Table

Employees (15-74 years), by patterns of working time, sex and age. In the main job. 1 000 and per cent
	2016
	1 000				Per cent
	15-74 years	15-24 years	25-54 years	55-74 years	15-74 years	15-24 years	25-54 years	55-74 years
¹Since the questions on work hours are only directed to a part of the LFS sample, a different weight is used, and the total number of employees differ somewhat from figures published earlier.
²Regularly work outside Monday to Friday from 6 am to 6 pm.
Both sexes
Employees, total¹	2 463	318	1 667	478	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ordinary hours	1 665	148	1 167	350	67.6	46.6	70.0	73.3
Outside ordinary hours²	798	170	501	127	32.4	53.4	30.0	26.7
Shift work	580	105	379	95	23.5	33.0	22.7	20.0
Not shift work	218	65	121	32	8.9	20.3	7.3	6.7

Males
Employees, total¹	1 268	160	856	252	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ordinary hours	892	86	611	194	70.3	53.9	71.4	77.1
Outside ordinary hours²	377	74	245	58	29.7	46.1	28.6	22.9
Shift work	265	46	179	41	20.9	28.5	20.9	16.1
Not shift work	111	28	66	17	8.8	17.6	7.7	6.8

Females
Employees, total¹	1 195	158	811	226	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ordinary hours	773	62	555	156	64.7	39.2	68.5	69.1
Outside ordinary hours²	421	96	256	70	35.3	60.8	31.5	30.9
Shift work	314	59	200	55	26.3	37.6	24.7	24.3
Not shift work	107	36	56	15	9.0	23.1	6.9	6.6