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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2005
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 2004 2005
2003 2004 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 107 106 111 111 97 110 116 117
1-19 hours per week 20 19 12 23 18 21 16 24
20-36 hours per week 20 18 24 17 11 19 31 21
37 hours per week and over 68 70 75 70 68 70 70 73
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 31 33 32 32 31
Number of man-weeks desired 90 91 98 91 84 93 99 98
                 
Underemployed persons 86 98 100 98 97 109 97 90
1-19 hours per week 8 9 8 7 10 10 10 6
20-36 hours per week 34 38 41 39 35 41 34 37
37 hours per week and over 44 51 51 52 52 58 53 48
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 33 32 33 32 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 31 36 37 36 36 41 36 34
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 121 126 135 127 120 134 136 132
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 62 62 64 61 57 63 63 63
1-19 hours per week 8 9 4 12 9 9 7 10
20-36 hours per week 8 7 9 6 4 8 12 6
37 hours per week and over 45 46 51 44 44 46 45 48
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 35 32 34 33 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired 55 55 59 52 51 56 56 57
                 
Underemployed persons 23 26 27 22 25 29 24 23
1-19 hours per week 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 1
20-36 hours per week 6 6 8 4 5 6 4 5
37 hours per week and over 14 18 18 17 17 20 17 17
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 34 34 35 33 35 33 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 10 12 12 10 12 13 11 11
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 65 67 71 62 63 70 67 67
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 45 45 47 50 40 47 53 54
1-19 hours per week 11 10 7 12 9 12 9 14
20-36 hours per week 11 11 15 11 7 12 19 15
37 hours per week and over 23 24 25 26 25 24 25 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 30 31 29 31 29 30 29
Number of man-weeks desired 35 36 38 39 33 37 43 41
                 
Underemployed persons 63 72 73 76 72 80 73 67
1-19 hours per week 5 7 6 6 7 7 7 5
20-36 hours per week 28 32 33 35 30 35 30 32
37 hours per week and over 30 34 33 36 35 38 36 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 21 24 25 26 24 28 25 23
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 56 60 63 65 57 64 68 65