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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
2002 2003 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 234 3 257 3 234 3 234 3 259 3 258 3 256 3 256
Employed persons 2 286 2 269 2 298 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260
Short part-time 286 288 264 287 307 290 266 290
Long part-time 311 311 312 313 306 313 311 316
Full-time 1 678 1 658 1 712 1 658 1 640 1 658 1 688 1 647
Unspecified working hours. 12 11 10 10 8 14 14 7
Unemployed persons 92 107 91 87 105 111 112 98
                 
Population 16-19 years 215 219 215 215 219 219 219 220
Employed persons 93 89 103 98 78 86 98 95
Short part-time 58 55 49 56 61 59 50 52
Long part-time 9 10 14 8 6 9 12 11
Full-time 26 23 39 34 10 16 34 31
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 19 17 17 14 16 21 18 15
                 
Population 20-24 years 274 273 274 275 273 273 273 274
Employed persons 186 183 191 182 177 190 184 181
Short part-time 43 46 35 48 50 46 38 51
Long part-time 26 24 27 24 22 25 26 24
Full-time 116 111 128 108 103 116 119 105
Unspecified working hours. 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 18 17 19 19 21 15
                 
Males 25-54 years 983 981 983 984 982 981 981 982
Employed persons 866 845 870 862 847 845 843 843
Short part-time 23 26 23 28 28 27 25 25
Long part-time 30 32 28 28 31 32 32 34
Full-time 810 783 815 805 786 782 783 782
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 2
Unemployed persons 29 38 28 30 37 40 39 38
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 950 950 950 949 950 951 950
Employed persons 766 757 763 762 754 758 760 757
Short part-time 105 100 101 99 104 100 99 99
Long part-time 185 182 182 193 182 182 178 185
Full-time 473 472 478 468 466 473 480 471
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Unemployed persons 22 26 24 21 26 26 29 25
                 
Males 55-66 years 278 291 279 277 293 292 290 290
Employed persons 191 202 189 187 205 203 201 198
Short part-time 13 13 12 15 16 12 13 13
Long part-time 10 11 10 11 11 11 12 11
Full-time 167 176 166 160 179 178 176 172
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 277 287 277 277 288 287 287 287
Employed persons 163 170 162 157 175 169 169 167
Short part-time 35 35 35 33 36 33 32 37
Long part-time 47 47 45 44 48 48 46 47
Full-time 80 87 81 79 90 86 89 83
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 258 255 256 256 256 256 254 252
Employed persons 22 23 19 19 24 25 23 20
Short part-time 10 12 9 9 12 13 11 12
Long part-time 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4
Full-time 6 6 5 4 7 6 6 4
Unspecified working hours. 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.