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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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 2001 2002
2000 2001 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 81 84 84 86 78 97 95 91
1-19 hours per week 19 19 11 22 19 23 11 18
20-36 hours per week 17 16 24 17 11 18 23 19
37 hours per week and over 45 49 50 47 48 56 61 54
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 31 33 30 31 30 33 31
Number of man-weeks desired 64 68 73 68 64 78 83 76
                 
Underemployed persons 67 68 67 68 72 74 70 74
1-19 hours per week 7 7 7 6 7 9 5 7
20-36 hours per week 27 29 28 29 32 30 32 32
37 hours per week and over 34 32 32 33 32 36 33 35
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 24 23 23 22 23 26 24 26
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 89 91 96 91 87 104 107 101
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 46 47 44 43 54 51 50
1-19 hours per week 7 8 4 9 9 10 4 8
20-36 hours per week 7 5 9 5 5 7 8 7
37 hours per week and over 31 33 34 30 29 38 39 34
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 35 32 32 32 35 33
Number of man-weeks desired 40 40 44 37 36 47 48 43
                 
Underemployed persons 16 15 18 14 15 19 17 15
1-19 hours per week 2 2 4 1 1 3 2 1
20-36 hours per week 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
37 hours per week and over 10 9 11 9 9 11 10 10
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 33 33 32 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 7 6 7 6 6 8 7 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 46 51 43 43 54 55 49
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 35 38 37 43 35 42 44 41
1-19 hours per week 12 11 6 13 10 13 7 9
20-36 hours per week 9 10 15 12 6 11 15 12
37 hours per week and over 14 16 16 17 19 19 22 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 26 28 30 27 29 28 30 29
Number of man-weeks desired 25 28 29 31 27 31 36 32
                 
Underemployed persons 51 53 49 54 57 55 53 59
1-19 hours per week 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5
20-36 hours per week 23 25 24 25 27 25 28 28
37 hours per week and over 24 23 21 24 24 25 22 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 31 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 18 17 16 17 17 19 17 19
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 42 45 45 48 45 50 53 52