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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2002
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2001 2002
2000 2001 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 201 3 214 3 214 3 212 3 211 3 234 3 234 3 234
Employed persons 2 269 2 278 2 289 2 285 2 275 2 276 2 303 2 298
Short part-time 277 279 282 246 297 300 291 264
Long part-time 302 308 307 310 312 311 309 312
Full-time 1 683 1 679 1 690 1 715 1 651 1 651 1 690 1 712
Unspecified working hours. 8 11 10 14 15 14 13 10
Unemployed persons 81 84 84 86 78 97 95 91
                 
Population 16-19 years 212 213 213 213 213 214 215 215
Employed persons 93 89 89 98 95 82 88 103
Short part-time 56 54 59 46 57 64 62 49
Long part-time 8 9 9 13 8 5 8 14
Full-time 28 25 20 38 28 13 17 39
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 18 18 21 18 15 18 25 17
                 
Population 20-24 years 274 272 272 272 273 273 273 274
Employed persons 189 185 192 188 181 179 191 191
Short part-time 39 42 41 33 49 48 40 35
Long part-time 22 22 25 22 24 23 27 27
Full-time 126 119 125 132 106 106 122 128
Unspecified working hours. 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 14 15 15 15 15 18 16 18
                 
Males 25-54 years 991 985 984 986 986 981 983 983
Employed persons 880 875 875 879 877 858 872 870
Short part-time 22 21 20 18 23 21 21 23
Long part-time 28 31 32 31 31 33 29 28
Full-time 828 820 820 827 818 800 818 815
Unspecified working hours. 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 3
Unemployed persons 26 25 25 24 23 31 27 28
                 
Females 25-54 years 954 952 952 951 951 950 949 950
Employed persons 778 773 774 769 774 769 769 763
Short part-time 109 104 108 94 106 108 111 101
Long part-time 194 189 184 189 193 185 180 182
Full-time 473 476 480 483 471 473 474 478
Unspecified working hours. 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 2
Unemployed persons 18 20 18 24 20 22 22 24
                 
Males 55-66 years 249 266 267 265 264 279 278 279
Employed persons 170 182 185 180 175 194 193 189
Short part-time 11 13 13 10 14 11 12 12
Long part-time 9 10 9 11 11 11 9 10
Full-time 149 157 162 156 149 170 171 166
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2
                 
Females 55-66 years 252 263 263 264 263 277 277 277
Employed persons 142 154 154 152 152 166 166 162
Short part-time 32 36 34 37 37 37 35 35
Long part-time 37 43 46 41 41 47 50 45
Full-time 71 74 74 73 73 81 80 81
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 268 263 263 261 261 261 259 256
Employed persons 18 20 19 19 20 26 24 19
Short part-time 8 9 7 8 12 10 10 9
Long part-time 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 5
Full-time 7 8 9 6 6 7 8 5
Unspecified working hours. - - 1 1 - 3 1 1
Unemployed persons 1 - 1 - - - - -

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