6 Employed persons aged 15-74, by sex and settled/usual working hours pr week (LFS). 1 000

  Annual average 2006 2007 2008
Settled/usual 2006 2007 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter

TOTAL

2 362 2 443 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497
                    
   Part-time 1 645 653 648 664 656 627 666 683
     01 - 09 hours 118 119 121 129 124 101 121 126
     10 - 19 hours 189 189 189 185 191 183 197 204
     20 - 29 hours 190 190 186 198 191 184 185 192
     30 - 36 hours 148 156 151 151 150 158 163 160
                    
   Full-time 1 1 712 1 785 1 738 1 729 1 773 1 826 1 813 1 809
     30 - 36 hours 157 163 164 157 161 170 165 160
     37 - 44 hours 1 350 1 413 1 364 1 376 1 400 1 438 1 438 1 450
     45 hours and over 204 207 209 194 211 215 208 198
                    
   Unspecified 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 4
                    
   Average working hours per week 34,3 34,3 34,2 34,0 34,3 34,7 34,2 34,0
                    
                    

MALES

1 251 1 289 1 265 1 264 1 285 1 299 1 309 1 313
                    
   Part-time 1 160 164 157 165 164 155 170 172
     01 - 09 hours 41 43 42 45 45 38 45 44
     10 - 19 hours 52 52 50 53 52 47 55 59
     20 - 29 hours 39 40 37 41 41 38 38 41
     30 - 36 hours 28 29 27 25 26 33 32 28
                    
   Full-time 1 1 088 1 124 1 105 1 098 1 119 1 141 1 136 1 139
     30 - 36 hours 76 81 78 76 80 83 84 80
     37 - 44 hours 844 872 854 860 865 880 881 894
     45 hours and over 166 170 173 160 173 177 169 163
                    
   Unspecified 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2
                    
   Average working hours per week 37,5 37,3 37,5 37,1 37,4 37,7 37,2 37,0
                    
                    

FEMALES

1 111 1 154 1 124 1 132 1 149 1 160 1 175 1 183
                    
   Part-time 1 485 490 490 499 492 472 496 511
     01 - 09 hours 77 76 79 84 79 64 76 82
     10 - 19 hours 137 137 139 132 139 136 142 145
     20 - 29 hours 151 150 149 157 150 147 147 152
     30 - 36 hours 120 127 123 126 124 126 132 132
                    
   Full-time 1 625 662 633 631 654 684 677 670
     30 - 36 hours 81 82 86 81 80 87 81 79
     37 - 44 hours 505 542 509 516 535 558 557 556
     45 hours and over 38 37 36 34 38 38 39 35
                    
   Unspecified 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
                    
   Average working hours per week 30,6 30,8 30,5 30,5 30,7 31,3 30,9 30,6
                    

1 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.