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 2008 2009 2010
2008 2009 4th quarter 1st
quarter		 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st
quarter
In total Unemployed persons
    67 82 66 79 89 84 75 95
1-19 hours per week     17 14 17 16 10 16 14 16
20-36 hours per week     14 14 11 10 22 13 11 19
37 per week and more     36 54 38 53 57 56 50 60
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   29 32 30 32 33 32 32 32
Number of man-weeks desired   53 70 53 68 78 72 64 81
   
Underemployed persons
    59 60 53 62 60 62 54 63
1-19 hours per week     4 6 3 6 7 5 5 5
20-36 hours per week     24 23 21 23 22 27 21 25
37 per week and more     31 31 29 33 31 31 28 33
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   33 33 34 33 33 33 33 33
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   21 21 20 22 21 23 19 23
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   74 92 73 90 99 95 83 104
   
Males Unemployed persons
    38 49 37 50 53 48 46 58
1-19 hours per week     7 6 7 8 5 6 6 9
20-36 hours per week     6 6 4 4 10 5 3 5
37 per week and more     24 38 26 38 38 38 36 44
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   32 34 32 34 34 34 34 34
Number of man-weeks desired   32 45 32 45 48 44 42 52
   
Underemployed persons
    13 14 13 14 14 14 14 18
1-19 hours per week     1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1
20-36 hours per week     3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4
37 per week and more     9 9 9 9 9 9 9 13
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   33 33 35 33 32 34 33 35
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   37 51 38 51 54 51 47 60
   
Females Unemployed persons
    30 32 29 29 36 36 29 37
1-19 hours per week     10 8 10 8 5 10 8 8
20-36 hours per week     8 8 7 7 12 8 7 13
37 per week and more     12 16 12 14 19 18 14 16
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   27 30 27 29 31 29 29 29
Number of man-weeks desired   21 26 21 22 30 28 22 29
   
Underemployed persons
    46 46 40 48 46 49 40 45
1-19 hours per week     3 4 2 4 4 3 3 4
20-36 hours per week     20 21 17 20 20 24 18 21
37 per week and more     22 22 20 23 22 22 19 20
Average working hours desired
(hours per week)		   33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks   15 15 14 17 15 16 13 15
   
Number of man-weeks supplied in total   36 41 35 39 45 44 36 44