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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2002
11 Population aged 16-74, employed persons, temporary absence from work and reason for absence, by sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2001 2002
2000 2001 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
TOTAL 3 201 3 214 3 214 3 212 3 211 3 234 3 234 3 234
Employed persons 2 269 2 278 2 289 2 285 2 275 2 276 2 303 2 298
At work 1 919 1 924 1 978 1 715 1 978 1 948 2 020 1 711
Temporarily absent 350 354 311 570 297 327 283 587
Illness 91 86 85 73 94 104 94 79
Holiday 150 160 104 412 83 98 76 416
Taking time off/working time arrangement 43 41 46 29 47 54 44 34
Other reasons/unspecified 67 67 76 57 72 72 69 58
                 
MALES, TOTAL 1 614 1 621 1 621 1 620 1 618 1 632 1 631 1 631
Employed persons 1 212 1 214 1 222 1 220 1 206 1 203 1 220 1 218
At work 1 053 1 054 1 082 951 1 073 1 062 1 106 945
Temporarily absent 159 160 140 269 133 141 114 274
Illness 41 38 38 31 41 46 40 36
Holiday 78 82 55 210 44 50 36 209
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 24 27 17 29 31 23 19
Other reasons/unspecified 15 16 19 11 19 15 15 10
                 
FEMALES, TOTAL 1 587 1 593 1 593 1 592 1 592 1 602 1 603 1 603
Employed persons 1 057 1 064 1 067 1 065 1 069 1 073 1 083 1 080
At work 866 870 896 764 905 886 915 766
Temporarily absent 191 194 171 301 164 187 169 314
Illness 50 48 47 42 53 58 54 44
Holiday 72 78 48 202 40 48 40 207
Taking time off/working time arrangement 18 17 19 12 18 23 21 14
Other reasons/unspecified 52 51 57 45 53 57 54 48
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.4 15.5 13.6 25.0 13.0 14.4 12.3 25.6
Males 13.1 13.2 11.4 22.1 11.0 11.7 9.3 22.5
Females 18.0 18.3 16.0 28.3 15.4 17.4 15.6 29.0
                 
Illness 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.2 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.5
Males 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 3.4 3.8 3.3 2.9
Females 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.0 4.1
                 
Holiday 6.6 7.0 4.5 18.0 3.7 4.3 3.3 18.1
Males 6.5 6.7 4.5 17.2 3.6 4.1 3.0 17.2
Females 6.8 7.3 4.5 19.0 3.7 4.5 3.7 19.2
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.3 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.5
Males 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.4 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.6
Females 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.1 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.3
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 3.0 3.3 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.5
Males 1.2 1.3 1.6 0.9 1.6 1.2 1.2 0.8
Females 4.9 4.8 5.3 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.5

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series.