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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2006
11 Employed persons aged 15-741 and absence from work2 during the whole reference week by reason for absence and sex (LFS)3. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2005 2006 3)
2004 2005 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 2nd quarter
Old New
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 276 2 289 2 286 2 304 2 298 2 326 2 347 2 354
At work 1 911 1 935 2 039 1 673 2 032 2 085 2 028 2 032
Temporarily absent 365 354 248 631 266 240 319 321
Illness 81 73 74 67 73 87 80 80
Holiday 169 171 66 465 79 41 106 106
Taking time off/working time arrangement 51 49 44 41 54 45 65 65
Other reasons/unspecified 64 61 64 58 59 67 68 70
                 
MALES 1 201 1 211 1 212 1 217 1 216 1 232 1 242 1 245
At work 1 035 1 051 1 105 916 1 103 1 133 1 098 1 101
Temporarily absent 166 159 107 301 114 99 143 144
Illness 35 32 33 30 31 35 33 32
Holiday 85 86 33 233 40 20 57 57
Taking time off/working time arrangement 29 30 27 28 32 25 35 36
Other reasons/unspecified 17 12 14 10 12 20 19 19
                 
FEMALES 1 074 1 078 1 074 1 087 1 082 1 094 1 105 1 109
At work 875 884 934 757 930 953 929 931
Temporarily absent 199 194 141 330 152 141 176 177
Illness 46 42 40 38 43 52 48 48
Holiday 84 85 33 232 40 21 49 49
Taking time off/working time arrangement 22 19 17 13 22 20 29 29
Other reasons/unspecified 47 48 50 48 47 47 50 51
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.0 15.5 10.8 27.4 11.6 10.3 13.6 13.7
Males 13.8 13.2 8.8 24.7 9.4 8.0 11.5 11.6
Females 18.5 18.0 13.1 30.3 14.1 12.9 15.9 16.0
                 
Illness 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.4
Males 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.6
Females 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.3
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.5 2.9 20.2 3.5 1.8 4.5 4.5
Males 7.0 7.1 2.7 19.2 3.3 1.6 4.6 4.6
Females 7.8 7.9 3.1 21.3 3.7 1.9 4.5 4.5
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.4 1.9 2.8 2.8
Males 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.9 2.9
Females 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.2 2.1 1.9 2.6 2.6
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.0
Males 1.4 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.5
Females 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.6

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series. 3 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 2nd quarter 2006 and 2nd quarter 2005, figures for 2nd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes.