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| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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 | 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 Old |
4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter New |
4th quarter Old |
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| 1000 | ||||||||
| EMPLOYED PERSONS | 2 289 | 2 354 | 2 298 | 2 326 | 2 354 | 2 381 | 2 389 | 2 379 |
| At work | 1 935 | 1 976 | 2 032 | 2 085 | 2 032 | 1 738 | 2 071 | 2 064 |
| Temporarily absent | 354 | 378 | 266 | 240 | 321 | 643 | 318 | 315 |
| Illness | 73 | 82 | 73 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 91 | 90 |
| Holiday | 171 | 176 | 79 | 41 | 106 | 457 | 100 | 99 |
| Taking time off/working time arrangement | 49 | 55 | 54 | 45 | 65 | 52 | 58 | 58 |
| Other reasons/unspecified | 61 | 65 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 63 | 69 | 68 |
| MALES | 1 211 | 1 246 | 1 216 | 1 232 | 1 245 | 1 262 | 1 265 | 1 259 |
| At work | 1 051 | 1 075 | 1 103 | 1 133 | 1 101 | 952 | 1 127 | 1 123 |
| Temporarily absent | 159 | 171 | 114 | 99 | 144 | 310 | 137 | 136 |
| Illness | 32 | 35 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 |
| Holiday | 86 | 90 | 40 | 20 | 57 | 233 | 52 | 52 |
| Taking time off/working time arrangement | 30 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 27 | 31 | 31 |
| Other reasons/unspecified | 12 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| FEMALES | 1 078 | 1 108 | 1 082 | 1 094 | 1 109 | 1 119 | 1 124 | 1 119 |
| At work | 884 | 901 | 930 | 953 | 931 | 786 | 944 | 941 |
| Temporarily absent | 194 | 207 | 152 | 141 | 177 | 333 | 180 | 179 |
| Illness | 42 | 47 | 43 | 52 | 48 | 36 | 53 | 53 |
| Holiday | 85 | 85 | 40 | 21 | 49 | 224 | 48 | 48 |
| Taking time off/working time arrangement | 19 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
| Other reasons/unspecified | 48 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 49 | 53 | 52 |
| Per cent of employed persons | ||||||||
| ABSENCE, TOTAL | 15.5 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 27.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
| Males | 13.2 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 11.6 | 24.5 | 10.9 | 10.8 |
| Females | 18.0 | 18.6 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 16.0 | 29.8 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Illness | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Males | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Females | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Holiday | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 19.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Males | 7.1 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 18.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Females | 7.9 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 20.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Taking time off/working time arrangement | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Males | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Females | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Other reasons/unspecified | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Males | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Females | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |