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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd 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 2003 2004
2002 2003 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 234 3 257 3 259 3 258 3 256 3 256 3 283 3 281
Employed persons 2 286 2 269 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255 2 283
Short part-time 286 288 307 290 266 290 312 306
Long part-time 311 311 306 313 311 316 310 315
Full-time 1 678 1 658 1 640 1 658 1 688 1 647 1 626 1 653
Unspecified working hours. 12 11 8 14 14 7 7 9
Unemployed persons 92 107 105 111 112 98 107 111
                 
Population 16-19 years 215 219 219 219 219 220 226 226
Employed persons 93 89 78 86 98 95 76 86
Short part-time 58 55 61 59 50 52 61 62
Long part-time 9 10 6 9 12 11 5 9
Full-time 26 23 10 16 34 31 10 15
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 1 1 1 - -
Unemployed persons 19 17 16 21 18 15 17 19
                 
Population 20-24 years 274 273 273 273 273 274 272 272
Employed persons 186 183 177 190 184 181 178 185
Short part-time 43 46 50 46 38 51 54 49
Long part-time 26 24 22 25 26 24 23 25
Full-time 116 111 103 116 119 105 101 110
Unspecified working hours. 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 19 19 21 15 16 22
                 
Males 25-54 years 983 981 982 981 981 982 979 978
Employed persons 866 845 847 845 843 843 837 844
Short part-time 23 26 28 27 25 25 33 28
Long part-time 30 32 31 32 32 34 34 34
Full-time 810 783 786 782 783 782 768 779
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 3
Unemployed persons 29 38 37 40 39 38 41 37
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 950 949 950 951 950 950 951
Employed persons 766 757 754 758 760 757 751 760
Short part-time 105 100 104 100 99 99 103 105
Long part-time 185 182 182 182 178 185 185 183
Full-time 473 472 466 473 480 471 461 469
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3
Unemployed persons 22 26 26 26 29 25 26 25
                 
Males 55-66 years 278 291 293 292 290 290 299 300
Employed persons 191 202 205 203 201 198 209 206
Short part-time 13 13 16 12 13 13 13 13
Long part-time 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 12
Full-time 167 176 179 178 176 172 184 180
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 277 287 288 287 287 287 297 297
Employed persons 163 170 175 169 169 167 177 177
Short part-time 35 35 36 33 32 37 37 37
Long part-time 47 47 48 48 46 47 46 45
Full-time 80 87 90 86 89 83 93 94
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 2 1 - 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 258 255 256 256 254 252 260 257
Employed persons 22 23 24 25 23 20 26 25
Short part-time 10 12 12 13 11 12 12 11
Long part-time 5 5 6 5 5 4 6 6
Full-time 6 6 7 6 6 4 8 8
Unspecified working hours. 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.