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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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). 1000
  Annual average 2002 2003
2002 2003 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 92 107 91 87 105 111 112 98
1-19 hours per week 17 20 18 17 24 13 23 19
20-36 hours per week 17 20 19 8 16 23 20 20
37 hours per week and over 58 68 54 62 66 75 69 60
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 32 31 33 31 31
Number of man-weeks desired 78 90 76 74 87 98 93 82
                 
Underemployed persons 75 86 74 80 82 86 85 90
1-19 hours per week 7 8 7 8 9 7 7 8
20-36 hours per week 32 34 32 34 33 32 35 35
37 hours per week and over 35 44 35 38 40 47 43 48
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 26 31 26 29 29 32 31 33
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 104 121 101 103 116 130 124 115
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 52 62 50 52 60 64 65 58
1-19 hours per week 7 8 8 8 10 5 10 9
20-36 hours per week 6 8 7 2 5 10 10 9
37 hours per week and over 38 45 34 43 44 50 45 41
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 33 34 33 35 33 33
Number of man-weeks desired 46 55 43 47 53 59 57 51
                 
Underemployed persons 19 23 15 23 21 23 23 23
1-19 hours per week 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 2
20-36 hours per week 5 6 4 6 6 7 6 5
37 hours per week and over 11 14 10 13 12 14 14 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 33 32 32 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 10 6 10 9 10 10 10
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 54 65 49 57 62 70 67 61
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 41 45 41 35 45 47 47 40
1-19 hours per week 10 11 9 9 13 8 13 10
20-36 hours per week 11 11 12 6 11 14 9 11
37 hours per week and over 20 23 20 20 21 26 25 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 29 29 29 28 31 29 28
Number of man-weeks desired 32 35 32 27 34 39 37 30
                 
Underemployed persons 56 63 59 58 60 63 62 67
1-19 hours per week 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6
20-36 hours per week 27 28 28 28 27 26 28 30
37 hours per week and over 24 30 25 25 28 32 29 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 19 21 19 19 20 21 21 23
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 50 56 52 46 54 60 58 53