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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2004
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 2003 2004
2002 2003 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 234 3 257 3 258 3 256 3 256 3 283 3 281 3 281
Employed persons 2 286 2 269 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255 2 283 2 290
Short part-time 286 288 290 266 290 312 306 272
Long part-time 311 311 313 311 316 310 315 315
Full-time 1 678 1 658 1 658 1 688 1 647 1 626 1 653 1 694
Unspecified working hours. 12 11 14 14 7 7 9 10
Unemployed persons 92 107 111 112 98 107 111 111
                 
Population 16-19 years 215 219 219 219 220 226 226 227
Employed persons 93 89 86 98 95 76 86 100
Short part-time 58 55 59 50 52 61 62 48
Long part-time 9 10 9 12 11 5 9 16
Full-time 26 23 16 34 31 10 15 35
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1
Unemployed persons 19 17 21 18 15 17 19 19
                 
Population 20-24 years 274 273 273 273 274 272 272 273
Employed persons 186 183 190 184 181 178 185 186
Short part-time 43 46 46 38 51 54 49 39
Long part-time 26 24 25 26 24 23 25 29
Full-time 116 111 116 119 105 101 110 117
Unspecified working hours. 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 19 21 15 16 22 17
                 
Males 25-54 years 983 981 981 981 982 979 978 977
Employed persons 866 845 845 843 843 837 844 846
Short part-time 23 26 27 25 25 33 28 27
Long part-time 30 32 32 32 34 34 34 33
Full-time 810 783 782 783 782 768 779 783
Unspecified working hours. 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 3
Unemployed persons 29 38 40 39 38 41 37 37
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 950 950 951 950 950 951 953
Employed persons 766 757 758 760 757 751 760 761
Short part-time 105 100 100 99 99 103 105 101
Long part-time 185 182 182 178 185 185 183 179
Full-time 473 472 473 480 471 461 469 478
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
Unemployed persons 22 26 26 29 25 26 25 32
                 
Males 55-66 years 278 291 292 290 290 299 300 299
Employed persons 191 202 203 201 198 209 206 204
Short part-time 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13
Long part-time 10 11 11 12 11 11 12 10
Full-time 167 176 178 176 172 184 180 180
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 277 287 287 287 287 297 297 297
Employed persons 163 170 169 169 167 177 177 171
Short part-time 35 35 33 32 37 37 37 33
Long part-time 47 47 48 46 47 46 45 42
Full-time 80 87 86 89 83 93 94 95
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 1 - 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 258 255 256 254 252 260 257 256
Employed persons 22 23 25 23 20 26 25 22
Short part-time 10 12 13 11 12 12 11 10
Long part-time 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 5
Full-time 6 6 6 6 4 8 8 6
Unspecified working hours. 1 - - - - - - 1
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - 1

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.