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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2003
11 Population aged 16-74, employed persons, temporary absence from work and reason for absence, by sex1. 1 000 and per cent
  Annual average 2002 2003
2001 2002 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
TOTAL 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
At work 1 924 1 912 1 948 2 020 1 711 1 968 2 008 1 949
Temporarily absent 354 374 327 283 587 299 253 326
Illness 86 92 104 94 79 91 91 84
Holiday 160 168 98 76 416 83 52 117
Taking time off/working time arrangement 41 46 54 44 34 54 46 51
Other reasons/unspecified 67 68 72 69 58 72 64 74
                 
MALES, TOTAL 1 621 1 631 1 632 1 631 1 631 1 630 1 644 1 643
Employed persons 1 214 1 210 1 203 1 220 1 218 1 199 1 197 1 203
At work 1 054 1 044 1 062 1 106 945 1 065 1 091 1 062
Temporarily absent 160 166 141 114 274 134 106 141
Illness 38 40 46 40 36 40 38 36
Holiday 82 85 50 36 209 45 26 58
Taking time off/working time arrangement 24 26 31 23 19 33 26 27
Other reasons/unspecified 16 14 15 15 10 16 16 20
                 
FEMALES, TOTAL 1 593 1 603 1 602 1 603 1 603 1 604 1 615 1 615
Employed persons 1 064 1 076 1 073 1 083 1 080 1 068 1 064 1 072
At work 870 867 886 915 766 903 917 887
Temporarily absent 194 209 187 169 314 165 147 185
Illness 48 52 58 54 44 51 53 48
Holiday 78 83 48 40 207 38 26 59
Taking time off/working time arrangement 17 20 23 21 14 21 20 23
Other reasons/unspecified 51 54 57 54 48 56 48 55
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.5 16.4 14.4 12.3 25.6 13.2 11.2 14.3
Males 13.2 13.7 11.7 9.3 22.5 11.2 8.9 11.7
Females 18.3 19.4 17.4 15.6 29.0 15.5 13.8 17.2
                 
Illness 3.8 4.0 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.7
Males 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.0
Females 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.0 4.5
                 
Holiday 7.0 7.4 4.3 3.3 18.1 3.7 2.3 5.1
Males 6.7 7.0 4.1 3.0 17.2 3.8 2.2 4.8
Females 7.3 7.7 4.5 3.7 19.2 3.5 2.4 5.5
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.8 2.0 2.4 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.0 2.2
Males 2.0 2.2 2.6 1.9 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.3
Females 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.2
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.8 3.3
Males 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.6
Females 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.5 5.2 4.5 5.1

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series.