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 2010 2011
2009 2010 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    82 94 102 92 85 84 95 85
1-19 hours per week     14 15 12 17 16 17 16 14
20-36 hours per week     14 17 25 12 15 14 24 21
37 per week and more     54 61 66 63 55 54 56 50
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 33 33 32 32 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired   70 81 89 80 73 71 80 72
   
Underemployed persons
    60 67 70 69 67 68 76 72
1-19 hours per week     6 4 4 3 5 6 4 3
20-36 hours per week     23 29 31 31 27 26 38 28
37 per week and more     31 34 35 35 35 36 34 41
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 34 34 33 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   21 25 25 25 24 25 28 27
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   92 106 115 105 98 96 108 98
   
Males Unemployed persons
    49 57 64 52 52 49 53 42
1-19 hours per week     6 7 4 6 8 7 8 4
20-36 hours per week     6 6 9 3 6 6 8 11
37 per week and more     38 44 51 42 38 36 37 28
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 35 35 34 33 33 33
Number of man-weeks desired   45 52 60 48 47 44 46 38
   
Underemployed persons
    14 17 16 17 16 16 20 18
1-19 hours per week     2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
20-36 hours per week     3 4 4 5 2 3 8 4
37 per week and more     9 12 11 11 12 11 10 12
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 35 35 34 35 34 32 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   51 59 67 55 54 51 54 45
   
Females Unemployed persons
    32 37 38 40 33 35 42 43
1-19 hours per week     8 8 7 11 7 9 7 10
20-36 hours per week     8 12 16 8 9 8 16 10
37 per week and more     16 17 15 21 16 18 19 22
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 29 30 30 29 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired   26 29 30 32 26 27 33 34
   
Underemployed persons
    46 51 54 53 51 52 55 54
1-19 hours per week     4 3 3 2 3 4 2 2
20-36 hours per week     21 25 27 27 25 23 30 24
37 per week and more     22 23 24 24 23 25 24 28
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 33 33 33 33 33 34 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   15 17 18 18 17 18 20 19
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   41 46 48 50 43 45 54 53