Annual average		2005				1st quarter 2006 4)
Settled/usual	2004	2005	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Old	New
TOTAL	2 276	2 289	2 267	2 286	2 304	2 298	2 317	2 326
Part-time 1	613	606	619	612	590	602	641	644
01 - 09 hours	109	105	115	110	86	109	119	122
10 - 19 hours	189	187	190	183	187	189	193	193
20 - 29 hours	179	181	185	190	178	171	188	189
30 - 36 hours 2	136	132	129	129	139	133	142	140
Full-time 1	1 654	1 676	1 640	1 667	1 705	1 690	1 667	51 673
32 - 36 hours 2	141	141	136	158	136	134	148	148
37 - 44 hours	1 329	1 350	1 330	1 315	1 381	1 376	1 334	1 337
45 hours and over	182	183	174	193	187	180	184	186
Unspecified	9	8	8	7	9	6	8	9
Average working hours per week	34,1	34,2	33,9	34,3	34,6	34,2	34,0	34,0
MALES	1 201	1 211	1 199	1 212	1 217	1 216	1 226	1 232
Part-time 1	151	148	156	149	145	144	160	162
01 - 09 hours	40	38	43	41	33	37	40	42
10 - 19 hours	49	46	49	43	47	47	51	51
20 - 29 hours	35	36	36	38	36	32	40	40
30 - 36 hours 2	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	28
Full-time 1	1 046	1 059	1 039	1 059	1 068	1 070	1 060	1 064
32 - 36 hours 2	63	64	61	74	58	63	73	73
37 - 44 hours	834	846	837	829	858	862	837	839
45 hours and over	148	148	141	156	152	145	149	150
Unspecified	4	3	4	3	4	2	6	6
Average working hours per week	37,2	37,4	37,0	37,5	37,6	37,4	37,2	37,2
FEMALES	1 074	1 078	1 069	1 074	1 087	1 082	1 091	1 094
Part-time 1	462	457	463	462	445	458	482	482
01 - 09 hours	69	66	71	69	53	72	79	80
10 - 19 hours	140	141	141	140	140	142	142	142
20 - 29 hours	144	146	149	152	142	139	148	149
30 - 36 hours 2	109	104	102	101	110	105	113	112
Full-time 1	608	617	601	608	637	620	607	610
32 - 36 hours 2	78	77	75	84	78	71	75	75
37 - 44 hours	495	504	493	486	523	514	496	498
45 hours and over	34	35	33	38	35	34	35	36
Unspecified	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	2
Average working hours per week	30,6	30,7	30,5	30,6	31,2	30,6	30,4	30,4

1 Some persons are classified as part- or full-time workers although the exact number of working hours is unspecified, and therefore the figures do not summarize.

2 Part-time = 1-36 hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 working hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 hours and over and the cases mentioned above.

3 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week.

4 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised. To improve the comparability for the figures between 1st quarter 2006 and 1st quarter 2005, figures for 1st quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes, i.e. the changes concerning age limit, the definition of age and the classification of persons on lay-off.

5 Corrected 29 May 2006 at 1215.