9 Employed persons aged 15-74 by sex and contractual/usual working hours per week (LFS). 1 000

  Annual average 2008 2009 2010
20082 2009 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
Employed persons In total     2 524 2 508 2 525 2 506 2 525 2 504 2 497 2 486
 Part-time1     674 673 673 677 692 656 668 681
   01-09 hours     118 122 123 128 133 108 119 129
   10-19 hours     197 193 194 196 198 190 189 194
   20-29 hours     194 193 195 195 195 192 192 190
   30-36 hours     164 164 161 158 166 165 168 168
 Full-time1     1 845 1 828 1 846 1 822 1 826 1 842 1 823 1 801
   32-36 hours     165 169 165 170 170 174 163 163
   37-44 hours     1 470 1 458 1 473 1 455 1 441 1 464 1 473 1 462
   45 hours and more     207 198 204 193 211 201 184 173
 Unspecified     5 6 5 7 7 6 6 4
Average working hours per week   34,3 34,2 34,2 34,1 34,2 34,4 34,2 33,9
   
Males In total     1 332 1 317 1 329 1 310 1 330 1 317 1 310 1 306
 Part-time1     176 182 180 181 192 173 180 185
   01-09 hours     43 47 45 44 54 43 46 47
   10-19 hours     59 57 59 58 61 54 56 62
   20-29 hours     42 45 44 44 43 45 47 43
   30-36 hours     31 33 32 35 34 32 31 33
 Full-time1     1 154 1 132 1 147 1 126 1 134 1 142 1 127 1 119
   32-36 hours     82 81 80 82 81 84 78 81
   37-44 hours     905 893 905 889 884 900 900 895
   45 hours and more     165 156 160 153 167 157 147 141
 Unspecified     2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
Average working hours per week   37,2 37,0 37,0 37,0 37,0 37,2 36,9 36,7
   
Females In total     1 192 1 191 1 195 1 196 1 195 1 187 1 187 1 180
 Part-time1     498 492 493 496 500 484 488 496
   01-09 hours     74 75 78 83 79 65 73 82
   10-19 hours     139 137 135 139 138 137 133 132
   20-29 hours     152 149 151 150 152 148 145 147
   30-36 hours     133 131 129 123 132 134 136 135
 Full-time1     691 696 699 696 692 700 695 682
   32-36 hours     83 88 86 88 89 90 84 83
   37-44 hours     565 565 567 567 557 564 572 567
   45 hours and more     42 42 44 40 45 45 37 32
 Unspecified     3 4 3 4 4 4 4 2
Average working hours per week   31,1 31,1 31,1 30,9 31,1 31,4 31,2 30,8
   

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.
2 See note 1, table 1a.