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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
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
	2016	2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
¹Includes the number of man-weeks desired by the unemployed persons and the desired man-weeks minus the present man-weeks of the underemployed persons
Both sexes
Unemployed persons
Total	131	117	126	114	105	110	109	114
1-19 hours	20	21	18	24	17	19	13	22
20-36 hours	30	24	35	22	19	20	33	20
37 hours or more	81	72	72	68	70	72	63	71
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	32	32	32	31	33	32	33	32
Number of man-weeks desired	113	99	106	95	92	95	95	97
Underemployed persons
Total	76	61	58	60	59	63	62	65
1-19 hours	5	4	3	2	5	6	3	4
20-36 hours	27	24	21	26	22	25	23	24
37 hours or more	43	33	34	32	31	32	35	37
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	34	33	33	35	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	29	23	21	22	22	23	24	25

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	142	122	127	117	114	118	119	122

Males
Unemployed persons
Total	79	68	72	65	63	65	63	65
1-19 hours	9	9	4	12	8	9	4	10
20-36 hours	14	12	21	10	6	9	19	6
37 hours or more	56	47	48	43	48	47	40	49
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	33	33	32	34	34	34	34
Number of man-weeks desired	71	60	64	56	57	59	57	59
Underemployed persons
Total	25	18	17	16	18	21	19	20
1-19 hours	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1
20-36 hours	7	5	4	4	4	5	6	6
37 hours or more	17	12	12	11	13	13	12	13
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	35	34	34	33	35	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	11	8	8	7	8	9	8	8

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	82	68	72	63	65	68	65	67

Women
Unemployed persons
Total	52	49	53	49	43	45	46	49
1-19 hours	11	12	14	13	9	11	9	12
20-36 hours	16	13	14	12	12	11	14	14
37 hours or more	25	24	25	25	22	24	23	22
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	30	30	30	30	31	30	31	29
Number of man-weeks desired	41	39	42	39	35	37	38	38
Underemployed persons
Total	51	43	41	44	40	42	43	45
1-19 hours	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
20-36 hours	21	19	16	21	19	20	17	17
37 hours or more	27	21	23	21	19	19	23	24
Average working hours desired (hours per week)	34	34	34	34	33	33	35	34
Desired man-weeks subtracted present man-weeks	18	15	13	16	14	14	16	16

Number of man-weeks supplied, total¹	59	54	55	55	49	51	54	54