Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2021-2022

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2021-2022 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	169,704	171,835	89,428	90,643	80,277	81,192
Percent with unemployment	9.5	7.6	9.9	7.9	9.0	7.1
Total with unemployment	16,123	12,977	8,872	7,200	7,251	5,777
Did not work but looked for work	2,858	2,068	1,447	1,109	1,411	959
1 to 14 weeks	849	807	377	410	472	397
15 weeks or more	2,010	1,260	1,071	698	939	562
Worked during the year	13,265	10,909	7,424	6,091	5,840	4,818
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	389	458	246	270	143	188
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	12,876	10,451	7,178	5,821	5,697	4,630
1 to 4 weeks	2,655	2,370	1,390	1,226	1,265	1,144
5 to 10 weeks	1,816	2,027	967	1,093	849	934
11 to 14 weeks	1,533	1,327	838	836	695	490
15 to 26 weeks	3,372	2,488	2,015	1,432	1,357	1,056
27 weeks or more	3,499	2,239	1,969	1,233	1,531	1,006
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	16.0	12.8	16.9	13.2	14.8	12.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	2,607	2,234	1,610	1,282	997	952
2 spells	1,269	1,099	748	585	521	514
3 spells or more	1,338	1,135	862	697	476	438
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	29.7	39.0	26.0	37.0	33.5	41.4
15 weeks or more	70.3	61.0	74.0	63.0	66.5	58.6
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	2.9	4.2	3.3	4.4	2.5	3.9
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	97.1	95.8	96.7	95.6	97.5	96.1
1 to 4 weeks	20.0	21.7	18.7	20.1	21.7	23.7
5 to 10 weeks	13.7	18.6	13.0	17.9	14.5	19.4
11 to 14 weeks	11.6	12.2	11.3	13.7	11.9	10.2
15 to 26 weeks	25.4	22.8	27.1	23.5	23.2	21.9
27 weeks or more	26.4	20.5	26.5	20.2	26.2	20.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	19.7	20.5	21.7	21.1	17.1	19.8
2 spells	9.6	10.1	10.1	9.6	8.9	10.7
3 spells or more	10.1	10.4	11.6	11.4	8.2	9.1
(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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