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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		3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
	2016	2017	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th 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	132	117	138	120	124	123	115	105
1-19 hours	21	20	20	20	24	17	24	16
20-36 hours	29	24	36	22	20	34	21	19
37 hours or more	82	73	83	78	81	72	70	70
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33
Number of man-weeks desired	113	100	118	104	106	105	97	92
Underemployed persons
Total	74	59	73	73	66	55	57	56
1-19 hours	5	4	3	2	4	3	3	5
20-36 hours	27	22	25	29	23	22	22	20
37 hours or more	42	32	45	42	38	30	31	31
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	28	21	27	28	24	20	21	20

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	141	121	145	132	130	125	118	112

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	80	68	77	73	75	70	65	63
1-19 hours	10	9	7	12	11	4	11	8
20-36 hours	14	11	21	8	9	20	10	6
37 hours or more	56	48	50	53	54	46	43	48
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	34
Number of man-weeks desired	71	60	69	64	66	62	56	57
Underemployed persons
Total	25	18	24	21	22	16	15	18
1-19 hours	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	3
20-36 hours	7	4	5	7	6	5	4	3
37 hours or more	17	12	18	14	15	10	10	13
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	35	34	36	34	34	33	34	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	11	7	10	8	9	7	6	7

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	82	67	79	72	75	69	62	64

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	52	49	61	48	50	53	51	42
1-19 hours	10	12	13	8	12	13	13	9
20-36 hours	15	12	15	14	11	14	11	12
37 hours or more	27	25	33	25	26	25	27	21
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	31
Number of man-weeks desired	42	39	50	40	40	42	41	35
Underemployed persons
Total	49	41	49	52	44	39	42	37
1-19 hours	3	2	3	1	3	2	2	3
20-36 hours	21	18	20	22	17	17	19	17
37 hours or more	25	20	27	28	24	20	21	18
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	17	14	17	19	15	13	15	13

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	59	53	67	59	55	55	56	48