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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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). 1000
  Annual average 2006 2007
2006 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
               
TOTAL              
Unemployed persons 84 98 83 60 66 69 63
1-19 hours per week 13 13 12 9 16 9 12
20-36 hours per week 16 27 17 10 10 18 11
37 hours per week and over 55 58 54 41 40 41 40
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 32 32 30 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired 72 84 71 52 53 59 53
               
Underemployed persons 108 113 108 97 116 109 104
1-19 hours per week 9 10 5 12 15 9 4
20-36 hours per week 51 54 51 43 55 53 55
37 hours per week and over 48 48 52 42 46 47 44
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 32 31 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 38 41 39 32 38 39 37
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 110 124 110 84 91 98 90
               
MALES              
Unemployed persons 45 53 43 33 36 37 33
1-19 hours per week 5 5 4 4 7 4 6
20-36 hours per week 5 10 5 3 4 8 4
37 hours per week and over 35 38 34 26 25 25 24
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 34 34 34 32 33 33
Number of man-weeks desired 41 47 39 30 30 33 29
               
Underemployed persons 26 31 25 22 26 30 22
1-19 hours per week 2 3 1 3 5 5 1
20-36 hours per week 9 12 9 5 9 9 8
37 hours per week and over 16 16 15 14 13 16 14
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 36 33 31 32 36
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 11 12 11 9 10 13 10
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 52 59 50 39 41 46 39
               
FEMALES              
Unemployed persons 39 46 40 27 31 32 30
1-19 hours per week 8 9 8 5 9 5 6
20-36 hours per week 11 17 12 7 6 11 8
37 hours per week and over 20 20 20 15 15 16 16
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 30 30 31 28 30 31
Number of man-weeks desired 31 36 32 22 23 26 25
               
Underemployed persons 82 82 84 75 90 78 81
1-19 hours per week 6 7 5 9 10 4 3
20-36 hours per week 43 43 42 38 47 43 48
37 hours per week and over 33 32 37 28 33 30 30
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 32 33 31 32 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 27 28 28 23 27 26 26
               
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 58 65 60 46 50 52 51