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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
2001 2002 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 214 3 234 3 212 3 211 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234
Employed persons 2 278 2 286 2 285 2 275 2 276 2 303 2 298 2 267
Short part-time 279 286 246 297 300 291 264 287
Long part-time 308 311 310 312 311 309 312 313
Full-time 1 679 1 678 1 715 1 651 1 651 1 690 1 712 1 658
Unspecified working hours. 11 12 14 15 14 13 10 10
Unemployed persons 84 92 86 78 97 95 91 87
                 
Population 16-19 years 213 215 213 213 214 215 215 215
Employed persons 89 93 98 95 82 88 103 98
Short part-time 54 58 46 57 64 62 49 56
Long part-time 9 9 13 8 5 8 14 8
Full-time 25 26 38 28 13 17 39 34
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 18 19 18 15 18 25 17 14
                 
Population 20-24 years 272 274 272 273 273 273 274 275
Employed persons 185 186 188 181 179 191 191 182
Short part-time 42 43 33 49 48 40 35 48
Long part-time 22 26 22 24 23 27 27 24
Full-time 119 116 132 106 106 122 128 108
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 15 17 15 15 18 16 18 17
                 
Males 25-54 years 985 983 986 986 981 983 983 984
Employed persons 875 866 879 877 858 872 870 862
Short part-time 21 23 18 23 21 21 23 28
Long part-time 31 30 31 31 33 29 28 28
Full-time 820 810 827 818 800 818 815 805
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2
Unemployed persons 25 29 24 23 31 27 28 30
                 
Females 25-54 years 952 950 951 951 950 949 950 950
Employed persons 773 766 769 774 769 769 763 762
Short part-time 104 105 94 106 108 111 101 99
Long part-time 189 185 189 193 185 180 182 193
Full-time 476 473 483 471 473 474 478 468
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 2
Unemployed persons 20 22 24 20 22 22 24 21
                 
Males 55-66 years 266 278 265 264 279 278 279 277
Employed persons 182 191 180 175 194 193 189 187
Short part-time 13 13 10 14 11 12 12 15
Long part-time 10 10 11 11 11 9 10 11
Full-time 157 167 156 149 170 171 166 160
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 263 277 264 263 277 277 277 277
Employed persons 154 163 152 152 166 166 162 157
Short part-time 36 35 37 37 37 35 35 33
Long part-time 43 47 41 41 47 50 45 44
Full-time 74 80 73 73 81 80 81 79
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 263 258 261 261 261 259 256 256
Employed persons 20 22 19 20 26 24 19 19
Short part-time 9 10 8 12 10 10 9 9
Long part-time 3 5 4 3 6 6 5 5
Full-time 8 6 6 6 7 8 5 4
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 - 3 1 1 1
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

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.