Table

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		2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
	2015	2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
Both sexes
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	83.3	83.8	88.6	72.2	87.6	89.6	86.6	72.3
Temporarily absent, total	16.7	16.2	11.4	27.8	12.4	10.4	13.4	27.7
Illness	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.7	3.4	3.7	3.1	3.2
Holiday	8.2	8.1	3.6	20.6	4.4	2.4	5.3	20.7
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.1
Laid off	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Other reason/ unspecified	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.3	2.6

Males
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	85.0	85.8	90.8	74.7	89.2	91.1	88.6	74.4
Temporarily absent, total	15.0	14.2	9.2	25.3	10.8	8.9	11.4	25.6
Illness	2.9	2.6	2.2	2.2	2.7	3.0	2.5	2.6
Holiday	7.9	8.0	3.3	19.7	4.9	2.3	5.3	19.9
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.4
Laid off	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
Other reason/ unspecified	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.6

Females
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	81.4	81.6	86.0	69.5	85.8	87.9	84.4	70.1
Temporarily absent, total	18.6	18.4	14.0	30.5	14.2	12.1	15.6	29.9
Illness	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.3	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.8
Holiday	8.5	8.3	3.9	21.7	3.9	2.5	5.3	21.5
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.5	0.8
Laid off	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other reason/ unspecified	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.4	4.7	4.4	4.9	3.8