Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2022-2023

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2022-2023 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	171,835	174,356	90,643	91,713	81,192	82,643
Percent with unemployment	7.6	7.9	7.9	8.3	7.1	7.4
Total with unemployment	12,977	13,724	7,200	7,628	5,777	6,095
Did not work but looked for work	2,068	2,419	1,109	1,374	959	1,045
1 to 14 weeks	807	977	410	545	397	431
15 weeks or more	1,260	1,442	698	829	562	614
Worked during the year	10,909	11,305	6,091	6,254	4,818	5,050
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	458	401	270	224	188	176
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	10,451	10,904	5,821	6,030	4,630	4,874
1 to 4 weeks	2,370	2,640	1,226	1,321	1,144	1,319
5 to 10 weeks	2,027	1,807	1,093	1,062	934	745
11 to 14 weeks	1,327	1,403	836	775	490	627
15 to 26 weeks	2,488	2,905	1,432	1,682	1,056	1,223
27 weeks or more	2,239	2,149	1,233	1,190	1,006	959
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	12.8	13.3	13.2	13.7	12.2	12.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	2,234	2,305	1,282	1,296	952	1,009
2 spells	1,099	1,068	585	560	514	508
3 spells or more	1,135	1,237	697	736	438	501
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	39.0	40.4	37.0	39.7	41.4	41.3
15 weeks or more	61.0	59.6	63.0	60.3	58.6	58.7
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	4.2	3.5	4.4	3.6	3.9	3.5
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	95.8	96.5	95.6	96.4	96.1	96.5
1 to 4 weeks	21.7	23.4	20.1	21.1	23.7	26.1
5 to 10 weeks	18.6	16.0	17.9	17.0	19.4	14.8
11 to 14 weeks	12.2	12.4	13.7	12.4	10.2	12.4
15 to 26 weeks	22.8	25.7	23.5	26.9	21.9	24.2
27 weeks or more	20.5	19.0	20.2	19.0	20.9	19.0
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	20.5	20.4	21.1	20.7	19.8	20.0
2 spells	10.1	9.4	9.6	9.0	10.7	10.1
3 spells or more	10.4	10.9	11.4	11.8	9.1	9.9
(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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