Labour force survey, Q4 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		3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020
	2019	2020	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020
Both sexes
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	83.3	81.1	71.9	85.6	85.3	83.1	72.5	83.6
Temporarily absent, total	16.7	18.9	28.1	14.4	14.7	16.9	27.5	16.4
Illness	3.5	3.8	2.9	3.9	4.5	3.6	3.3	4.0
Holiday	8.4	7.7	20.8	5.5	3.2	2.6	19.3	5.7
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.3	2.3
Laid off	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.5	0.4	0.6
Other reason/ unspecified	3.0	4.0	2.9	3.1	4.2	4.6	3.2	3.8

Males
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	84.9	82.6	73.6	86.8	87.0	84.4	74.4	84.5
Temporarily absent, total	15.1	17.4	26.4	13.2	13.0	15.6	25.6	15.5
Illness	2.8	3.1	2.5	3.2	3.6	3.0	2.8	3.2
Holiday	8.3	7.6	20.2	5.7	3.3	2.6	18.4	6.0
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	2.0	2.1	1.8	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.5	2.8
Laid off	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	4.3	0.5	0.6
Other reason/ unspecified	1.9	3.0	1.9	1.9	3.0	3.6	2.4	2.9

Females
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	81.6	79.5	70.0	84.1	83.4	81.6	70.4	82.6
Temporarily absent, total	18.4	20.5	30.0	15.9	16.6	18.4	29.6	17.4
Illness	4.3	4.6	3.5	4.7	5.5	4.3	3.9	4.9
Holiday	8.5	7.8	21.4	5.2	3.2	2.6	20.3	5.3
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.0	1.8
Laid off	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.1	4.6	0.2	0.6
Other reason/ unspecified	4.2	5.1	4.1	4.4	5.5	5.8	4.2	4.8

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