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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2004
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 234 3 257 3 234 3 259 3 258 3 256 3 256 3 283
Employed persons 2 286 2 269 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255
Short part-time 286 288 287 307 290 266 290 312
Long part-time 311 311 313 306 313 311 316 310
Full-time 1 678 1 658 1 658 1 640 1 658 1 688 1 647 1 626
Unspecified working hours. 12 11 10 8 14 14 7 7
Unemployed persons 92 107 87 105 111 112 98 107
                 
Population 16-19 years 215 219 215 219 219 219 220 226
Employed persons 93 89 98 78 86 98 95 76
Short part-time 58 55 56 61 59 50 52 61
Long part-time 9 10 8 6 9 12 11 5
Full-time 26 23 34 10 16 34 31 10
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - - 1 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 19 17 14 16 21 18 15 17
                 
Population 20-24 years 274 273 275 273 273 273 274 272
Employed persons 186 183 182 177 190 184 181 178
Short part-time 43 46 48 50 46 38 51 54
Long part-time 26 24 24 22 25 26 24 23
Full-time 116 111 108 103 116 119 105 101
Unspecified working hours. 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 17 19 19 21 15 16
                 
Males 25-54 years 983 981 984 982 981 981 982 979
Employed persons 866 845 862 847 845 843 843 837
Short part-time 23 26 28 28 27 25 25 33
Long part-time 30 32 28 31 32 32 34 34
Full-time 810 783 805 786 782 783 782 768
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 2
Unemployed persons 29 38 30 37 40 39 38 41
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 950 950 949 950 951 950 950
Employed persons 766 757 762 754 758 760 757 751
Short part-time 105 100 99 104 100 99 99 103
Long part-time 185 182 193 182 182 178 185 185
Full-time 473 472 468 466 473 480 471 461
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
Unemployed persons 22 26 21 26 26 29 25 26
                 
Males 55-66 years 278 291 277 293 292 290 290 299
Employed persons 191 202 187 205 203 201 198 209
Short part-time 13 13 15 16 12 13 13 13
Long part-time 10 11 11 11 11 12 11 11
Full-time 167 176 160 179 178 176 172 184
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 277 287 277 288 287 287 287 297
Employed persons 163 170 157 175 169 169 167 177
Short part-time 35 35 33 36 33 32 37 37
Long part-time 47 47 44 48 48 46 47 46
Full-time 80 87 79 90 86 89 83 93
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 -
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 258 255 256 256 256 254 252 260
Employed persons 22 23 19 24 25 23 20 26
Short part-time 10 12 9 12 13 11 12 12
Long part-time 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 6
Full-time 6 6 4 7 6 6 4 8
Unspecified working hours. 1 - 1 1 - - - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

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