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53 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2002 2003 02:2 02:3 02:4 03:1 03:2 03:3 03:4 04:1
                     
Total -0.9 -1.2 1.5 -1.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -3.9 -3.2 -0.3 -3.3 -1.1 0.8 -3.1 1.7 -1.1 -0.1
Fishing and fish farming -0.2 -10.8 7.2 3.2 -9.1 -2.7 -6.4 -3.7 7.0 1.1
                     
Oil and gas extraction incl. services 3.0 -1.9 1.9 -0.3 -1.8 -1.9 -0.5 1.1 1.6 0.3
Oil and gas extraction 1.2 -0.6 2.2 0.2 -2.5 0.3 -0.9 -0.2 3.2 1.6
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 5.9 -4.1 1.4 -1.1 -0.5 -5.3 0.2 3.3 -1.2 -2.1
Mining and quarrying 2.1 -1.6 3.1 -1.2 -4.0 0.3 -0.6 1.9 0.7 -1.5
                     
Manufacturing -2.4 -5.4 1.7 -3.0 -1.0 -1.7 -2.9 0.3 -1.1 -0.5
Food products, beverages and tobacco -1.4 -3.6 1.4 -1.7 1.0 -2.0 -2.9 0.2 -0.6 0.4
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather -9.7 -11.9 9.9 -12.4 -6.9 1.7 -6.1 1.9 -4.7 -0.8
Wood and wood products -3.2 -2.8 1.4 -2.7 0.0 -1.0 -1.2 -0.7 0.3 0.7
Pulp, paper and paper products -9.4 -5.3 -3.0 -5.4 -2.8 2.4 -5.0 4.3 -2.3 -2.8
Publishing, printing, reproduction -4.6 -3.2 -1.2 -1.9 -1.8 0.8 -1.7 -1.0 0.2 -1.3
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products -0.5 -3.8 2.5 -2.3 -2.0 -1.2 -2.3 1.4 0.2 0.4
Basic chemicals -3.7 -3.6 -2.2 -1.4 2.5 -4.6 1.0 -1.4 0.4 -1.8
Basic metals -5.5 -3.0 -1.8 -2.9 -0.2 -1.6 0.6 1.1 -2.0 -1.6
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c -1.6 -6.1 3.5 -3.7 -1.4 -1.8 -3.1 0.3 -2.1 -0.3
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 1.3 -10.5 2.8 -2.1 -2.4 -4.3 -6.2 -0.3 -0.8 -1.7
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -4.1 -5.8 0.8 -5.8 0.6 -2.2 -2.6 1.5 -2.3 -0.3
                     
Electricity and gas supply -3.9 -1.4 0.4 0.2 -1.9 -0.1 -1.3 0.6 1.0 -1.1
Water supply -6.9 2.8 7.5 -0.8 2.6 -1.3 0.7 -1.7 4.3 11.4
Construction1 0.3 -1.7 2.8 -0.3 -0.7 -1.2 -1.4 0.1 0.8 -0.3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl -0.1 1.5 3.0 -1.0 -0.9 1.4 -1.0 1.6 0.1 -0.2
Hotels and restaurants -1.0 -1.6 -0.2 -0.5 0.9 -1.1 -1.9 2.5 -3.8 4.4
Transport via pipelines 2.5 -6.8 1.4 20.0 -19.4 -0.9 -1.1 13.0 -16.2 0.2
Ocean transport 0.1 -2.2 0.6 -1.0 -0.4 -0.4 -1.4 -1.3 0.9 -0.4
Other transport industries -1.4 -2.8 3.0 -3.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2.9 0.9 0.3 -0.5
Post and telecommunications -5.4 -3.8 0.6 -1.4 -2.1 0.1 -2.2 -1.5 -0.5 0.4
Financial intermediation -0.5 -2.1 0.8 -0.9 -0.0 -0.5 -1.4 -1.1 -0.5 0.9
Dwellings (households) -4.2 1.2 -1.1 1.3 1.5 1.2 -5.3 4.3 -0.5 -1.4
Business services -1.7 0.0 1.6 -2.3 -0.3 2.1 -2.0 0.1 -0.1 0.3
Public administration and defence -4.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.9 -0.6 0.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.1
Education -2.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 -2.2 2.0 1.0 -1.7 0.3 0.9
Health and social work 2.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 -0.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.8 0.1
Other social and personal services 0.8 0.1 2.4 -1.8 -0.4 -0.1 -1.3 2.0 1.7 0.1
                     
Mainland Norway -1.0 -1.1 1.5 -1.2 -0.9 0.3 -1.3 0.3 0.0 0.1
                     
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General government2 -0.9 -0.9 0.4 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.6 0.2 0.4
Central government2 50.9 -1.9 -0.3 2.7 -1.6 -2.9 -0.2 1.8 0.4 -0.6
Civilian central government 73.4 -1.8 0.2 3.5 -1.5 -3.6 -0.2 2.4 0.4 -0.8
Defence -4.8 -2.4 -2.4 -0.9 -1.8 0.4 -0.2 -0.7 0.2 0.0
Local government2 -20.3 -0.2 0.9 -2.2 -0.3 1.8 0.3 -2.3 0.1 1.1

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