Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2002
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 2002
2000 2001 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 81 84 71 87 84 86 78 97
1-19 hours per week 19 19 17 25 11 22 19 23
20-36 hours per week 17 16 13 11 24 17 11 18
37 hours per week and over 45 49 41 51 50 47 48 56
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 31 30 29 33 30 31 30
Number of man-weeks desired 64 68 57 68 73 68 64 78
                 
Underemployed persons 67 68 66 65 67 68 72 74
1-19 hours per week 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 9
20-36 hours per week 27 29 25 28 28 29 32 30
37 hours per week and over 34 32 34 30 32 33 32 36
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 23 24 23 23 22 23 26
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 89 91 81 91 96 91 87 104
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 46 41 50 47 44 43 54
1-19 hours per week 7 8 7 10 4 9 9 10
20-36 hours per week 7 5 4 3 9 5 5 7
37 hours per week and over 31 33 30 37 34 30 29 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 32 35 32 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired 40 40 36 43 44 37 36 47
                 
Underemployed persons 16 15 16 13 18 14 15 19
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 3
20-36 hours per week 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5
37 hours per week and over 10 9 10 8 11 9 9 11
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 32 32 33 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 7 6 6 5 7 6 6 8
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 46 42 48 51 43 43 54
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 35 38 31 37 37 43 35 42
1-19 hours per week 12 11 11 15 6 13 10 13
20-36 hours per week 9 10 8 8 15 12 6 11
37 hours per week and over 14 16 12 14 16 17 19 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 26 28 26 26 30 27 29 28
Number of man-weeks desired 25 28 22 25 29 31 27 31
                 
Underemployed persons 51 53 50 53 49 54 57 55
1-19 hours per week 4 5 4 5 4 5 6 6
20-36 hours per week 23 25 21 25 24 25 27 25
37 hours per week and over 24 23 24 23 21 24 24 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 18 17 18 18 16 17 17 19
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 42 45 39 43 45 48 45 50