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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		4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018
	2016	2017	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018
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	131	117	116	122	126	114	105	110
1-19 hours	20	21	19	24	18	24	17	19
20-36 hours	30	24	22	22	35	22	19	20
37 hours or more	81	72	74	76	72	68	70	72
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	32	32	32	32	32	31	33	32
Number of man-weeks desired	113	99	100	103	106	95	92	95
Underemployed persons
Total	76	61	75	67	58	60	59	63
1-19 hours	5	4	3	5	3	2	5	6
20-36 hours	27	24	29	27	21	26	22	25
37 hours or more	43	33	44	36	34	32	31	32
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	29	23	28	25	21	22	22	23

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	142	122	128	128	127	117	114	118

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	79	68	70	72	72	65	63	65
1-19 hours	9	9	12	11	4	12	8	9
20-36 hours	14	12	8	9	21	10	6	9
37 hours or more	56	47	50	51	48	43	48	47
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	33	33	33	33	32	34	34
Number of man-weeks desired	71	60	62	63	64	56	57	59
Underemployed persons
Total	25	18	22	21	17	16	18	21
1-19 hours	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3
20-36 hours	7	5	6	7	4	4	4	5
37 hours or more	17	12	15	13	12	11	13	13
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	11	8	9	9	8	7	8	9

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	82	68	71	72	72	63	65	68

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	52	49	46	50	53	49	43	45
1-19 hours	11	12	8	12	14	13	9	11
20-36 hours	16	13	15	12	14	12	12	11
37 hours or more	25	24	24	26	25	25	22	24
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	30	30	31	30	30	30	31	30
Number of man-weeks desired	41	39	38	40	42	39	35	37
Underemployed persons
Total	51	43	53	46	41	44	40	42
1-19 hours	3	2	1	3	2	2	3	3
20-36 hours	21	19	23	20	16	21	19	20
37 hours or more	27	21	29	23	23	21	19	19
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	33	34	34	33	33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	18	15	19	16	13	16	14	14

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	59	54	57	56	55	55	49	51