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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2007
16 Unemployed and underemployed1 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 2007 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 84 63 83 60 66 69 63 54
1-19 hours per week 13 12 12 9 16 9 12 11
20-36 hours per week 16 12 17 10 10 18 11 10
37 hours per week and over 55 39 54 41 40 41 40 33
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 32 31 32 32 30 32 32 31
Number of man-weeks desired 72 53 71 52 53 59 53 46
                 
Underemployed persons1 76 66 76 59 70 71 65 58
1-19 hours per week 6 5 4 7 8 6 3 5
20-36 hours per week 32 27 30 23 28 29 28 22
37 hours per week and over 39 34 42 30 35 36 34 31
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 32 32 33 34 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 28 23 29 21 23 26 23 21
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 99 76 100 73 77 85 76 66
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 45 34 43 33 36 37 33 31
1-19 hours per week 5 5 4 4 7 4 6 5
20-36 hours per week 5 4 5 3 4 8 4 3
37 hours per week and over 35 24 34 26 25 25 24 22
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 34 33 34 34 32 33 33 34
Number of man-weeks desired 41 30 39 30 30 33 29 28
                 
Underemployed persons1 19 15 16 13 15 19 13 12
1-19 hours per week 1 1 - 2 2 2 - 2
20-36 hours per week 5 3 5 2 2 4 2 2
37 hours per week and over 13 11 11 9 11 13 11 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 35 36 33 34 34 37 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 8 6 8 6 6 8 6 5
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 49 36 47 36 36 41 35 33
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 39 29 40 27 31 32 30 24
1-19 hours per week 8 7 8 5 9 5 6 6
20-36 hours per week 11 8 12 7 6 11 8 7
37 hours per week and over 20 14 20 15 15 16 16 10
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 30 29 30 31 28 30 31 28
Number of man-weeks desired 31 23 32 22 23 26 25 18
                 
Underemployed persons1 57 51 60 45 56 52 52 46
1-19 hours per week 4 4 4 5 6 4 2 3
20-36 hours per week 26 24 26 20 25 25 26 20
37 hours per week and over 26 23 30 20 24 23 23 22
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 32 32 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 20 17 21 15 17 18 17 16
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 51 40 53 37 40 44 41 34

1 All figures related to underemployed persons are corrected 10 March 2008. More information is available here.