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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2003
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2002 2003
2001 2002 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 92 97 95 91 87 105 111
1-19 hours per week 19 17 23 11 18 17 24 13
20-36 hours per week 16 17 18 23 19 8 16 23
37 hours per week and over 49 58 56 61 54 62 66 75
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 32 30 33 31 32 31 33
Number of man-weeks desired 68 78 78 83 76 74 87 98
                 
Underemployed persons 68 75 74 70 74 80 82 86
1-19 hours per week 7 7 9 5 7 8 9 7
20-36 hours per week 29 32 30 32 32 34 33 32
37 hours per week and over 32 35 36 33 35 38 40 47
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 26 26 24 26 29 29 32
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 91 104 104 107 101 103 116 130
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 46 52 54 51 50 52 60 64
1-19 hours per week 8 7 10 4 8 8 10 5
20-36 hours per week 5 6 7 8 7 2 5 10
37 hours per week and over 33 38 38 39 34 43 44 50
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 32 35 33 34 33 35
Number of man-weeks desired 40 46 47 48 43 47 53 59
                 
Underemployed persons 15 19 19 17 15 23 21 23
1-19 hours per week 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 2
20-36 hours per week 4 5 5 5 4 6 6 7
37 hours per week and over 9 11 11 10 10 13 12 14
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 32 33 33 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 8 8 7 6 10 9 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 46 54 54 55 49 57 62 70
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 38 41 42 44 41 35 45 47
1-19 hours per week 11 10 13 7 9 9 13 8
20-36 hours per week 10 11 11 15 12 6 11 14
37 hours per week and over 16 20 19 22 20 20 21 26
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 28 29 28 30 29 29 28 31
Number of man-weeks desired 28 32 31 36 32 27 34 39
                 
Underemployed persons 53 56 55 53 59 58 60 63
1-19 hours per week 5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5
20-36 hours per week 25 27 25 28 28 28 27 26
37 hours per week and over 23 24 25 22 25 25 28 32
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 19 19 17 19 19 20 21
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 45 50 50 53 52 46 54 60