10 Employed persons,total, and employed persons at work, by status and sex. Number of man-weeks worked 1 and actual working hours per week (LFS).

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

Employed persons total

2 362 2 443 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497
    Salaried employees 2 162 2 248 2 180 2 206 2 233 2 261 2 293 2 302
    Self-employed 191 188 199 184 192 192 185 190
    Family workers 8 6 9 6 8 6 6 5
                   
    MALES                

Employed persons total

1 251 1 289 1 265 1 264 1 285 1 299 1 309 1 313
    Salaried employees 1 104 1 148 1 114 1 129 1 140 1 154 1 169 1 170
    Self-employed 142 139 147 133 142 143 138 141
    Family workers 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 2
                   
    FEMALES                

Employed persons total

1 111 1 154 1 124 1 132 1 149 1 160 1 175 1 183
    Salaried employees 1 057 1 100 1 066 1 077 1 094 1 106 1 124 1 132
    Self-employed 49 50 53 51 51 49 47 49
    Family workers 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3
                   

Employed persons at work 2

1 982 2 040 2 071 2 140 2 094 1 792 2 136 2 160
    Salaried employees 1 805 1 870 1 885 1 966 1 915 1 633 1 967 1 985
    Self-employed 168 164 178 168 172 153 165 170
    Family workers 8 6 8 5 7 6 5 5
                   
    MALES                

Employed persons at work 2

1 078 1 106 1 127 1 158 1 138 979 1 151 1 167
    Salaried employees 949 983 992 1 033 1 006 864 1 027 1 037
    Self-employed 126 121 131 123 128 113 122 127
    Family workers 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2
                   
    FEMALES                

Employed persons at work 2

904 934 944 982 956 813 985 993
    Salaried employees 856 888 893 933 908 769 940 948
    Self-employed 42 43 47 45 44 40 43 43
    Family workers 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
                   

Man-weeks worked 3

1 825 1 870 1 913 1 967 1 857 1 694 1 963 1 910
    Salaried employees 1 635 1 689 1 715 1 786 1 671 1 518 1 783 1 732
    Self-employed 185 177 194 178 183 172 177 176
    Family workers 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 2
                   
    MALES                

Man-weeks worked 3

1 092 1 114 1 150 1 170 1 109 1 014 1 162 1 128
    Salaried employees 943 974 996 1 032 963 878 1 023 989
    Self-employed 147 139 152 137 144 135 138 139
    Family workers 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
                   
    FEMALES                

Man-weeks worked 3

733 756 763 797 749 680 801 782
    Salaried employees 692 715 718 754 708 640 760 744
    Self-employed 38 39 43 42 39 37 38 37
    Family workers 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
                   
    HOURS PER WEEK                
                   

Actual working hours

34,5 34,4 34,6 34,5 33,3 35,5 34,5 33,2
    Salaried employees 34,0 33,9 34,1 34,1 32,7 34,9 34,0 32,7
    Self-employed 41,3 40,5 40,9 39,8 39,9 42,3 40,2 38,7
    Family workers 19,0 19,4 19,8 17,0 19,5 22,8 17,9 18,4
                   
    MALES                

Actual working hours

38,0 37,7 38,3 37,9 36,5 38,8 37,9 36,3
    Salaried employees 37,3 37,2 37,7 37,5 35,9 38,1 37,4 35,7
    Self-employed 43,9 42,8 43,3 41,6 42,3 44,8 42,6 41,0
    Family workers 18,7 17,7 23,4 12,9 19,0 24,1 15,4 18,7
                   
    FEMALES                

Actual working hours

30,4 30,4 30,3 30,4 29,4 31,4 30,5 29,5
    Salaried employees 30,3 30,2 30,2 30,3 29,2 31,2 30,3 29,4
    Self-employed 33,7 34,1 34,0 34,8 33,0 35,1 33,5 32,0
    Family workers 19,2 20,5 16,9 19,8 19,9 22,2 19,8 18,1
1 See note 1. Table 9.
2 Temporarily absent from work not included.
3 A 37,5 hours.