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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2008
11 Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work1 during the whole reference week by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
  Annual average 2006 2007 2008
2006 2007 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1 000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 362 2 443 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497
At work 1 982 2 040 2 071 2 140 2 094 1 792 2 136 2 160
Temporarily absent 381 403 318 256 340 668 348 337
Illness 82 94 91 102 93 82 98 103
Holiday 176 194 100 45 120 488 121 111
Taking time off/working time arrangement 55 47 58 43 52 35 59 50
Other reasons/unspecified 68 68 69 66 74 63 70 73
                 
MALES 1 251 1 289 1 265 1 264 1 285 1 299 1 309 1 313
At work 1 078 1 106 1 127 1 158 1 138 979 1 151 1 167
Temporarily absent 173 183 137 106 147 320 158 147
Illness 35 40 38 43 39 38 40 40
Holiday 90 99 52 23 59 249 64 59
Taking time off/working time arrangement 30 27 31 25 30 19 35 31
Other reasons/unspecified 18 17 17 15 20 15 19 17
                 
FEMALES 1 111 1 154 1 124 1 132 1 149 1 160 1 175 1 183
At work 904 934 944 982 956 813 985 993
Temporarily absent 208 220 180 150 193 347 189 190
Illness 47 54 53 59 55 44 58 63
Holiday 85 95 48 22 62 239 56 52
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 20 27 18 23 16 24 19
Other reasons/unspecified 50 51 53 51 54 48 51 56
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.1 16.5 13.3 10.7 14.0 27.1 14.0 13.5
Males 13.8 14.2 10.9 8.4 11.4 24.7 12.1 11.2
Females 18.7 19.1 16.0 13.3 16.8 29.9 16.1 16.1
                 
Illness 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.3 3.8 3.3 4.0 4.1
Males 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1
Females 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.2 4.7 3.8 4.9 5.3
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.9 4.2 1.9 4.9 19.8 4.9 4.4
Males 7.2 7.7 4.1 1.8 4.6 19.1 4.9 4.5
Females 7.7 8.2 4.3 2.0 5.4 20.6 4.8 4.4
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.3 1.9 2.4 1.8 2.1 1.4 2.4 2.0
Males 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.3
Females 2.3 1.7 2.4 1.6 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.6
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.9
Males 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.3
Females 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.8