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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2008
4 Population aged 15-74, employed persons by contractual/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2007 20082
2006 2007 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 398 3 445 3 437 3 450 3 468 3 483 3 498 3 511
Employed persons 2 362 2 443 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532 2 542
Short part-time 306 308 315 285 318 330 314 299
Long part-time 338 345 341 343 348 352 370 356
Full-time 1 712 1 785 1 773 1 826 1 813 1 809 1 844 1 881
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 6
Unemployed persons 84 63 69 63 54 65 72 66
                 
Population 15-19 years 304 311 310 312 315 316 315 317
Employed persons 116 125 122 132 130 138 143 144
Short part-time 71 73 76 64 77 87 85 72
Long part-time 12 13 11 16 14 11 17 20
Full-time 33 38 34 52 37 38 40 52
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 15 15 18 13 12 17 23 18
                 
Population 20-24 years 275 282 280 282 284 286 290 291
Employed persons 192 202 202 209 207 208 217 217
Short part-time 51 49 50 43 52 57 52 51
Long part-time 28 31 30 33 33 32 34 29
Full-time 112 121 121 131 122 118 129 136
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 14 11 13 12 7 10 9 10
                 
Males 25-54 years 982 993 992 995 1 000 1 006 1 010 1 012
Employed persons 862 886 883 890 898 894 907 910
Short part-time 24 26 25 25 29 23 25 26
Long part-time 36 36 35 36 38 35 36 35
Full-time 800 822 821 828 830 835 845 847
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 27 17 15 17 17 18 19 19
                 
Females 25-54 years 958 962 961 961 964 964 965 968
Employed persons 776 791 788 788 801 804 809 816
Short part-time 98 90 90 88 91 90 81 80
Long part-time 193 193 194 184 190 197 200 194
Full-time 485 508 502 514 520 517 526 540
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 23 16 18 18 14 15 15 15
                 
Males 55-66 years 317 321 320 321 325 325 326 330
Employed persons 217 223 222 223 229 227 228 231
Short part-time 17 16 17 15 16 17 17 19
Long part-time 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 16
Full-time 186 193 191 195 198 196 197 196
Unspecified working hours. 1 - - - 1 - - 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2
                 
Females 55-66 years 310 315 314 316 317 324 328 330
Employed persons 177 189 189 191 192 194 197 196
Short part-time 36 40 41 39 41 41 41 40
Long part-time 51 53 51 53 54 56 59 55
Full-time 89 96 97 98 97 97 97 100
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1
                 
Population 67-74 years 250 261 261 263 264 263 264 264
Employed persons 22 27 27 27 27 31 31 29
Short part-time 10 14 14 12 13 16 12 13
Long part-time 5 6 6 7 6 7 10 7
Full-time 7 8 7 8 9 8 9 9
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

1 Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.
2 See note 6, table 1.