Statistics Norway - home page

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd 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 2003 2004
2002 2003 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 286 2 269 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255 2 283
At work 1 912 1 914 2 008 1 949 1 714 1 985 1 967 1 967
Temporarily absent 374 354 253 326 564 275 287 316
Illness2 92 88 91 84 76 99 96 81
Holiday 168 157 52 117 396 62 77 97
Taking time off/working time arrangement 46 44 46 51 33 45 51 62
Other reasons/unspecified 68 67 64 74 59 69 63 76
                 
MALES 1 210 1 198 1 197 1 203 1 199 1 192 1 191 1 203
At work 1 044 1 040 1 091 1 062 931 1 076 1 061 1 060
Temporarily absent 166 158 106 141 268 116 130 143
Illness2 40 37 38 36 35 41 41 33
Holiday 85 79 26 58 202 31 41 49
Taking time off/working time arrangement 26 25 26 27 20 28 30 36
Other reasons/unspecified 14 16 16 20 12 17 19 24
                 
FEMALES 1 076 1 071 1 064 1 072 1 079 1 068 1 063 1 080
At work 867 874 917 887 783 909 906 907
Temporarily absent 209 197 147 185 296 159 157 173
Illness2 52 50 53 48 42 59 55 48
Holiday 83 78 26 59 194 32 36 47
Taking time off/working time arrangement 20 18 20 23 13 17 22 26
Other reasons/unspecified 54 51 48 55 47 52 44 52
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.4 15.6 11.2 14.3 24.8 12.2 12.7 13.8
Males 13.7 13.2 8.9 11.7 22.4 9.8 10.9 11.9
Females 19.4 18.4 13.8 17.2 27.4 14.9 14.8 16.0
                 
Illness2 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.4 4.4 4.3 3.6
Males 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.8
Females 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.5 3.9 5.5 5.2 4.5
                 
Holiday 7.4 6.9 2.3 5.1 17.4 2.8 3.4 4.2
Males 7.0 6.6 2.2 4.8 16.8 2.6 3.4 4.1
Females 7.7 7.2 2.4 5.5 18.0 3.0 3.4 4.4
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.7
Males 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.5 3.0
Females 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.2 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.4
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.3
Males 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.6 2.0
Females 5.0 4.7 4.5 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.2 4.8

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.