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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2005
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 2005
2003 2004 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 269 2 276 2 260 2 255 2 283 2 290 2 274 2 267
At work 1 914 1 911 1 985 1 967 1 967 1 711 1 998 1 997
Temporarily absent 354 365 275 287 316 580 276 271
Illness2 88 81 99 96 81 68 79 80
Holiday 157 169 62 77 97 419 82 72
Taking time off/working time arrangement 44 51 45 51 62 39 52 57
Other reasons/unspecified 67 64 69 63 76 54 63 62
                 
MALES 1 198 1 201 1 192 1 191 1 203 1 210 1 200 1 199
At work 1 040 1 035 1 076 1 061 1 060 938 1 082 1 082
Temporarily absent 158 166 116 130 143 272 117 116
Illness2 37 35 41 41 33 31 33 33
Holiday 79 85 31 41 49 208 40 38
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 29 28 30 36 23 29 32
Other reasons/unspecified 16 17 17 19 24 9 15 13
                 
FEMALES 1 071 1 074 1 068 1 063 1 080 1 080 1 075 1 069
At work 874 875 909 906 907 773 916 914
Temporarily absent 197 199 159 157 173 308 159 154
Illness2 50 46 59 55 48 37 45 46
Holiday 78 84 32 36 47 211 42 34
Taking time off/working time arrangement 18 22 17 22 26 16 23 25
Other reasons/unspecified 51 47 52 44 52 45 48 49
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.6 16.0 12.2 12.7 13.8 25.3 12.1 11.9
Males 13.2 13.8 9.8 10.9 11.9 22.5 9.8 9.7
Females 18.4 18.5 14.9 14.8 16.0 28.5 14.8 14.4
                 
Illness2 3.9 3.6 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.5
Males 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.8
Females 4.7 4.3 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.4 4.2 4.3
                 
Holiday 6.9 7.4 2.8 3.4 4.2 18.3 3.6 3.2
Males 6.6 7.0 2.6 3.4 4.1 17.2 3.4 3.1
Females 7.2 7.8 3.0 3.4 4.4 19.5 3.9 3.2
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.7 1.7 2.3 2.5
Males 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.0 1.9 2.4 2.7
Females 1.7 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.4 1.4 2.2 2.4
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.3 2.4 2.8 2.7
Males 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.0 0.8 1.3 1.1
Females 4.7 4.4 4.9 4.2 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.6

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.