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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2004
11 Employed persons and absence from work during the whole survey week by reason for absence and sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2003 2004
2002 2003 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 286 2 269 2 275 2 278 2 260 2 255 2 283 2 290
At work 1 912 1 914 1 949 1 714 1 985 1 967 1 967 1 711
Temporarily absent 374 354 326 564 275 287 316 580
Illness2 92 88 84 76 99 96 81 68
Holiday 168 157 117 396 62 77 97 419
Taking time off/working time arrangement 46 44 51 33 45 51 62 39
Other reasons/unspecified 68 67 74 59 69 63 76 54
                 
MALES 1 210 1 198 1 203 1 199 1 192 1 191 1 203 1 210
At work 1 044 1 040 1 062 931 1 076 1 061 1 060 938
Temporarily absent 166 158 141 268 116 130 143 272
Illness2 40 37 36 35 41 41 33 31
Holiday 85 79 58 202 31 41 49 208
Taking time off/working time arrangement 26 25 27 20 28 30 36 23
Other reasons/unspecified 14 16 20 12 17 19 24 9
                 
FEMALES 1 076 1 071 1 072 1 079 1 068 1 063 1 080 1 080
At work 867 874 887 783 909 906 907 773
Temporarily absent 209 197 185 296 159 157 173 308
Illness2 52 50 48 42 59 55 48 37
Holiday 83 78 59 194 32 36 47 211
Taking time off/working time arrangement 20 18 23 13 17 22 26 16
Other reasons/unspecified 54 51 55 47 52 44 52 45
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.4 15.6 14.3 24.8 12.2 12.7 13.8 25.3
Males 13.7 13.2 11.7 22.4 9.8 10.9 11.9 22.5
Females 19.4 18.4 17.2 27.4 14.9 14.8 16.0 28.5
                 
Illness2 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.4 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.0
Males 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.6
Females 4.8 4.7 4.5 3.9 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.4
                 
Holiday 7.4 6.9 5.1 17.4 2.8 3.4 4.2 18.3
Males 7.0 6.6 4.8 16.8 2.6 3.4 4.1 17.2
Females 7.7 7.2 5.5 18.0 3.0 3.4 4.4 19.5
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.7 1.7
Males 2.2 2.1 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.5 3.0 1.9
Females 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.4 1.4
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 2.9 3.3 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.3 2.4
Males 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.6 2.0 0.8
Females 5.0 4.7 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.2 4.8 4.1

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series. 2 Compared to the same quarter one year before, there is a decrease in the number of persons who were temporarily absent due to illness, from the 4th quarter 2002 to the 3rd quarter 2003. This is mainly due to the increased use of a new arrangement where persons are allowed to perform work during their sickness absence. In the LFS these persons are classified as employed at work if they performed any work during the survey week. The sickness absence statistics which are based on other information, show continued increase in sickness absence for the whole periode.