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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2007
4 Population aged 15-74, employed persons, by contractual/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2006 2007
2006 2007 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 398 3 445 3 402 3 414 3 424 3 437 3 450 3 468
Employed persons 2 362 2 443 2 381 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484
Short part-time 306 308 292 310 315 315 285 318
Long part-time 338 345 349 337 349 341 343 348
Full-time 1 712 1 785 1 736 1 738 1 729 1 773 1 826 1 813
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
Unemployed persons 84 63 83 60 66 69 63 54
                 
Population 15-19 years 304 311 305 308 308 310 312 315
Employed persons 116 125 126 118 116 122 132 130
Short part-time 71 73 68 74 75 76 64 77
Long part-time 12 13 16 10 11 11 16 14
Full-time 33 38 41 33 29 34 52 37
Unspecified working hours. - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 15 15 16 8 15 18 13 12
                 
Population 20-24 years 275 282 276 277 280 280 282 284
Employed persons 192 202 199 189 189 202 209 207
Short part-time 51 49 44 51 51 50 43 52
Long part-time 28 31 31 27 26 30 33 33
Full-time 112 121 125 110 111 121 131 122
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 1 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 14 11 13 10 13 13 12 7
                 
Males 25-54 years 982 993 983 985 987 992 995 1 000
Employed persons 862 886 864 870 872 883 890 898
Short part-time 24 26 24 23 27 25 25 29
Long part-time 36 36 37 32 35 35 36 38
Full-time 800 822 802 813 809 821 828 830
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 27 17 28 20 20 15 17 17
                 
Females 25-54 years 958 962 957 960 960 961 961 964
Employed persons 776 791 773 783 789 788 788 801
Short part-time 98 90 91 95 90 90 88 91
Long part-time 193 193 194 195 202 194 184 190
Full-time 485 508 487 493 495 502 514 520
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - - 1 2 2 1
Unemployed persons 23 16 22 17 15 18 18 14
                 
Males 55-66 years 317 321 318 320 318 320 321 325
Employed persons 217 223 217 222 218 222 223 229
Short part-time 17 16 17 17 16 17 15 16
Long part-time 14 14 13 14 15 14 13 13
Full-time 186 193 186 190 187 191 195 198
Unspecified working hours. 1 - 1 - - - - 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 310 315 313 312 314 314 316 317
Employed persons 177 189 179 181 185 189 191 192
Short part-time 36 40 37 36 39 41 39 41
Long part-time 51 53 52 52 55 51 53 54
Full-time 89 96 89 91 90 97 98 97
Unspecified working hours. - - - 1 - - - -
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 250 261 250 252 257 261 263 264
Employed persons 22 27 24 27 28 27 27 27
Short part-time 10 14 11 13 16 14 12 13
Long part-time 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 6
Full-time 7 8 6 8 6 7 8 9
Unspecified working hours. - - 1 - - - - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

1 Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.