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Quarterly national accounts, 4. quarter 2008
53 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2007 2008 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1 08:2 08:3 08:4
                     
Total 4.4 3.5 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.6
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -2.9 -1.9 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.4 -0.6 -1.2 0.6 -1.6
Fishing and fish farming -0.1 2.1 -1.6 -0.7 -1.8 5.2 -1.5 -1.4 0.1 -1.1
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 7.6 7.8 0.5 2.9 7.6 -3.3 0.6 2.0 6.2 0.9
Oil and gas extraction 4.2 8.3 -4.0 3.0 0.8 3.1 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.4
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 12.3 7.2 7.2 2.8 16.7 -10.7 -0.3 2.1 11.2 -1.0
Mining and quarrying 5.7 3.3 0.4 -1.3 8.6 -2.8 -0.8 5.8 -2.3 -4.6
                     
Manufacturing 5.5 2.2 2.1 1.1 0.8 2.2 -1.0 1.1 0.2 -1.7
Food products, beverages and tobacco 5.0 1.4 4.1 0.1 1.2 1.3 -1.3 0.6 0.2 -0.0
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather 1.0 -7.3 1.9 0.0 -4.4 1.3 -3.2 -3.2 0.2 -2.4
Wood and wood products 3.7 -2.3 0.9 0.3 0.0 2.1 -3.4 -1.8 0.9 -0.5
Pulp, paper and paper products -6.0 -7.8 -1.8 1.4 -2.8 1.2 -5.1 -0.4 -4.5 -0.7
Publishing, printing, reproduction 3.9 -2.3 3.2 -0.0 -1.4 2.8 -3.2 -0.6 -0.6 -0.0
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 5.9 4.0 3.2 0.9 0.7 3.6 -0.4 1.9 0.8 -3.1
Basic chemicals 10.0 -1.1 7.1 4.0 1.4 -2.7 -6.2 9.0 -5.4 5.8
Basic metals 2.4 -0.8 0.4 1.6 0.8 1.6 -6.2 7.7 -1.4 -4.3
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 8.6 6.0 2.3 2.2 1.8 2.6 0.9 1.6 1.3 -2.4
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 4.5 4.1 -1.3 0.6 1.2 3.7 0.4 -0.7 0.9 -2.2
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c 3.0 -0.2 1.3 -1.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 -0.7 -1.1 -6.3
                     
Electricity and gas supply -0.4 0.6 -0.2 -0.0 -1.3 0.3 -1.0 0.4 0.4 1.4
Water supply -0.1 2.0 2.0 0.4 1.9 2.0 1.1 1.6 -0.5 -12.2
Construction 10.5 4.0 3.7 2.9 2.0 1.6 -0.9 1.6 1.1 -1.1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 3.9 3.4 1.4 1.3 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.1 -1.0
Hotels and restaurants 3.4 2.6 0.9 1.4 0.7 1.6 0.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.4
Transport via pipelines 4.9 5.6 6.5 0.5 -5.4 10.7 0.7 -3.7 -11.1 20.5
Ocean transport 7.3 5.0 3.6 1.7 0.3 1.5 2.1 1.7 -0.3 1.6
Other transport industries 2.0 3.3 -0.3 1.2 -0.4 3.2 0.3 -0.3 1.2 -1.5
Post and telecommunications 5.1 3.2 2.9 1.4 2.4 4.9 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 2.6
Financial intermediation 2.4 3.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 -0.0 0.9 1.4 0.8 -0.8
Dwellings (households) 2.0 -0.1 2.7 -0.0 -0.7 0.2 -1.9 2.9 3.0 -0.7
Business services 7.9 7.8 3.8 2.0 -0.0 1.0 4.2 1.9 -0.2 -1.4
Public administration and defence 3.6 2.4 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.0 -0.8 0.5 0.4
Education 1.7 2.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 -0.1
Health and social work 2.5 3.1 -0.7 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.4
Other social and personal services 3.1 2.6 1.5 1.6 -0.6 0.8 1.3 -0.9 1.2 0.3
                     
Mainland Norway 4.3 3.4 1.4 1.4 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 -0.7
                     
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General government 2.3 2.6 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.1 0.3
Central government 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.3
Civilian central government 1.3 1.2 -0.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Defence 1.7 0.4 2.6 0.4 -0.5 -0.6 1.8 -1.6 0.7 0.6
Local government 3.1 3.6 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.2 1.6 0.3 1.7 0.2