Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2007-08
Total Men Women
Extent of unemployment
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008
Numbers (in thousands)
Total who worked or looked for work............................. 159,750 160,658 84,614 84,781 75,136 75,878
Percent with unemployment..................................... 9.5 13.2 10.3 14.5 8.6 11.7
Total with unemployment....................................... 15,117 21,205 8,685 12,306 6,432 8,899
Did not work but looked for work............................ 2,097 3,187 1,076 1,672 1,021 1,514
1 to 14 weeks............................................. 918 1,124 390 479 527 645
15 weeks or more.......................................... 1,179 2,062 686 1,193 494 869
Worked during the year...................................... 13,020 18,018 7,609 10,633 5,411 7,385
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.. 500 763 365 484 135 279
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment................... 12,520 17,255 7,244 10,149 5,276 7,106
1 to 4 weeks............................................ 2,591 2,786 1,365 1,516 1,226 1,270
5 to 10 weeks........................................... 2,090 2,941 1,214 1,698 876 1,243
11 to 14 weeks.......................................... 1,888 2,435 1,163 1,464 725 971
15 to 26 weeks.......................................... 3,373 4,855 2,058 3,032 1,316 1,823
27 weeks or more........................................ 2,577 4,238 1,443 2,439 1,134 1,799
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........ 13.8 15.2 14.0 15.7 13.6 14.7
With 2 spells or more of unemployment............... 3,098 3,989 1,982 2,621 1,116 1,368
2 spells.......................................... 1,420 1,985 840 1,232 580 753
3 spells or more.................................. 1,678 2,004 1,143 1,389 536 616
Percent distribution
Did not work but looked for work................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1 to 14 weeks................................................. 43.8 35.3 36.3 28.7 51.7 42.6
15 weeks or more.............................................. 56.2 64.7 63.7 71.3 48.3 57.4
Worked during the year.......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment...... 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.6 2.5 3.8
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment....................... 96.2 95.8 95.2 95.4 97.5 96.2
1 to 4 weeks................................................ 19.9 15.5 17.9 14.3 22.6 17.2
5 to 10 weeks............................................... 16.1 16.3 16.0 16.0 16.2 16.8
11 to 14 weeks.............................................. 14.5 13.5 15.3 13.8 13.4 13.1
15 to 26 weeks.............................................. 25.9 26.9 27.0 28.5 24.3 24.7
27 weeks or more............................................ 19.8 23.5 19.0 22.9 21.0 24.4
With 2 spells or more of unemployment................. 23.8 22.1 26.1 24.7 20.6 18.5
2 spells............................................ 10.9 11.0 11.0 11.6 10.7 10.2
3 spells or more.................................... 12.9 11.1 15.0 13.1 9.9 8.3
1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
2 Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: See Note, table 1.
