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53 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2004 2005 04:1 04:2 04:3 04:4 05:1 05:2 05:3 05:4
                     
Total 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.5 -0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -4.3 -3.3 -0.6 -0.6 1.2 -0.7 -2.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.1
Fishing and fish farming -2.7 -6.4 0.5 -3.3 -1.0 -1.0 -1.2 -3.8 -2.6 0.2
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 2.5 2.3 1.5 -1.3 1.4 1.0 -0.9 -0.0 5.0 0.7
Oil and gas extraction 2.8 1.0 0.9 -1.5 0.7 1.3 -1.4 0.5 3.2 0.4
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 2.1 4.3 2.4 -1.0 2.5 0.6 -0.1 -0.8 7.6 1.0
Mining and quarrying 3.6 -0.0 -1.9 3.8 2.8 1.2 -3.7 3.3 -4.5 2.6
                     
Manufacturing -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0.9 -0.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0.8
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.0 -3.3 -0.1 0.2 0.8 -0.6 -1.6 -0.9 -1.2 1.3
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather -3.3 -4.4 1.9 0.6 2.0 -4.3 -2.3 2.2 -1.8 0.9
Wood and wood products 1.8 0.8 0.3 3.7 -3.2 -0.2 1.4 0.5 0.5 1.2
Pulp, paper and paper products 0.4 -3.6 -1.0 2.2 0.1 -1.1 -1.7 -1.3 0.3 -1.8
Publishing, printing, reproduction -1.9 -2.2 -1.5 -0.8 0.5 -0.1 -0.6 1.0 -3.8 0.6
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 1.0 1.2 -0.6 -0.8 1.0 0.7 1.5 -0.9 -0.3 0.7
Basic chemicals -4.1 -5.2 -5.1 -3.0 3.3 -1.7 0.6 -5.2 1.3 -6.0
Basic metals 0.5 1.1 -3.4 3.0 0.8 -0.1 1.2 -1.1 1.4 -1.6
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.3 -0.5 0.8 -0.2 1.4
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls -1.9 5.1 -1.0 -1.4 0.8 2.1 0.9 2.2 0.9 2.9
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -1.1 -1.4 0.3 -1.8 2.0 -2.0 -1.0 3.5 -2.8 -1.1
                     
Electricity and gas supply 3.1 -1.5 0.7 1.3 -0.8 3.1 -2.0 -1.2 -0.5 0.8
Water supply 15.0 0.5 17.6 -6.6 4.4 -9.4 11.7 -6.8 7.4 -10.1
Construction 5.2 3.7 1.4 2.1 1.4 -0.3 2.2 0.8 0.9 -0.0
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 4.0 1.0 1.9 1.1 2.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.9 0.2 -0.2
Hotels and restaurants 1.7 0.7 3.8 1.3 1.4 -1.5 1.0 0.7 0.1 -0.7
Transport via pipelines 1.5 -1.1 15.5 -10.8 1.3 2.9 3.7 -6.2 3.3 -5.5
Ocean transport -1.2 -4.6 -0.5 0.6 0.0 0.2 -1.5 -3.3 -0.5 -0.3
Other transport industries 1.6 1.0 -0.6 1.1 2.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 1.4
Post and telecommunications -0.8 -2.3 1.2 -0.3 -1.4 1.8 -2.2 -0.6 0.3 1.2
Financial intermediation 1.2 -0.2 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 -0.8 0.1 1.2 0.5
Dwellings (households) -0.1 -2.4 -2.7 0.3 4.3 -5.3 -3.3 0.8 8.3 -5.4
Business services 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.1 1.7 -0.7 2.1 0.0 1.3 0.6
Public administration and defence 0.9 -1.7 0.7 1.6 1.3 -1.0 -1.8 0.5 -0.7 -1.0
Education 0.9 1.2 0.6 2.1 1.4 -1.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8
Health and social work 2.7 2.5 0.5 1.7 1.8 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 -0.2
Other social and personal services 4.0 2.3 -0.0 1.5 3.3 -0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 -0.8
                     
Mainland Norway 2.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.5 -0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
                     
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General government 1.8 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.4 -0.4 0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.1
Central government 3.7 0.0 3.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 -1.0 0.3 -0.2 0.1
Civilian central government 4.5 1.8 3.3 1.6 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 -0.1 0.4
Defence -0.0 -8.5 1.7 0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -6.2 -1.4 -0.4 -1.5
Local government 0.4 1.8 -0.2 1.5 1.8 -0.7 0.9 0.5 -0.0 -0.3

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