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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2005
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 2005
2003 2004 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 257 3 282 3 256 3 283 3 281 3 281 3 282 3 312
Employed persons 2 269 2 276 2 260 2 255 2 283 2 290 2 274 2 267
Short part-time 288 298 290 312 306 272 304 305
Long part-time 311 315 316 310 315 315 319 314
Full-time 1 658 1 654 1 647 1 626 1 653 1 694 1 643 1 640
Unspecified working hours. 11 9 7 7 9 10 9 8
Unemployed persons 107 106 98 107 111 111 97 110
                 
Population 16-19 years 219 227 220 226 226 227 227 234
Employed persons 89 90 95 76 86 100 98 77
Short part-time 55 58 52 61 62 48 61 60
Long part-time 10 10 11 5 9 16 8 4
Full-time 23 22 31 10 15 35 29 12
Unspecified working hours. 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 18 15 17 19 19 15 16
                 
Population 20-24 years 273 273 274 272 272 273 274 273
Employed persons 183 182 181 178 185 186 177 170
Short part-time 46 47 51 54 49 39 48 48
Long part-time 24 26 24 23 25 29 29 27
Full-time 111 107 105 101 110 117 100 93
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 19 18 15 16 22 17 16 17
                 
Males 25-54 years 981 979 982 979 978 977 980 979
Employed persons 845 843 843 837 844 846 845 839
Short part-time 26 30 25 33 28 27 31 32
Long part-time 32 34 34 34 34 33 34 35
Full-time 783 777 782 768 779 783 777 770
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
Unemployed persons 38 38 38 41 37 37 36 40
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 951 950 950 951 953 952 950
Employed persons 757 759 757 751 760 761 765 757
Short part-time 100 104 99 103 105 101 106 105
Long part-time 182 183 185 185 183 179 185 180
Full-time 472 470 471 461 469 478 471 470
Unspecified working hours. 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2
Unemployed persons 26 27 25 26 25 32 25 30
                 
Males 55-66 years 291 299 290 299 300 299 299 312
Employed persons 202 205 198 209 206 204 200 217
Short part-time 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11
Long part-time 11 12 11 11 12 10 14 13
Full-time 176 179 172 184 180 180 173 192
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
                 
Females 55-66 years 287 298 287 297 297 297 300 311
Employed persons 170 174 167 177 177 171 169 183
Short part-time 35 36 37 37 37 33 35 38
Long part-time 47 45 47 46 45 42 44 49
Full-time 87 93 83 93 94 95 88 95
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
                 
Population 67-74 years 255 256 252 260 257 256 251 252
Employed persons 23 23 20 26 25 22 20 25
Short part-time 12 11 12 12 11 10 10 11
Long part-time 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 6
Full-time 6 7 4 8 8 6 5 8
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - 1 - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - 1 - -

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.