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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2005
11 Employed persons and absence from work during the whole survey week by reason for absence and sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2004 2005
2003 2004 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 269 2 276 2 283 2 290 2 274 2 267 2 286 2 304
At work 1 914 1 911 1 967 1 711 1 998 1 997 2 039 1 673
Temporarily absent 354 365 316 580 276 271 248 631
Illness 88 81 81 68 79 80 74 67
Holiday 157 169 97 419 82 72 66 465
Taking time off/working time arrangement 44 51 62 39 52 57 44 41
Other reasons/unspecified 67 64 76 54 63 62 64 58
                 
MALES 1 198 1 201 1 203 1 210 1 200 1 199 1 212 1 217
At work 1 040 1 035 1 060 938 1 082 1 082 1 105 916
Temporarily absent 158 166 143 272 117 116 107 301
Illness 37 35 33 31 33 33 33 30
Holiday 79 85 49 208 40 38 33 233
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 29 36 23 29 32 27 28
Other reasons/unspecified 16 17 24 9 15 13 14 10
                 
FEMALES 1 071 1 074 1 080 1 080 1 075 1 069 1 074 1 087
At work 874 875 907 773 916 914 934 757
Temporarily absent 197 199 173 308 159 154 141 330
Illness 50 46 48 37 45 46 40 38
Holiday 78 84 47 211 42 34 33 232
Taking time off/working time arrangement 18 22 26 16 23 25 17 13
Other reasons/unspecified 51 47 52 45 48 49 50 48
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 15.6 16.0 13.8 25.3 12.1 11.9 10.8 27.4
Males 13.2 13.8 11.9 22.5 9.8 9.7 8.8 24.7
Females 18.4 18.5 16.0 28.5 14.8 14.4 13.1 30.3
                 
Illness 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9
Males 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.4
Females 4.7 4.3 4.5 3.4 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.5
                 
Holiday 6.9 7.4 4.2 18.3 3.6 3.2 2.9 20.2
Males 6.6 7.0 4.1 17.2 3.4 3.1 2.7 19.2
Females 7.2 7.8 4.4 19.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 21.3
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.9 2.2 2.7 1.7 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.8
Males 2.1 2.5 3.0 1.9 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.3
Females 1.7 2.0 2.4 1.4 2.2 2.4 1.6 1.2
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5
Males 1.3 1.4 2.0 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.8
Females 4.7 4.4 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4