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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008
4 Population aged 15-74, employed persons by contractual/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
  Annual average 2007 20082
2006 2007 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 398 3 445 3 424 3 437 3 450 3 468 3 483 3 498
Employed persons 2 362 2 443 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532
Short part-time 306 308 315 315 285 318 330 314
Long part-time 338 345 349 341 343 348 352 370
Full-time 1 712 1 785 1 729 1 773 1 826 1 813 1 809 1 844
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 5
Unemployed persons 84 63 66 69 63 54 65 72
                 
Population 15-19 years 304 311 308 310 312 315 316 315
Employed persons 116 125 116 122 132 130 138 143
Short part-time 71 73 75 76 64 77 87 85
Long part-time 12 13 11 11 16 14 11 17
Full-time 33 38 29 34 52 37 38 40
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 15 15 15 18 13 12 17 23
                 
Population 20-24 years 275 282 280 280 282 284 286 290
Employed persons 192 202 189 202 209 207 208 217
Short part-time 51 49 51 50 43 52 57 52
Long part-time 28 31 26 30 33 33 32 34
Full-time 112 121 111 121 131 122 118 129
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 14 11 13 13 12 7 10 9
                 
Males 25-54 years 982 993 987 992 995 1 000 1 006 1 010
Employed persons 862 886 872 883 890 898 894 907
Short part-time 24 26 27 25 25 29 23 25
Long part-time 36 36 35 35 36 38 35 36
Full-time 800 822 809 821 828 830 835 845
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 27 17 20 15 17 17 18 19
                 
Females 25-54 years 958 962 960 961 961 964 964 965
Employed persons 776 791 789 788 788 801 804 809
Short part-time 98 90 90 90 88 91 90 81
Long part-time 193 193 202 194 184 190 197 200
Full-time 485 508 495 502 514 520 517 526
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 23 16 15 18 18 14 15 15
                 
Males 55-66 years 317 321 318 320 321 325 325 326
Employed persons 217 223 218 222 223 229 227 228
Short part-time 17 16 16 17 15 16 17 17
Long part-time 14 14 15 14 13 13 14 14
Full-time 186 193 187 191 195 198 196 197
Unspecified working hours. 1 - - - - 1 - -
Unemployed persons 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3
                 
Females 55-66 years 310 315 314 314 316 317 324 328
Employed persons 177 189 185 189 191 192 194 197
Short part-time 36 40 39 41 39 41 41 41
Long part-time 51 53 55 51 53 54 56 59
Full-time 89 96 90 97 98 97 97 97
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - - -
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 250 261 257 261 263 264 263 264
Employed persons 22 27 28 27 27 27 31 31
Short part-time 10 14 16 14 12 13 16 12
Long part-time 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 10
Full-time 7 8 6 7 8 9 8 9
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.
2 See note 6, table 1.