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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008
11 Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work1 during the whole reference week, by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
  Annual average 2007 20082
2006 2007 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1 000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 362 2 443 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532
At work 1 982 2 040 2 140 2 094 1 792 2 136 2 160 2 256
Temporarily absent 381 403 256 340 668 348 337 277
Illness 82 94 102 93 82 98 103 84
Holiday 176 194 45 120 488 121 111 76
Taking time off/working time arrangement 55 47 43 52 35 59 50 42
Other reasons/unspecified 68 68 66 74 63 70 73 74
                 
MALES 1 251 1 289 1 264 1 285 1 299 1 309 1 313 1 339
At work 1 078 1 106 1 158 1 138 979 1 151 1 167 1 224
Temporarily absent 173 183 106 147 320 158 147 115
Illness 35 40 43 39 38 40 40 32
Holiday 90 99 23 59 249 64 59 34
Taking time off/working time arrangement 30 27 25 30 19 35 31 28
Other reasons/unspecified 18 17 15 20 15 19 17 21
                 
FEMALES 1 111 1 154 1 132 1 149 1 160 1 175 1 183 1 193
At work 904 934 982 956 813 985 993 1 032
Temporarily absent 208 220 150 193 347 189 190 161
Illness 47 54 59 55 44 58 63 52
Holiday 85 95 22 62 239 56 52 42
Taking time off/working time arrangement 25 20 18 23 16 24 19 14
Other reasons/unspecified 50 51 51 54 48 51 56 53
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.1 16.5 10.7 14.0 27.1 14.0 13.5 10.9
Males 13.8 14.2 8.4 11.4 24.7 12.1 11.2 8.6
Females 18.7 19.1 13.3 16.8 29.9 16.1 16.1 13.5
                 
Illness 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.8 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.3
Males 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.4
Females 4.2 4.7 5.2 4.7 3.8 4.9 5.3 4.4
                 
Holiday 7.4 7.9 1.9 4.9 19.8 4.9 4.4 3.0
Males 7.2 7.7 1.8 4.6 19.1 4.9 4.5 2.5
Females 7.7 8.2 2.0 5.4 20.6 4.8 4.4 3.5
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.3 1.9 1.8 2.1 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.7
Males 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.3 2.1
Females 2.3 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.2
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9
Males 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6
Females 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.5

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This is not adjusted for.
2 See note 6, table 1.