Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2000 2001
2000 2001 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 81 84 82 71 87 84 86 78
1-19 hours per week 19 19 20 17 25 11 22 19
20-36 hours per week 17 16 16 13 11 24 17 11
37 hours per week and over 45 49 46 41 51 50 47 48
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 31 29 30 29 33 30 31
Number of man-weeks desired 64 68 64 57 68 73 68 64
                 
Underemployed persons 67 68 69 66 65 67 68 72
1-19 hours per week 7 7 5 7 7 7 6 7
20-36 hours per week 27 29 29 25 28 28 29 32
37 hours per week and over 34 32 35 34 30 32 33 32
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 23 25 24 23 23 22 23
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 89 91 89 81 91 96 91 87
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 46 40 41 50 47 44 43
1-19 hours per week 7 8 5 7 10 4 9 9
20-36 hours per week 7 5 6 4 3 9 5 5
37 hours per week and over 31 33 28 30 37 34 30 29
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 33 32 35 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired 40 40 34 36 43 44 37 36
                 
Underemployed persons 16 15 17 16 13 18 14 15
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1
20-36 hours per week 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5
37 hours per week and over 10 9 11 10 8 11 9 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 32 32 32 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 7 6 7 6 5 7 6 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 46 42 42 48 51 43 43
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 35 38 42 31 37 37 43 35
1-19 hours per week 12 11 14 11 15 6 13 10
20-36 hours per week 9 10 10 8 8 15 12 6
37 hours per week and over 14 16 18 12 14 16 17 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 26 28 27 26 26 30 27 29
Number of man-weeks desired 25 28 30 22 25 29 31 27
                 
Underemployed persons 51 53 52 50 53 49 54 57
1-19 hours per week 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 6
20-36 hours per week 23 25 25 21 25 24 25 27
37 hours per week and over 24 23 24 24 23 21 24 24
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 31
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 18 17 18 18 18 16 17 17
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 42 45 48 39 43 45 48 45