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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 276 2 289 2 290 2 274 2 267 2 286 2 304 2 298
At work 1 911 1 935 1 711 1 998 1 997 2 039 1 673 2 032
Temporarily absent 365 354 580 276 271 248 631 266
Illness 81 73 68 79 80 74 67 73
Holiday 169 171 419 82 72 66 465 79
Taking time off/working time arrangement 51 49 39 52 57 44 41 54
Other reasons/unspecified 64 61 54 63 62 64 58 59
                 
MALES 1 201 1 211 1 210 1 200 1 199 1 212 1 217 1 216
At work 1 035 1 051 938 1 082 1 082 1 105 916 1 103
Temporarily absent 166 159 272 117 116 107 301 114
Illness 35 32 31 33 33 33 30 31
Holiday 85 86 208 40 38 33 233 40
Taking time off/working time arrangement 29 30 23 29 32 27 28 32
Other reasons/unspecified 17 12 9 15 13 14 10 12
                 
FEMALES 1 074 1 078 1 080 1 075 1 069 1 074 1 087 1 082
At work 875 884 773 916 914 934 757 930
Temporarily absent 199 194 308 159 154 141 330 152
Illness 46 42 37 45 46 40 38 43
Holiday 84 85 211 42 34 33 232 40
Taking time off/working time arrangement 22 19 16 23 25 17 13 22
Other reasons/unspecified 47 48 45 48 49 50 48 47
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.0 15.5 25.3 12.1 11.9 10.8 27.4 11.6
Males 13.8 13.2 22.5 9.8 9.7 8.8 24.7 9.4
Females 18.5 18.0 28.5 14.8 14.4 13.1 30.3 14.1
                 
Illness 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.2
Males 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.5
Females 4.3 3.9 3.4 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.5 4.0
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.5 18.3 3.6 3.2 2.9 20.2 3.5
Males 7.0 7.1 17.2 3.4 3.1 2.7 19.2 3.3
Females 7.8 7.9 19.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 21.3 3.7
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.2 2.1 1.7 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.8 2.4
Males 2.5 2.5 1.9 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.6
Females 2.0 1.8 1.4 2.2 2.4 1.6 1.2 2.1
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6
Males 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.0
Females 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.3

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series.