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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2003
11 Population aged 16-74, employed persons, temporary absence from work and reason for absence, by sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2001 2002 2003
2001 2002 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
TOTAL 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
At work 1 924 1 912 1 978 1 948 2 020 1 711 1 968 2 008
Temporarily absent 354 374 297 327 283 587 299 253
Illness 86 92 94 104 94 79 91 91
Holiday 160 168 83 98 76 416 83 52
Taking time off/working time arrangement 41 46 47 54 44 34 54 46
Other reasons/unspecified 67 68 72 72 69 58 72 64
                 
MALES, TOTAL 1 621 1 631 1 618 1 632 1 631 1 631 1 630 1 644
Employed persons 1 214 1 210 1 206 1 203 1 220 1 218 1 199 1 197
At work 1 054 1 044 1 073 1 062 1 106 945 1 065 1 091
Temporarily absent 160 166 133 141 114 274 134 106
Illness 38 40 41 46 40 36 40 38
Holiday 82 85 44 50 36 209 45 26
Taking time off/working time arrangement 24 26 29 31 23 19 33 26
Other reasons/unspecified 16 14 19 15 15 10 16 16
                 
FEMALES, TOTAL 1 593 1 603 1 592 1 602 1 603 1 603 1 604 1 615
Employed persons 1 064 1 076 1 069 1 073 1 083 1 080 1 068 1 064
At work 870 867 905 886 915 766 903 917
Temporarily absent 194 209 164 187 169 314 165 147
Illness 48 52 53 58 54 44 51 53
Holiday 78 83 40 48 40 207 38 26
Taking time off/working time arrangement 17 20 18 23 21 14 21 20
Other reasons/unspecified 51 54 53 57 54 48 56 48
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.5 16.4 13.0 14.4 12.3 25.6 13.2 11.2
Males 13.2 13.7 11.0 11.7 9.3 22.5 11.2 8.9
Females 18.3 19.4 15.4 17.4 15.6 29.0 15.5 13.8
                 
Illness 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0
Males 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.2
Females 4.5 4.8 4.9 5.4 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.0
                 
Holiday 7.0 7.4 3.7 4.3 3.3 18.1 3.7 2.3
Males 6.7 7.0 3.6 4.1 3.0 17.2 3.8 2.2
Females 7.3 7.7 3.7 4.5 3.7 19.2 3.5 2.4
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.0
Males 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.6 2.7 2.2
Females 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.3 2.0 1.9
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.8
Males 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.3
Females 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.5 5.2 4.5