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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2007
16 Unemployed and underemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and desired working hours per week. Number of man-weeks (of 37,5 hours) supplied (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2006 2007
2006 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
               
TOTAL              
Unemployed persons 84 95 98 83 60 66 69
1-19 hours per week 13 19 13 12 9 16 9
20-36 hours per week 16 12 27 17 10 10 18
37 hours per week and over 55 64 58 54 41 40 41
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 32 30 32
Number of man-weeks desired 72 80 84 71 52 53 59
               
Underemployed persons 108 114 113 108 97 116 109
1-19 hours per week 9 6 10 5 12 15 9
20-36 hours per week 51 56 54 51 43 55 53
37 hours per week and over 48 51 48 52 42 46 47
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 34 32 31 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 38 41 41 39 32 38 39
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 110 121 124 110 84 91 98
               
MALES              
Unemployed persons 45 52 53 43 33 36 37
1-19 hours per week 5 7 5 4 4 7 4
20-36 hours per week 5 3 10 5 3 4 8
37 hours per week and over 35 42 38 34 26 25 25
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 34 34 34 32 33
Number of man-weeks desired 41 47 47 39 30 30 33
               
Underemployed persons 26 28 31 25 22 26 30
1-19 hours per week 2 1 3 1 3 5 5
20-36 hours per week 9 9 12 9 5 9 9
37 hours per week and over 16 18 16 15 14 13 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 33 36 33 31 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 11 12 12 11 9 10 13
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 52 59 59 50 39 41 46
               
FEMALES              
Unemployed persons 39 43 46 40 27 31 32
1-19 hours per week 8 11 9 8 5 9 5
20-36 hours per week 11 9 17 12 7 6 11
37 hours per week and over 20 23 20 20 15 15 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 30 30 31 28 30
Number of man-weeks desired 31 33 36 32 22 23 26
               
Underemployed persons 82 86 82 84 75 90 78
1-19 hours per week 6 5 7 5 9 10 4
20-36 hours per week 43 48 43 42 38 47 43
37 hours per week and over 33 34 32 37 28 33 30
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 33 31 32 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 27 29 28 28 23 27 26
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 58 62 65 60 46 50 52