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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 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
	2015	2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
¹Includes the number of man-weeks desired by the unemployed persons and the desired man-weeks minus the present man-weeks of the underemployed persons
Both sexes
Unemployed persons
Total	121	132	134	138	120	124	123	115
1-19 hours	20	21	21	20	20	24	17	24
20-36 hours	24	29	32	36	22	20	34	21
37 hours or more	77	82	81	83	78	81	72	70
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Number of man-weeks desired	105	113	115	118	104	106	105	97
Underemployed persons
Total	71	74	69	73	73	66	55	57
1-19 hours	7	5	6	3	2	4	3	3
20-36 hours	27	27	26	25	29	23	22	22
37 hours or more	37	42	37	45	42	38	30	31
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	34	34	35	34	34	34	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	26	28	26	27	28	24	20	21

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	131	141	141	145	132	130	125	118

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	68	80	87	77	73	75	70	65
1-19 hours	7	10	15	7	12	11	4	11
20-36 hours	10	14	12	21	8	9	20	10
37 hours or more	51	56	60	50	53	54	46	43
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	32
Number of man-weeks desired	62	71	77	69	64	66	62	56
Underemployed persons
Total	21	25	23	24	21	22	16	15
1-19 hours	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1
20-36 hours	6	7	7	5	7	6	5	4
37 hours or more	13	17	15	18	14	15	10	10
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	35	34	36	34	34	33	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	9	11	11	10	8	9	7	6

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	71	82	88	79	72	75	69	62

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	53	52	47	61	48	50	53	51
1-19 hours	13	10	6	13	8	12	13	13
20-36 hours	15	15	20	15	14	11	14	11
37 hours or more	25	27	22	33	25	26	25	27
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	30	30	30	30	31	30	30	30
Number of man-weeks desired	43	42	38	50	40	40	42	41
Underemployed persons
Total	50	49	46	49	52	44	39	42
1-19 hours	5	3	4	3	1	3	2	2
20-36 hours	21	21	20	20	22	17	17	19
37 hours or more	24	25	23	27	28	24	20	21
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	16	17	16	17	19	15	13	15

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	59	59	54	67	59	55	55	56