Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2019-2020

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2019-2020 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	170,663	168,591	89,200	88,183	81,463	80,408
Percent with unemployment	8.0	15.7	8.3	15.6	7.6	15.8
Total with unemployment	13,572	26,439	7,420	13,746	6,153	12,693
Did not work but looked for work	2,030	2,925	1,126	1,602	905	1,323
1 to 14 weeks	783	931	434	470	349	462
15 weeks or more	1,247	1,993	691	1,132	556	861
Worked during the year	11,542	23,515	6,294	12,144	5,248	11,371
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	432	974	257	578	175	397
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	11,110	22,541	6,037	11,567	5,073	10,974
1 to 4 weeks	2,378	3,464	1,137	1,858	1,241	1,606
5 to 10 weeks	1,849	3,257	1,004	1,630	845	1,627
11 to 14 weeks	1,566	2,914	871	1,499	695	1,415
15 to 26 weeks	2,813	4,932	1,633	2,558	1,180	2,374
27 weeks or more	2,504	7,974	1,392	4,022	1,112	3,952
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	13.8	18.1	14.4	17.7	13.1	18.5
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	2,418	3,308	1,408	1,731	1,010	1,577
2 spells	1,185	1,826	721	898	464	928
3 spells or more	1,232	1,482	687	833	546	649
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	38.6	31.8	38.6	29.3	38.6	34.9
15 weeks or more	61.4	68.2	61.4	70.7	61.4	65.1
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	3.7	4.1	4.1	4.8	3.3	3.5
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	96.3	95.9	95.9	95.2	96.7	96.5
1 to 4 weeks	20.6	14.7	18.1	15.3	23.7	14.1
5 to 10 weeks	16.0	13.9	16.0	13.4	16.1	14.3
11 to 14 weeks	13.6	12.4	13.8	12.3	13.2	12.4
15 to 26 weeks	24.4	21.0	25.9	21.1	22.5	20.9
27 weeks or more	21.7	33.9	22.1	33.1	21.2	34.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	20.9	14.1	22.4	14.3	19.2	13.9
2 spells	10.3	7.8	11.5	7.4	8.8	8.2
3 spells or more	10.7	6.3	10.9	6.9	10.4	5.7
(1) Worked 50 or 51 weeks. (2) Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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