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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2004
11 Employed persons and absence from work during the whole survey week by reason for absence and sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 286 2 269 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255
At work 1 912 1 914 1 968 2 008 1 949 1 714 1 985 1 967
Temporarily absent 374 354 299 253 326 564 275 287
Illness2 92 88 91 91 84 76 99 96
Holiday 168 157 83 52 117 396 62 77
Taking time off/working time arrangement 46 44 54 46 51 33 45 51
Other reasons/unspecified 68 67 72 64 74 59 69 63
                 
MALES 1 210 1 198 1 199 1 197 1 203 1 199 1 192 1 191
At work 1 044 1 040 1 065 1 091 1 062 931 1 076 1 061
Temporarily absent 166 158 134 106 141 268 116 130
Illness2 40 37 40 38 36 35 41 41
Holiday 85 79 45 26 58 202 31 41
Taking time off/working time arrangement 26 25 33 26 27 20 28 30
Other reasons/unspecified 14 16 16 16 20 12 17 19
                 
FEMALES 1 076 1 071 1 068 1 064 1 072 1 079 1 068 1 063
At work 867 874 903 917 887 783 909 906
Temporarily absent 209 197 165 147 185 296 159 157
Illness2 52 50 51 53 48 42 59 55
Holiday 83 78 38 26 59 194 32 36
Taking time off/working time arrangement 20 18 21 20 23 13 17 22
Other reasons/unspecified 54 51 56 48 55 47 52 44
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.4 15.6 13.2 11.2 14.3 24.8 12.2 12.7
Males 13.7 13.2 11.2 8.9 11.7 22.4 9.8 10.9
Females 19.4 18.4 15.5 13.8 17.2 27.4 14.9 14.8
                 
Illness2 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.4 4.4 4.3
Males 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.4
Females 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.5 3.9 5.5 5.2
                 
Holiday 7.4 6.9 3.7 2.3 5.1 17.4 2.8 3.4
Males 7.0 6.6 3.8 2.2 4.8 16.8 2.6 3.4
Females 7.7 7.2 3.5 2.4 5.5 18.0 3.0 3.4
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.3
Males 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.5
Females 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.2 1.6 2.0
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.3 2.6 3.0 2.8
Males 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.6
Females 5.0 4.7 5.2 4.5 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.2

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series. 2 Compared to the same quarter one year before, there is a decrease in the number of persons who were temporarily absent due to illness, from the 4th quarter 2002 to the 3rd quarter 2003. This is mainly due to the increased use of a new arrangement where persons are allowed to perform work during their sickness absence. In the LFS these persons are classified as employed at work if they performed any work during the survey week. The sickness absence statistics which are based on other information, show continued increase in sickness absence for the whole periode.