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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2006
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons aged 15-741,2, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2005 2006
2004 2005 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 106 111 116 117 98 95 98 98
1-19 hours per week 19 20 16 24 20 19 15 13
20-36 hours per week 18 22 31 21 19 12 25 27
37 hours per week and over 70 68 70 73 60 64 58 58
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 31 31 32 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired 91 93 99 98 81 80 84 84
                 
Underemployed persons 98 98 97 90 95 114 113 113
1-19 hours per week 9 9 10 6 9 6 11 10
20-36 hours per week 38 37 34 37 39 56 55 54
37 hours per week and over 51 51 53 48 47 51 48 48
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 32 33 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 36 36 36 34 34 41 41 41
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 126 129 136 132 116 121 125 125
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 61 63 63 55 52 52 53
1-19 hours per week 9 8 7 10 9 7 4 5
20-36 hours per week 7 8 12 6 7 3 11 10
37 hours per week and over 46 45 45 48 39 42 37 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 34 33 34 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired 55 54 56 57 48 47 47 47
                 
Underemployed persons 26 24 24 23 21 28 31 31
1-19 hours per week 2 2 4 1 2 1 4 3
20-36 hours per week 6 5 4 5 5 9 11 12
37 hours per week and over 18 17 17 17 14 18 16 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 33 35 34 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 12 11 11 11 10 12 12 12
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 67 65 67 67 57 59 59 59
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 49 53 54 43 43 46 46
1-19 hours per week 10 12 9 14 11 11 11 9
20-36 hours per week 11 14 19 15 12 9 14 17
37 hours per week and over 24 24 25 25 20 23 21 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 30 29 29 29 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired 36 39 43 41 33 33 37 36
                 
Underemployed persons 72 73 73 67 74 86 83 82
1-19 hours per week 7 6 7 5 7 5 7 7
20-36 hours per week 32 33 30 32 34 48 44 43
37 hours per week and over 34 34 36 31 33 34 32 32
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 25 25 23 25 29 29 28
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 60 64 68 65 58 62 66 64