Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2010-11
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                        Total                Men                Women       
                     Extent of unemployment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    2010      2011      2010      2011      2010      2011  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                 
                                                                                   Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
Total who worked or looked for work.............................  158,882   159,693    84,000    83,715    74,882    75,978 
  Percent with unemployment.....................................     15.9      14.9      17.7      15.8      13.8      13.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Total with unemployment.......................................   25,241    23,739    14,880    13,262    10,360    10,477 
    Did not work but looked for work............................    6,562     6,214     3,659     3,212     2,903     3,002 
      1 to 14 weeks.............................................    1,351     1,395       634       656       717       739 
      15 weeks or more..........................................    5,211     4,819     3,025     2,556     2,186     2,263 
    Worked during the year......................................   18,679    17,525    11,221    10,050     7,458     7,476 
      Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment..      591       417       379       271       211       147 
      Part-year workers (2) with unemployment...................   18,088    17,108    10,842     9,779     7,246     7,329 
        1 to 4 weeks............................................    2,259     2,211     1,178     1,170     1,081     1,041 
        5 to 10 weeks...........................................    2,393     2,273     1,419     1,238       974     1,035 
        11 to 14 weeks..........................................    2,299     2,063     1,438     1,276       861       787 
        15 to 26 weeks..........................................    5,113     4,942     3,231     2,936     1,882     2,007 
        27 weeks or more........................................    6,024     5,619     3,577     3,159     2,447     2,459 
                                                                                                                            
            Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........     19.9      19.8      20.1      19.9      19.5      19.8 
                                                                                                                            
            With 2 spells or more of unemployment...............    3,872     3,524     2,620     2,448     1,252     1,076 
              2 spells..........................................    1,786     1,745     1,129     1,121       657       624 
              3 spells or more..................................    2,086     1,779     1,491     1,327       595       451 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                 
                                                                                    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.................................................     20.6      22.4      17.3      20.4      24.7      24.6 
  15 weeks or more..............................................     79.4      77.6      82.7      79.6      75.3      75.4 
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......      3.2       2.4       3.4       2.7       2.8       2.0 
  Part-year workers (2) with unemployment.......................     96.8      97.6      96.6      97.3      97.2      98.0 
    1 to 4 weeks................................................     12.1      12.6      10.5      11.6      14.5      13.9 
    5 to 10 weeks...............................................     12.8      13.0      12.6      12.3      13.1      13.8 
    11 to 14 weeks..............................................     12.3      11.8      12.8      12.7      11.5      10.5 
    15 to 26 weeks..............................................     27.4      28.2      28.8      29.2      25.2      26.8 
    27 weeks or more............................................     32.3      32.1      31.9      31.4      32.8      32.9 
                                                                                                                            
              With 2 spells or more of unemployment.............     20.7      20.1      23.3      24.4      16.8      14.4 
                2 spells........................................      9.6      10.0      10.1      11.2       8.8       8.4 
                3 spells or more................................     11.2      10.1      13.3      13.2       8.0       6.0 
  
  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.