21 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

Working hours desired per week,
sex
Annual average 2009 2010
2009 2010 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    82 94 84 75 95 102 92 85
1-19 hours per week     14 15 16 14 16 12 17 16
20-36 hours per week     14 17 13 11 19 25 12 15
37 per week and more     54 61 56 50 60 66 63 55
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 32 32 32 33 33 32
Number of man-weeks desired   70 81 72 64 81 89 80 73
   
Underemployed persons
    60 67 62 54 63 70 69 67
1-19 hours per week     6 4 5 5 5 4 3 5
20-36 hours per week     23 29 27 21 25 31 31 27
37 per week and more     31 34 31 28 33 35 35 35
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 33 33 33 34 34 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   21 25 23 19 23 25 25 24
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   92 106 95 83 104 115 105 98
   
Males Unemployed persons
    49 57 48 46 58 64 52 52
1-19 hours per week     6 7 6 6 9 4 6 8
20-36 hours per week     6 6 5 3 5 9 3 6
37 per week and more     38 44 38 36 44 51 42 38
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 34 34 34 35 35 34
Number of man-weeks desired   45 52 44 42 52 60 48 47
   
Underemployed persons
    14 17 14 14 18 16 17 16
1-19 hours per week     2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2
20-36 hours per week     3 4 3 3 4 4 5 2
37 per week and more     9 12 9 9 13 11 11 12
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 35 34 33 35 35 34 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   6 7 6 6 8 7 7 7
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   51 59 51 47 60 67 55 54
   
Females Unemployed persons
    32 37 36 29 37 38 40 33
1-19 hours per week     8 8 10 8 8 7 11 7
20-36 hours per week     8 12 8 7 13 16 8 9
37 per week and more     16 17 18 14 16 15 21 16
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 29 29 29 29 30 30
Number of man-weeks desired   26 29 28 22 29 30 32 26
   
Underemployed persons
    46 51 49 40 45 54 53 51
1-19 hours per week     4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3
20-36 hours per week     21 25 24 18 21 27 27 25
37 per week and more     22 23 22 19 20 24 24 23
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 33 33 33 32 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   15 17 16 13 15 18 18 17
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   41 46 44 36 44 48 50 43