Labour force survey, Q1 2020

Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work during the whole reference week, by reason for absence and sex (LFS). Per cent
	Annual average		4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020
	2018	2019	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020
Both sexes
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	83.7	83.3	85.9	89.8	86.3	71.9	85.6	85.3
Temporarily absent, total	16.3	16.7	14.1	10.2	13.7	28.1	14.4	14.7
Illness	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.8	3.5	2.9	3.9	4.5
Holiday	8.4	8.4	5.6	2.1	5.2	20.8	5.5	3.2
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.5	1.7	2.1	1.4	2.0	1.4	1.9	1.8
Laid off	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Other reason/ unspecified	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	3.1	2.9	3.1	4.2

Males
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	85.3	84.9	87.3	91.6	87.9	73.6	86.8	87.0
Temporarily absent, total	14.7	15.1	12.7	8.4	12.1	26.4	13.2	13.0
Illness	3.0	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.5	3.2	3.6
Holiday	8.2	8.3	5.8	2.2	5.0	20.2	5.7	3.3
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.7	2.0	2.4	1.7	2.3	1.8	2.3	2.2
Laid off	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.0
Other reason/ unspecified	1.8	1.9	1.5	1.5	2.1	1.9	1.9	3.0

Females
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	81.9	81.6	84.2	87.9	84.4	70.0	84.1	83.4
Temporarily absent, total	18.1	18.4	15.8	12.1	15.6	30.0	15.9	16.6
Illness	3.9	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.3	3.5	4.7	5.5
Holiday	8.7	8.5	5.2	1.9	5.4	21.4	5.2	3.2
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.2	1.3	1.8	1.2	1.6	1.0	1.6	1.4
Laid off	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
Other reason/ unspecified	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.4	5.5

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