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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2008
11 Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work1 during the whole reference week by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
  Annual average 2007 20082
2006 2007 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 362 2 443 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532 2 542
At work 1 982 2 040 2 094 1 792 2 136 2 160 2 256 1 878
Temporarily absent 381 403 340 668 348 337 277 664
Illness 82 94 93 82 98 103 84 86
Holiday 176 194 120 488 121 111 76 468
Taking time off/working time arrangement 55 47 52 35 59 50 42 39
Other reasons/unspecified 68 68 74 63 70 73 74 71
                 
MALES 1 251 1 289 1 285 1 299 1 309 1 313 1 339 1 345
At work 1 078 1 106 1 138 979 1 151 1 167 1 224 1 025
Temporarily absent 173 183 147 320 158 147 115 320
Illness 35 40 39 38 40 40 32 35
Holiday 90 99 59 249 64 59 34 244
Taking time off/working time arrangement 30 27 30 19 35 31 28 25
Other reasons/unspecified 18 17 20 15 19 17 21 17
                 
FEMALES 1 111 1 154 1 149 1 160 1 175 1 183 1 193 1 197
At work 904 934 956 813 985 993 1 032 853
Temporarily absent 208 220 193 347 189 190 161 344
Illness 47 54 55 44 58 63 52 50
Holiday 85 95 62 239 56 52 42 225
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 20 23 16 24 19 14 15
Other reasons/unspecified 50 51 54 48 51 56 53 54
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.1 16.5 14.0 27.1 14.0 13.5 10.9 26.1
Males 13.8 14.2 11.4 24.7 12.1 11.2 8.6 23.8
Females 18.7 19.1 16.8 29.9 16.1 16.1 13.5 28.8
                 
Illness 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.3 3.4
Males 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.4 2.6
Females 4.2 4.7 4.7 3.8 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.2
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.9 4.9 19.8 4.9 4.4 3.0 18.4
Males 7.2 7.7 4.6 19.1 4.9 4.5 2.5 18.1
Females 7.7 8.2 5.4 20.6 4.8 4.4 3.5 18.8
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.3 1.9 2.1 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.6
Males 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.8
Females 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.2
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8
Males 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.3
Females 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.5

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This is not adjusted for.
2 See note 6, table 1.