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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
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016
	2014	2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016
Both sexes
Unemployed persons
Total	96	121	122	127	118	135	134	138
1-19 hours	15	20	17	23	20	22	21	20
20-36 hours	17	24	28	23	23	26	32	36
37 hours or more	64	77	77	81	75	87	81	83
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	32	33	32	33	32	32	32
Number of man-weeks desired	84	105	107	110	103	116	115	118
Underemployed persons
Total	62	71	70	71	70	79	69	73
1-19 hours	4	7	6	6	7	7	6	3
20-36 hours	23	27	29	30	24	29	26	25
37 hours or more	35	37	34	35	39	43	37	45
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	33	33	33	33	33	34	35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	23	26	25	26	26	29	26	27

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	107	131	132	136	129	145	141	145

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	54	68	71	73	64	84	87	77
1-19 hours	6	7	4	11	7	8	15	7
20-36 hours	8	10	14	9	7	16	12	21
37 hours or more	41	51	54	53	50	60	60	50
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	33	35	34	33	33
Number of man-weeks desired	49	62	65	65	59	75	77	69
Underemployed persons
Total	15	21	20	20	23	31	23	24
1-19 hours	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
20-36 hours	4	6	6	6	4	9	7	5
37 hours or more	11	13	12	12	16	20	15	18
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	35	34	34	34	35	34	34	36
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	7	9	8	9	10	13	11	10

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	56	71	73	74	69	88	88	79

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	42	53	51	55	55	52	47	61
1-19 hours	8	13	13	12	13	15	6	13
20-36 hours	10	15	14	14	16	11	20	15
37 hours or more	24	25	23	28	26	27	22	33
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	31	30	30	31	30	29	30	30
Number of man-weeks desired	35	43	41	45	44	40	38	50
Underemployed persons
Total	47	50	50	51	47	49	46	49
1-19 hours	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	3
20-36 hours	19	21	23	24	20	20	20	20
37 hours or more	25	24	22	23	23	23	23	27
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	33	33	33	32	32	33	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	17

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	51	59	57	62	60	57	54	67