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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
2003 2004 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 107 106 112 98 107 111 111 97
1-19 hours per week 20 19 23 19 23 12 23 18
20-36 hours per week 20 18 20 20 18 24 17 11
37 hours per week and over 68 70 69 60 66 75 70 68
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 31 31 31 33 31 33
Number of man-weeks desired 90 91 93 82 89 98 91 84
                 
Underemployed persons 86 98 85 90 97 100 98 97
1-19 hours per week 8 9 7 8 10 8 7 10
20-36 hours per week 34 38 35 35 36 41 39 35
37 hours per week and over 44 51 43 48 50 51 52 52
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 33 32 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 31 36 31 33 35 37 36 36
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 121 126 124 115 124 135 127 120
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 62 65 58 64 64 61 57
1-19 hours per week 8 9 10 9 10 4 12 9
20-36 hours per week 8 7 10 9 8 9 6 4
37 hours per week and over 45 46 45 41 46 51 44 44
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 33 33 33 35 32 34
Number of man-weeks desired 55 55 57 51 57 59 52 51
                 
Underemployed persons 23 26 23 23 30 27 22 25
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3
20-36 hours per week 6 6 6 5 7 8 4 5
37 hours per week and over 14 18 14 16 19 18 17 17
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 33 34 33 34 35 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 10 12 10 10 13 12 10 12
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 65 67 67 61 70 71 62 63
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 45 47 40 43 47 50 40
1-19 hours per week 11 10 13 10 13 7 12 9
20-36 hours per week 11 11 9 11 10 15 11 7
37 hours per week and over 23 24 25 19 20 25 26 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 30 29 28 28 31 29 31
Number of man-weeks desired 35 36 37 30 32 38 39 33
                 
Underemployed persons 63 72 62 67 67 73 76 72
1-19 hours per week 5 7 5 6 7 6 6 7
20-36 hours per week 28 32 28 30 29 33 35 30
37 hours per week and over 30 34 29 31 31 33 36 35
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 21 24 21 23 22 25 26 24
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 56 60 58 53 54 63 65 57