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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2006
11 Employed persons aged 15-741 and absence from work2 during the whole reference week by reason for absence and sex (LFS)3. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2005 1st quarter 20063
2004 2005 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Old New
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 276 2 289 2 267 2 286 2 304 2 298 2 317 2 326
At work 1 911 1 935 1 997 2 039 1 673 2 032 2 082 2 085
Temporarily absent 365 354 271 248 631 266 235 240
Illness 81 73 80 74 67 73 85 87
Holiday 169 171 72 66 465 79 41 41
Taking time off/working time arrangement 51 49 57 44 41 54 45 45
Other reasons/unspecified 64 61 62 64 58 59 66 67
                 
MALES 1 201 1 211 1 199 1 212 1 217 1 216 1 226 1 232
At work 1 035 1 051 1 082 1 105 916 1 103 1 130 1 133
Temporarily absent 166 159 116 107 301 114 96 99
Illness 35 32 33 33 30 31 34 35
Holiday 85 86 38 33 233 40 20 20
Taking time off/working time arrangement 29 30 32 27 28 32 25 25
Other reasons/unspecified 17 12 13 14 10 12 19 20
                 
FEMALES 1 074 1 078 1 069 1 074 1 087 1 082 1 091 1 094
At work 875 884 914 934 757 930 952 953
Temporarily absent 199 194 154 141 330 152 139 141
Illness 46 42 46 40 38 43 51 52
Holiday 84 85 34 33 232 40 21 21
Taking time off/working time arrangement 22 19 25 17 13 22 20 20
Other reasons/unspecified 47 48 49 50 48 47 47 47
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.0 15.5 11.9 10.8 27.4 11.6 10.1 10.3
Males 13.8 13.2 9.7 8.8 24.7 9.4 7.8 8.0
Females 18.5 18.0 14.4 13.1 30.3 14.1 12.7 12.9
                 
Illness 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.7 3.7
Males 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.8
Females 4.3 3.9 4.3 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.7 4.7
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.5 3.2 2.9 20.2 3.5 1.8 1.8
Males 7.0 7.1 3.1 2.7 19.2 3.3 1.7 1.6
Females 7.8 7.9 3.2 3.1 21.3 3.7 1.9 1.9
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.2 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.0 1.9
Males 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.0
Females 2.0 1.8 2.4 1.6 1.2 2.1 1.9 1.9
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.9
Males 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.6
Females 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series. 3 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised. To improve the comparability for the figures between 1st quarter 2006 and 1st quarter 2005, figures for 1st quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes, i.e. the changes concerning age limit, the definition of age and the classification of persons on lay-off.