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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2009
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 2008 2009
2007 2008 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
TOTAL                
Unemployed persons 63 67 65 72 66 66 79 89
1-19 hours per week 12 17 19 19 15 17 16 10
20-36 hours per week 12 14 15 17 13 11 10 22
37 hours per week and over 39 36 31 36 38 38 53 57
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 31 29 29 29 30 30 32 33
Number of man-weeks desired 53 53 50 55 52 53 68 78
                 
Underemployed persons 66 59 57 68 59 53 62 60
1-19 hours per week 5 4 4 6 4 3 6 6
20-36 hours per week 27 24 25 25 24 21 23 24
37 hours per week and over 34 31 27 36 32 29 33 30
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 33 33 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 23 21 19 24 21 20 22 21
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 76 74 69 80 73 73 90 99
                 
MALES                
Unemployed persons 34 38 37 40 36 37 50 53
1-19 hours per week 5 7 8 7 7 7 8 5
20-36 hours per week 4 6 8 9 4 4 4 10
37 hours per week and over 24 24 21 24 26 26 38 38
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 32 31 31 32 32 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired 30 32 31 33 31 32 45 48
                 
Underemployed persons 15 13 11 17 12 13 14 14
1-19 hours per week 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 3
20-36 hours per week 3 3 2 5 2 3 3 2
37 hours per week and over 11 9 8 10 8 9 9 9
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 35 33 33 32 34 35 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 6 6 5 7 5 6 6 6
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 36 37 35 41 36 38 51 54
                 
FEMALES                
Unemployed persons 29 30 29 31 29 29 29 36
1-19 hours per week 7 10 11 11 8 10 8 5
20-36 hours per week 8 8 7 8 9 7 7 12
37 hours per week and over 14 12 10 12 12 12 14 19
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 29 27 26 26 28 27 29 31
Number of man-weeks desired 23 21 20 22 22 21 22 30
                 
Underemployed persons 51 46 45 50 48 40 48 46
1-19 hours per week 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 3
20-36 hours per week 24 20 23 20 21 17 20 21
37 hours per week and over 23 22 19 27 24 20 23 21
Average working hours desired (hours per week) 33 33 33 34 33 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks 17 15 14 17 16 14 17 15
                 
Number of man-weeks supplied,tot 40 36 34 39 37 35 39 45