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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2008
4 Population aged 15-74, employed persons by contractual/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2007 20082
2007 2008 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 445 3 505 3 450 3 468 3 483 3 498 3 511 3 528
Employed persons 2 443 2 524 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532 2 542 2 525
Short part-time 308 315 285 318 330 314 299 317
Long part-time 345 359 343 348 352 370 356 356
Full-time 1 785 1 845 1 826 1 813 1 809 1 844 1 881 1 846
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 5
Unemployed persons 63 67 63 54 65 72 66 66
                 
Population 15-19 years 311 317 312 315 316 315 317 319
Employed persons 125 139 132 130 138 143 144 132
Short part-time 73 81 64 77 87 85 72 79
Long part-time 13 15 16 14 11 17 20 13
Full-time 38 42 52 37 38 40 52 40
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -
Unemployed persons 15 19 13 12 17 23 18 16
                 
Population 20-24 years 282 290 282 284 286 290 291 294
Employed persons 202 213 209 207 208 217 217 208
Short part-time 49 55 43 52 57 52 51 61
Long part-time 31 31 33 33 32 34 29 28
Full-time 121 125 131 122 118 129 136 118
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2
Unemployed persons 11 10 12 7 10 9 10 10
                 
Males 25-54 years 993 1 010 995 1 000 1 006 1 010 1 012 1 014
Employed persons 886 904 890 898 894 907 910 906
Short part-time 26 24 25 29 23 25 26 24
Long part-time 36 36 36 38 35 36 35 37
Full-time 822 843 828 830 835 845 847 843
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 17 17 18 19 19 20
                 
Females 25-54 years 962 967 961 964 964 965 968 971
Employed persons 791 812 788 801 804 809 816 819
Short part-time 90 83 88 91 90 81 80 82
Long part-time 193 197 184 190 197 200 194 197
Full-time 508 531 514 520 517 526 540 539
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 16 15 18 14 15 15 15 16
                 
Males 55-66 years 321 328 321 325 325 326 330 332
Employed persons 223 229 223 229 227 228 231 232
Short part-time 16 17 15 16 17 17 19 18
Long part-time 14 15 13 13 14 14 16 18
Full-time 193 196 195 198 196 197 196 195
Unspecified working hours. - 1 - 1 - - 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 315 328 316 317 324 328 330 331
Employed persons 189 196 191 192 194 197 196 199
Short part-time 40 40 39 41 41 41 40 40
Long part-time 53 56 53 54 56 59 55 56
Full-time 96 99 98 97 97 97 100 103
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - 1 -
Unemployed persons 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 261 264 263 264 263 264 264 267
Employed persons 27 30 27 27 31 31 29 29
Short part-time 14 14 12 13 16 12 13 14
Long part-time 6 8 7 6 7 10 7 7
Full-time 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 8
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

1 Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.
2 See note 6, table 1.