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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2008
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 2007 2008
2007 2008 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 63 67 63 54 65 72 66 66
1-19 hours per week 12 17 12 11 19 19 15 17
20-36 hours per week 12 14 11 10 15 17 13 11
37 hours per week and over 39 36 40 33 31 36 38 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 29 32 31 29 29 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired 53 53 53 46 50 55 52 53
                 
Underemployed persons 66 59 65 58 57 68 59 53
1-19 hours per week 5 4 3 5 4 6 4 3
20-36 hours per week 27 24 28 22 25 25 24 21
37 hours per week and over 34 31 34 31 27 36 32 29
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 34 33 33 33 33 34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 21 23 21 19 24 21 20
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 76 74 76 66 69 80 73 73
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 34 38 33 31 37 40 36 37
1-19 hours per week 5 7 6 5 8 7 7 7
20-36 hours per week 4 6 4 3 8 9 4 4
37 hours per week and over 24 24 24 22 21 24 26 26
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 33 34 31 31 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired 30 32 29 28 31 33 31 32
                 
Underemployed persons 15 13 13 12 11 17 12 13
1-19 hours per week 1 1 - 2 1 3 1 1
20-36 hours per week 3 3 2 2 2 5 2 3
37 hours per week and over 11 9 11 9 8 10 8 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 33 37 34 33 32 34 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 6 6 5 5 7 5 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 36 37 35 33 35 41 36 38
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 29 30 30 24 29 31 29 29
1-19 hours per week 7 10 6 6 11 11 8 10
20-36 hours per week 8 8 8 7 7 8 9 7
37 hours per week and over 14 12 16 10 10 12 12 12
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 27 31 28 26 26 28 27
Number of man-weeks desired 23 21 25 18 20 22 22 21
                 
Underemployed persons 51 46 52 46 45 50 48 40
1-19 hours per week 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2
20-36 hours per week 24 20 26 20 23 20 21 17
37 hours per week and over 23 22 23 22 19 27 24 20
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 33 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 15 17 16 14 17 16 14
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 40 36 41 34 34 39 37 35