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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2008
4 Population aged 15-74, employed persons by contractual/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2006 2007 2008
2006 2007 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 398 3 445 3 414 3 424 3 437 3 450 3 468 3 483
Employed persons 2 362 2 443 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497
Short part-time 306 308 310 315 315 285 318 330
Long part-time 338 345 337 349 341 343 348 352
Full-time 1 712 1 785 1 738 1 729 1 773 1 826 1 813 1 809
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 4
Unemployed persons 84 63 60 66 69 63 54 65
                 
Population 15-19 years 304 311 308 308 310 312 315 316
Employed persons 116 125 118 116 122 132 130 138
Short part-time 71 73 74 75 76 64 77 87
Long part-time 12 13 10 11 11 16 14 11
Full-time 33 38 33 29 34 52 37 38
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 15 15 8 15 18 13 12 17
                 
Population 20-24 years 275 282 277 280 280 282 284 286
Employed persons 192 202 189 189 202 209 207 208
Short part-time 51 49 51 51 50 43 52 57
Long part-time 28 31 27 26 30 33 33 32
Full-time 112 121 110 111 121 131 122 118
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Unemployed persons 14 11 10 13 13 12 7 10
                 
Males 25-54 years 982 993 985 987 992 995 1 000 1 006
Employed persons 862 886 870 872 883 890 898 894
Short part-time 24 26 23 27 25 25 29 23
Long part-time 36 36 32 35 35 36 38 35
Full-time 800 822 813 809 821 828 830 835
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 27 17 20 20 15 17 17 18
                 
Females 25-54 years 958 962 960 960 961 961 964 964
Employed persons 776 791 783 789 788 788 801 804
Short part-time 98 90 95 90 90 88 91 90
Long part-time 193 193 195 202 194 184 190 197
Full-time 485 508 493 495 502 514 520 517
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 - 1 2 2 1 1
Unemployed persons 23 16 17 15 18 18 14 15
                 
Males 55-66 years 317 321 320 318 320 321 325 325
Employed persons 217 223 222 218 222 223 229 227
Short part-time 17 16 17 16 17 15 16 17
Long part-time 14 14 14 15 14 13 13 14
Full-time 186 193 190 187 191 195 198 196
Unspecified working hours. 1 - - - - - 1 -
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 310 315 312 314 314 316 317 324
Employed persons 177 189 181 185 189 191 192 194
Short part-time 36 40 36 39 41 39 41 41
Long part-time 51 53 52 55 51 53 54 56
Full-time 89 96 91 90 97 98 97 97
Unspecified working hours. - - 1 - - - - -
Unemployed persons 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 250 261 252 257 261 263 264 263
Employed persons 22 27 27 28 27 27 27 31
Short part-time 10 14 13 16 14 12 13 16
Long part-time 5 6 6 5 6 7 6 7
Full-time 7 8 8 6 7 8 9 8
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - - -

1 Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.