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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2006
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons aged 15-741,2, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2005 20062 3
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 3rd quarter
Old New
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 106 111 117 98 95 98 82 83
1-19 hours per week 19 20 24 20 19 13 11 12
20-36 hours per week 18 22 21 19 12 27 16 17
37 hours per week and over 70 68 73 60 64 58 55 54
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 31 32 32 33 32
Number of man-weeks desired 91 93 98 81 80 84 71 71
                 
Underemployed persons 98 98 90 95 114 113 109 109
1-19 hours per week 9 9 6 9 6 10 6 5
20-36 hours per week 38 37 37 39 56 54 48 51
37 hours per week and over 51 51 48 47 51 48 54 53
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 32 33 33 34 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 36 36 34 34 41 41 40 40
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 126 129 132 116 121 124 111 111
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 61 63 55 52 53 43 43
1-19 hours per week 9 8 10 9 7 5 3 4
20-36 hours per week 7 8 6 7 3 10 4 5
37 hours per week and over 46 45 48 39 42 38 35 34
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 33 34 34 35 34
Number of man-weeks desired 55 54 57 48 47 47 39 39
                 
Underemployed persons 26 24 23 21 28 31 25 25
1-19 hours per week 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 1
20-36 hours per week 6 5 5 5 9 12 8 8
37 hours per week and over 18 17 17 14 18 16 17 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 35 34 34 33 36 36
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 12 11 11 10 12 12 12 12
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 67 65 67 57 59 59 51 51
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 49 54 43 43 46 40 40
1-19 hours per week 10 12 14 11 11 9 7 8
20-36 hours per week 11 14 15 12 9 17 12 12
37 hours per week and over 24 24 25 20 23 20 21 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 29 29 29 30 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired 36 39 41 33 33 36 32 32
                 
Underemployed persons 72 73 67 74 86 82 83 84
1-19 hours per week 7 6 5 7 5 7 6 5
20-36 hours per week 32 33 32 34 48 43 40 43
37 hours per week and over 34 34 31 33 34 32 38 37
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 32 32 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 25 23 25 29 28 28 28
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 60 64 65 58 62 65 60 61

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 3rd quarter 2006 and 3rd quarter 2005, figures for 3rd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes. 3 Numbers for 1st and 2nd quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.