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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2003
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 2003
2001 2002 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 214 3 234 3 211 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 259
Employed persons 2 278 2 286 2 275 2 276 2 303 2 298 2 267 2 261
Short part-time 279 286 297 300 291 264 287 307
Long part-time 308 311 312 311 309 312 313 306
Full-time 1 679 1 678 1 651 1 651 1 690 1 712 1 658 1 640
Unspecified working hours. 11 12 15 14 13 10 10 8
Unemployed persons 84 92 78 97 95 91 87 105
                 
Population 16-19 years 213 215 213 214 215 215 215 219
Employed persons 89 93 95 82 88 103 98 78
Short part-time 54 58 57 64 62 49 56 61
Long part-time 9 9 8 5 8 14 8 6
Full-time 25 26 28 13 17 39 34 10
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -
Unemployed persons 18 19 15 18 25 17 14 16
                 
Population 20-24 years 272 274 273 273 273 274 275 273
Employed persons 185 186 181 179 191 191 182 177
Short part-time 42 43 49 48 40 35 48 50
Long part-time 22 26 24 23 27 27 24 22
Full-time 119 116 106 106 122 128 108 103
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2
Unemployed persons 15 17 15 18 16 18 17 19
                 
Males 25-54 years 985 983 986 981 983 983 984 982
Employed persons 875 866 877 858 872 870 862 847
Short part-time 21 23 23 21 21 23 28 28
Long part-time 31 30 31 33 29 28 28 31
Full-time 820 810 818 800 818 815 805 786
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 3
Unemployed persons 25 29 23 31 27 28 30 37
                 
Females 25-54 years 952 950 951 950 949 950 950 949
Employed persons 773 766 774 769 769 763 762 754
Short part-time 104 105 106 108 111 101 99 104
Long part-time 189 185 193 185 180 182 193 182
Full-time 476 473 471 473 474 478 468 466
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2
Unemployed persons 20 22 20 22 22 24 21 26
                 
Males 55-66 years 266 278 264 279 278 279 277 293
Employed persons 182 191 175 194 193 189 187 205
Short part-time 13 13 14 11 12 12 15 16
Long part-time 10 10 11 11 9 10 11 11
Full-time 157 167 149 170 171 166 160 179
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 263 277 263 277 277 277 277 288
Employed persons 154 163 152 166 166 162 157 175
Short part-time 36 35 37 37 35 35 33 36
Long part-time 43 47 41 47 50 45 44 48
Full-time 74 80 73 81 80 81 79 90
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3
                 
Population 67-74 years 263 258 261 261 259 256 256 256
Employed persons 20 22 20 26 24 19 19 24
Short part-time 9 10 12 10 10 9 9 12
Long part-time 3 5 3 6 6 5 5 6
Full-time 8 6 6 7 8 5 4 7
Unspecified working hours. - 1 - 3 1 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.