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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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 2002 2003
2001 2002 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 214 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 234 3 259 3 258 3 256
Employed persons 2 278 2 286 2 303 2 298 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278
Short part-time 279 286 291 264 287 307 290 266
Long part-time 308 311 309 312 313 306 313 311
Full-time 1 679 1 678 1 690 1 712 1 658 1 640 1 658 1 688
Unspecified working hours. 11 12 13 10 10 8 14 14
Unemployed persons 84 92 95 91 87 105 111 112
                 
Population 16-19 years 213 215 215 215 215 219 219 219
Employed persons 89 93 88 103 98 78 86 98
Short part-time 54 58 62 49 56 61 59 50
Long part-time 9 9 8 14 8 6 9 12
Full-time 25 26 17 39 34 10 16 34
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1
Unemployed persons 18 19 25 17 14 16 21 18
                 
Population 20-24 years 272 274 273 274 275 273 273 273
Employed persons 185 186 191 191 182 177 190 184
Short part-time 42 43 40 35 48 50 46 38
Long part-time 22 26 27 27 24 22 25 26
Full-time 119 116 122 128 108 103 116 119
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1
Unemployed persons 15 17 16 18 17 19 19 21
                 
Males 25-54 years 985 983 983 983 984 982 981 981
Employed persons 875 866 872 870 862 847 845 843
Short part-time 21 23 21 23 28 28 27 25
Long part-time 31 30 29 28 28 31 32 32
Full-time 820 810 818 815 805 786 782 783
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 4
Unemployed persons 25 29 27 28 30 37 40 39
                 
Females 25-54 years 952 950 949 950 950 949 950 951
Employed persons 773 766 769 763 762 754 758 760
Short part-time 104 105 111 101 99 104 100 99
Long part-time 189 185 180 182 193 182 182 178
Full-time 476 473 474 478 468 466 473 480
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Unemployed persons 20 22 22 24 21 26 26 29
                 
Males 55-66 years 266 278 278 279 277 293 292 290
Employed persons 182 191 193 189 187 205 203 201
Short part-time 13 13 12 12 15 16 12 13
Long part-time 10 10 9 10 11 11 11 12
Full-time 157 167 171 166 160 179 178 176
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 1 - 2 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 263 277 277 277 277 288 287 287
Employed persons 154 163 166 162 157 175 169 169
Short part-time 36 35 35 35 33 36 33 32
Long part-time 43 47 50 45 44 48 48 46
Full-time 74 80 80 81 79 90 86 89
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 263 258 259 256 256 256 256 254
Employed persons 20 22 24 19 19 24 25 23
Short part-time 9 10 10 9 9 12 13 11
Long part-time 3 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
Full-time 8 6 8 5 4 7 6 6
Unspecified working hours. - 1 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.