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
2010 2011 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    94 86 92 85 84 95 85 80
1-19 hours per week     15 15 17 16 17 16 14 15
20-36 hours per week     17 20 12 15 14 24 21 20
37 per week and more     61 51 63 55 54 56 50 45
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 33 32 32 32 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired   81 73 80 73 71 80 72 68
                   
Underemployed persons
    67 70 69 67 68 76 72 62
1-19 hours per week     4 4 3 5 6 4 3 3
20-36 hours per week     29 30 31 27 26 38 28 27
37 per week and more     34 36 35 35 36 34 41 32
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 34 33 33 33 34 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   25 26 25 24 25 28 27 23
                   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   106 98 105 98 96 108 98 91
                   
Males Unemployed persons
    57 48 52 52 49 53 42 47
1-19 hours per week     7 7 6 8 7 8 4 7
20-36 hours per week     6 9 3 6 6 8 11 10
37 per week and more     44 33 42 38 36 37 28 29
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 33 35 34 33 33 33 33
Number of man-weeks desired   52 42 48 47 44 46 38 42
                   
Underemployed persons
    17 17 17 16 16 20 18 16
1-19 hours per week     1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1
20-36 hours per week     4 5 5 2 3 8 4 5
37 per week and more     12 11 11 12 11 10 12 9
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  35 34 34 35 34 32 34 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7
                   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   59 50 55 54 51 54 45 48
                   
Females Unemployed persons
    37 38 40 33 35 42 43 33
1-19 hours per week     8 9 11 7 9 7 10 8
20-36 hours per week     12 11 8 9 8 16 10 10
37 per week and more     17 19 21 16 18 19 22 16
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 30 30 29 30 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired   29 30 32 26 27 33 34 26
                   
Underemployed persons
    51 52 53 51 52 55 54 47
1-19 hours per week     3 3 2 3 4 2 2 2
20-36 hours per week     25 25 27 25 23 30 24 22
37 per week and more     23 25 24 23 25 24 28 23
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 33 33 33 34 34 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   17 18 18 17 18 20 19 16
                   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   46 49 50 43 45 54 53 42