Labour force survey, Q4 2017

Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work during the whole reference week, by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
	2016	2017	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
Both sexes
In total	2 647	2 652	2 666	2 635	2 628	2 658	2 666	2 655
At work	2 218	2 216	1 926	2 307	2 354	2 302	1 928	2 280
Temporarily absent, total	429	436	740	328	274	356	738	375
Illness	87	90	72	90	96	84	85	95
Holiday	215	224	549	117	63	140	551	141
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	40	38	36	36	31	42	31	48
Laid off	4	2	1	4	2	1	1	2
Other reason/ unspecified	83	82	80	81	81	89	70	88

Males
In total	1 395	1 398	1 407	1 387	1 387	1 401	1 406	1 398
At work	1 196	1 194	1 052	1 237	1 264	1 241	1 045	1 226
Temporarily absent, total	199	204	355	150	123	160	361	172
Illness	37	39	31	37	42	36	37	41
Holiday	111	115	277	68	32	74	280	76
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	23	23	22	20	21	23	20	27
Laid off	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Other reason/ unspecified	25	26	26	22	27	27	23	28

Females
In total	1 252	1 254	1 258	1 249	1 242	1 258	1 260	1 258
At work	1 022	1 023	874	1 072	1 092	1 062	883	1 055
Temporarily absent, total	230	231	384	177	150	196	377	203
Illness	51	51	42	53	54	48	48	54
Holiday	104	109	273	49	31	67	271	66
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	17	15	15	16	10	19	10	21
Laid off	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Other reason/ unspecified	58	56	55	58	55	62	48	61

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