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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2004
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 2003 2004
2002 2003 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 92 107 105 111 112 98 107 111
1-19 hours per week 17 20 24 13 23 19 23 12
20-36 hours per week 17 20 16 23 20 20 18 24
37 hours per week and over 58 68 66 75 69 60 66 75
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 33 31 31 31 33
Number of man-weeks desired 78 90 87 98 93 82 89 98
                 
Underemployed persons 75 86 82 86 85 90 97 100
1-19 hours per week 7 8 9 7 7 8 10 8
20-36 hours per week 32 34 33 32 35 35 36 41
37 hours per week and over 35 44 40 47 43 48 50 51
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 33 32 33 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 26 31 29 32 31 33 35 37
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 104 121 116 130 124 115 124 135
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 52 62 60 64 65 58 64 64
1-19 hours per week 7 8 10 5 10 9 10 4
20-36 hours per week 6 8 5 10 10 9 8 9
37 hours per week and over 38 45 44 50 45 41 46 51
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 33 35 33 33 33 35
Number of man-weeks desired 46 55 53 59 57 51 57 59
                 
Underemployed persons 19 23 21 23 23 23 30 27
1-19 hours per week 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2
20-36 hours per week 5 6 6 7 6 5 7 8
37 hours per week and over 11 14 12 14 14 16 19 18
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 33 33 34 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 10 9 10 10 10 13 12
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 54 65 62 70 67 61 70 71
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 41 45 45 47 47 40 43 47
1-19 hours per week 10 11 13 8 13 10 13 7
20-36 hours per week 11 11 11 14 9 11 10 15
37 hours per week and over 20 23 21 26 25 19 20 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 29 28 31 29 28 28 31
Number of man-weeks desired 32 35 34 39 37 30 32 38
                 
Underemployed persons 56 63 60 63 62 67 67 73
1-19 hours per week 5 5 6 5 5 6 7 6
20-36 hours per week 27 28 27 26 28 30 29 33
37 hours per week and over 24 30 28 32 29 31 31 33
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 19 21 20 21 21 23 22 25
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 50 56 54 60 58 53 54 63