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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2009
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 2009
2007 2008 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 445 3 505 3 468 3 483 3 498 3 511 3 528 3 540
Employed persons 2 443 2 524 2 484 2 497 2 532 2 542 2 525 2 506
Short part-time 308 315 318 330 314 299 317 324
Long part-time 345 359 348 352 370 356 356 353
Full-time 1 785 1 845 1 813 1 809 1 844 1 881 1 846 1 822
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 7
Unemployed persons 63 67 54 65 72 66 66 79
                 
Population 15-19 years 311 317 315 316 315 317 319 320
Employed persons 125 139 130 138 143 144 132 125
Short part-time 73 81 77 87 85 72 79 80
Long part-time 13 15 14 11 17 20 13 12
Full-time 38 42 37 38 40 52 40 32
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 - - 2
Unemployed persons 15 19 12 17 23 18 16 16
                 
Population 20-24 years 282 290 284 286 290 291 294 295
Employed persons 202 213 207 208 217 217 208 202
Short part-time 49 55 52 57 52 51 61 62
Long part-time 31 31 33 32 34 29 28 26
Full-time 121 125 122 118 129 136 118 113
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 11 10 7 10 9 10 10 15
                 
Males 25-54 years 993 1 010 1 000 1 006 1 010 1 012 1 014 1 017
Employed persons 886 904 898 894 907 910 906 902
Short part-time 26 24 29 23 25 26 24 24
Long part-time 36 36 38 35 36 35 37 45
Full-time 822 843 830 835 845 847 843 833
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 17 18 19 19 20 27
                 
Females 25-54 years 962 967 964 964 965 968 971 974
Employed persons 791 812 801 804 809 816 819 820
Short part-time 90 83 91 90 81 80 82 87
Long part-time 193 197 190 197 200 194 197 192
Full-time 508 531 520 517 526 540 539 540
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Unemployed persons 16 15 14 15 15 15 16 15
                 
Males 55-66 years 321 328 325 325 326 330 332 335
Employed persons 223 229 229 227 228 231 232 228
Short part-time 16 17 16 17 17 19 18 19
Long part-time 14 15 13 14 14 16 18 15
Full-time 193 196 198 196 197 196 195 194
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 - - 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 5
                 
Females 55-66 years 315 328 317 324 328 330 331 332
Employed persons 189 196 192 194 197 196 199 198
Short part-time 40 40 41 41 41 40 40 39
Long part-time 53 56 54 56 59 55 56 55
Full-time 96 99 97 97 97 100 103 105
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - 1 - -
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1
                 
Population 67-74 years 261 264 264 263 264 264 267 268
Employed persons 27 30 27 31 31 29 29 29
Short part-time 14 14 13 16 12 13 14 13
Long part-time 6 8 6 7 10 7 7 8
Full-time 8 8 9 8 9 9 8 7
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - 1
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - 1

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.