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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		1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017
	2015	2016	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017
Both sexes
Unemployed persons
Total	121	132	135	134	138	120	124	123
1-19 hours	20	21	22	21	20	20	24	17
20-36 hours	24	29	26	32	36	22	20	34
37 hours or more	77	82	87	81	83	78	81	72
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Number of man-weeks desired	105	113	116	115	118	104	106	105
Underemployed persons
Total	71	74	79	69	73	73	66	55
1-19 hours	7	5	7	6	3	2	4	3
20-36 hours	27	27	29	26	25	29	23	22
37 hours or more	37	42	43	37	45	42	38	30
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	34	33	34	35	34	34	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	26	28	29	26	27	28	24	20

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	131	141	145	141	145	132	130	125

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	68	80	84	87	77	73	75	70
1-19 hours	7	10	8	15	7	12	11	4
20-36 hours	10	14	16	12	21	8	9	20
37 hours or more	51	56	60	60	50	53	54	46
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	33	34	33	33	33	33	33
Number of man-weeks desired	62	71	75	77	69	64	66	62
Underemployed persons
Total	21	25	31	23	24	21	22	16
1-19 hours	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
20-36 hours	6	7	9	7	5	7	6	5
37 hours or more	13	17	20	15	18	14	15	10
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	35	34	34	36	34	34	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	9	11	13	11	10	8	9	7

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	71	82	88	88	79	72	75	69

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	53	52	52	47	61	48	50	53
1-19 hours	13	10	15	6	13	8	12	13
20-36 hours	15	15	11	20	15	14	11	14
37 hours or more	25	27	27	22	33	25	26	25
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	30	30	29	30	30	31	30	30
Number of man-weeks desired	43	42	40	38	50	40	40	42
Underemployed persons
Total	50	49	49	46	49	52	44	39
1-19 hours	5	3	5	4	3	1	3	2
20-36 hours	21	21	20	20	20	22	17	17
37 hours or more	24	25	23	23	27	28	24	20
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	33	32	33	34	34	34	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	16	17	17	16	17	19	15	13

Number of man-weeks supplied, total	59	59	57	54	67	59	55	55