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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2003
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2002 2003
2001 2002 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 214 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 259 3 258
Employed persons 2 278 2 286 2 276 2 303 2 298 2 267 2 261 2 275
Short part-time 279 286 300 291 264 287 307 290
Long part-time 308 311 311 309 312 313 306 313
Full-time 1 679 1 678 1 651 1 690 1 712 1 658 1 640 1 658
Unspecified working hours. 11 12 14 13 10 10 8 14
Unemployed persons 84 92 97 95 91 87 105 111
                 
Population 16-19 years 213 215 214 215 215 215 219 219
Employed persons 89 93 82 88 103 98 78 86
Short part-time 54 58 64 62 49 56 61 59
Long part-time 9 9 5 8 14 8 6 9
Full-time 25 26 13 17 39 34 10 16
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1
Unemployed persons 18 19 18 25 17 14 16 21
                 
Population 20-24 years 272 274 273 273 274 275 273 273
Employed persons 185 186 179 191 191 182 177 190
Short part-time 42 43 48 40 35 48 50 46
Long part-time 22 26 23 27 27 24 22 25
Full-time 119 116 106 122 128 108 103 116
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
Unemployed persons 15 17 18 16 18 17 19 19
                 
Males 25-54 years 985 983 981 983 983 984 982 981
Employed persons 875 866 858 872 870 862 847 845
Short part-time 21 23 21 21 23 28 28 27
Long part-time 31 30 33 29 28 28 31 32
Full-time 820 810 800 818 815 805 786 782
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 4
Unemployed persons 25 29 31 27 28 30 37 40
                 
Females 25-54 years 952 950 950 949 950 950 949 950
Employed persons 773 766 769 769 763 762 754 758
Short part-time 104 105 108 111 101 99 104 100
Long part-time 189 185 185 180 182 193 182 182
Full-time 476 473 473 474 478 468 466 473
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Unemployed persons 20 22 22 22 24 21 26 26
                 
Males 55-66 years 266 278 279 278 279 277 293 292
Employed persons 182 191 194 193 189 187 205 203
Short part-time 13 13 11 12 12 15 16 12
Long part-time 10 10 11 9 10 11 11 11
Full-time 157 167 170 171 166 160 179 178
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 1 1 - 2
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 263 277 277 277 277 277 288 287
Employed persons 154 163 166 166 162 157 175 169
Short part-time 36 35 37 35 35 33 36 33
Long part-time 43 47 47 50 45 44 48 48
Full-time 74 80 81 80 81 79 90 86
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 263 258 261 259 256 256 256 256
Employed persons 20 22 26 24 19 19 24 25
Short part-time 9 10 10 10 9 9 12 13
Long part-time 3 5 6 6 5 5 6 5
Full-time 8 6 7 8 5 4 7 6
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.