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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2003
11 Population aged 16-74, employed persons, temporary absence from work and reason for absence, by sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2002 2003
2001 2002 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
TOTAL 3 214 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 259 3 258 3 256
Employed persons 2 278 2 286 2 303 2 298 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278
At work 1 924 1 912 2 020 1 711 1 968 2 008 1 949 1 714
Temporarily absent 354 374 283 587 299 253 326 564
Illness 86 92 94 79 91 91 84 76
Holiday 160 168 76 416 83 52 117 396
Taking time off/working time arrangement 41 46 44 34 54 46 51 33
Other reasons/unspecified 67 68 69 58 72 64 74 59
                 
MALES, TOTAL 1 621 1 631 1 631 1 631 1 630 1 644 1 643 1 641
Employed persons 1 214 1 210 1 220 1 218 1 199 1 197 1 203 1 199
At work 1 054 1 044 1 106 945 1 065 1 091 1 062 931
Temporarily absent 160 166 114 274 134 106 141 268
Illness 38 40 40 36 40 38 36 35
Holiday 82 85 36 209 45 26 58 202
Taking time off/working time arrangement 24 26 23 19 33 26 27 20
Other reasons/unspecified 16 14 15 10 16 16 20 12
                 
FEMALES, TOTAL 1 593 1 603 1 603 1 603 1 604 1 615 1 615 1 615
Employed persons 1 064 1 076 1 083 1 080 1 068 1 064 1 072 1 079
At work 870 867 915 766 903 917 887 783
Temporarily absent 194 209 169 314 165 147 185 296
Illness 48 52 54 44 51 53 48 42
Holiday 78 83 40 207 38 26 59 194
Taking time off/working time arrangement 17 20 21 14 21 20 23 13
Other reasons/unspecified 51 54 54 48 56 48 55 47
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.5 16.4 12.3 25.6 13.2 11.2 14.3 24.8
Males 13.2 13.7 9.3 22.5 11.2 8.9 11.7 22.4
Females 18.3 19.4 15.6 29.0 15.5 13.8 17.2 27.4
                 
Illness 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.4
Males 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9
Females 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.0 4.5 3.9
                 
Holiday 7.0 7.4 3.3 18.1 3.7 2.3 5.1 17.4
Males 6.7 7.0 3.0 17.2 3.8 2.2 4.8 16.8
Females 7.3 7.7 3.7 19.2 3.5 2.4 5.5 18.0
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.4
Males 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.3 1.7
Females 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.2
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.8 3.3 2.6
Males 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0
Females 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.2 4.5 5.1 4.4