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 2011 2012
2010 2011 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    94 86 95 85 80 86 89 82
1-19 hours per week     15 15 16 14 15 14 14 12
20-36 hours per week     17 20 24 21 20 16 18 18
37 per week and more     61 51 56 50 45 56 57 52
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired   81 73 80 72 68 75 77 71
   
Underemployed persons
    67 70 76 72 62 61 73 66
1-19 hours per week     4 4 4 3 3 5 6 3
20-36 hours per week     29 30 38 28 27 24 29 27
37 per week and more     34 36 34 41 32 32 38 36
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 33 34 34 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   25 26 28 27 23 20 27 25
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   106 98 108 98 91 95 104 96
   
Males Unemployed persons
    57 48 53 42 47 55 56 45
1-19 hours per week     7 7 8 4 7 7 10 3
20-36 hours per week     6 9 8 11 10 7 6 8
37 per week and more     44 33 37 28 29 41 41 35
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 33 33 33 33 34 33 34
Number of man-weeks desired   52 42 46 38 42 50 50 41
   
Underemployed persons
    17 17 20 18 16 16 23 18
1-19 hours per week     1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1
20-36 hours per week     4 5 8 4 5 4 6 3
37 per week and more     12 11 10 12 9 11 15 13
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  35 34 32 34 34 33 33 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   7 7 8 8 7 6 10 8
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   59 50 54 45 48 56 60 49
   
Females Unemployed persons
    37 38 42 43 33 31 33 38
1-19 hours per week     8 9 7 10 8 7 4 10
20-36 hours per week     12 11 16 10 10 9 12 10
37 per week and more     17 19 19 22 16 15 16 18
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 30 30 30 30 31 30
Number of man-weeks desired   29 30 33 34 26 25 27 30
   
Underemployed persons
    51 52 55 54 47 45 50 48
1-19 hours per week     3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2
20-36 hours per week     25 25 30 24 22 20 23 23
37 per week and more     23 25 24 28 23 22 24 22
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 34 34 34 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   17 18 20 19 16 14 17 17
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   46 49 54 53 42 39 44 47