46 36 44 48 50 43 45