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 2011 2012
2010 2011 1st
quarter
2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
2nd quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    94 86 84 95 85 80 86 89
1-19 hours per week     15 15 17 16 14 15 14 14
20-36 hours per week     17 20 14 24 21 20 16 18
37 per week and more     61 51 54 56 50 45 56 57
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32
Number of man-weeks desired   81 73 71 80 72 68 75 77
   
Underemployed persons
    67 70 68 76 72 62 61 73
1-19 hours per week     4 4 6 4 3 3 5 6
20-36 hours per week     29 30 26 38 28 27 24 29
37 per week and more     34 36 36 34 41 32 32 38
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 34 33 33 34 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   25 26 25 28 27 23 20 27
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   106 98 96 108 98 91 95 104
   
Males Unemployed persons
    57 48 49 53 42 47 55 56
1-19 hours per week     7 7 7 8 4 7 7 10
20-36 hours per week     6 9 6 8 11 10 7 6
37 per week and more     44 33 36 37 28 29 41 41
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  34 33 33 33 33 33 34 33
Number of man-weeks desired   52 42 44 46 38 42 50 50
   
Underemployed persons
    17 17 16 20 18 16 16 23
1-19 hours per week     1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2
20-36 hours per week     4 5 3 8 4 5 4 6
37 per week and more     12 11 11 10 12 9 11 15
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  35 34 34 32 34 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   7 7 7 8 8 7 6 10
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   59 50 51 54 45 48 56 60
   
Females Unemployed persons
    37 38 35 42 43 33 31 33
1-19 hours per week     8 9 9 7 10 8 7 4
20-36 hours per week     12 11 8 16 10 10 9 12
37 per week and more     17 19 18 19 22 16 15 16
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  30 30 29 30 30 30 30 31
Number of man-weeks desired   29 30 27 33 34 26 25 27
   
Underemployed persons
    51 52 52 55 54 47 45 50
1-19 hours per week     3 3 4 2 2 2 3 3
20-36 hours per week     25 25 23 30 24 22 20 23
37 per week and more     23 25 25 24 28 23 22 24
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)
  33 34 33 34 34 34 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   17 18 18 20 19 16 14 17
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   46 49 45 54 53 42 39 44