Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2020-2021

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2020-2021 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	168,591	169,704	88,183	89,428	80,408	80,277
Percent with unemployment	15.7	9.5	15.6	9.9	15.8	9.0
Total with unemployment	26,439	16,123	13,746	8,872	12,693	7,251
Did not work but looked for work	2,925	2,858	1,602	1,447	1,323	1,411
1 to 14 weeks	931	849	470	377	462	472
15 weeks or more	1,993	2,010	1,132	1,071	861	939
Worked during the year	23,515	13,265	12,144	7,424	11,371	5,840
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	974	389	578	246	397	143
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	22,541	12,876	11,567	7,178	10,974	5,697
1 to 4 weeks	3,464	2,655	1,858	1,390	1,606	1,265
5 to 10 weeks	3,257	1,816	1,630	967	1,627	849
11 to 14 weeks	2,914	1,533	1,499	838	1,415	695
15 to 26 weeks	4,932	3,372	2,558	2,015	2,374	1,357
27 weeks or more	7,974	3,499	4,022	1,969	3,952	1,531
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	18.1	16.0	17.7	16.9	18.5	14.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	3,308	2,607	1,731	1,610	1,577	997
2 spells	1,826	1,269	898	748	928	521
3 spells or more	1,482	1,338	833	862	649	476
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	31.8	29.7	29.3	26.0	34.9	33.5
15 weeks or more	68.2	70.3	70.7	74.0	65.1	66.5
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	4.1	2.9	4.8	3.3	3.5	2.5
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	95.9	97.1	95.2	96.7	96.5	97.5
1 to 4 weeks	14.7	20.0	15.3	18.7	14.1	21.7
5 to 10 weeks	13.9	13.7	13.4	13.0	14.3	14.5
11 to 14 weeks	12.4	11.6	12.3	11.3	12.4	11.9
15 to 26 weeks	21.0	25.4	21.1	27.1	20.9	23.2
27 weeks or more	33.9	26.4	33.1	26.5	34.8	26.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	14.1	19.7	14.3	21.7	13.9	17.1
2 spells	7.8	9.6	7.4	10.1	8.2	8.9
3 spells or more	6.3	10.1	6.9	11.6	5.7	8.2
(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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