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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2008
11 Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work1 during the whole reference week by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2007 20082
2007 2008 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 443 2 524 2 459 2 484 2 497 2 532 2 542 2 525
At work 2 040 2 124 1 792 2 136 2 160 2 256 1 878 2 202
Temporarily absent 403 400 668 348 337 277 664 323
Illness 94 93 82 98 103 84 86 97
Holiday 194 187 488 121 111 76 468 94
Taking time off/working time arrangement 47 46 35 59 50 42 39 54
Other reasons/unspecified 68 74 63 70 73 74 71 78
                 
MALES 1 289 1 332 1 299 1 309 1 313 1 339 1 345 1 329
At work 1 106 1 151 979 1 151 1 167 1 224 1 025 1 187
Temporarily absent 183 181 320 158 147 115 320 142
Illness 40 36 38 40 40 32 35 38
Holiday 99 97 249 64 59 34 244 52
Taking time off/working time arrangement 27 29 19 35 31 28 25 31
Other reasons/unspecified 17 19 15 19 17 21 17 21
                 
FEMALES 1 154 1 192 1 160 1 175 1 183 1 193 1 197 1 195
At work 934 973 813 985 993 1 032 853 1 015
Temporarily absent 220 219 347 189 190 161 344 180
Illness 54 56 44 58 63 52 50 59
Holiday 95 90 239 56 52 42 225 42
Taking time off/working time arrangement 20 18 16 24 19 14 15 23
Other reasons/unspecified 51 55 48 51 56 53 54 57
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.5 15.9 27.1 14.0 13.5 10.9 26.1 12.8
Males 14.2 13.6 24.7 12.1 11.2 8.6 23.8 10.7
Females 19.1 18.4 29.9 16.1 16.1 13.5 28.8 15.1
                 
Illness 3.8 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.3 3.4 3.8
Males 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.4 2.6 2.8
Females 4.7 4.7 3.8 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.2 5.0
                 
Holiday 7.9 7.4 19.8 4.9 4.4 3.0 18.4 3.7
Males 7.7 7.3 19.1 4.9 4.5 2.5 18.1 3.9
Females 8.2 7.6 20.6 4.8 4.4 3.5 18.8 3.5
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 1.9 1.8 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.6 2.1
Males 2.1 2.1 1.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.8 2.3
Females 1.7 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.9
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.1
Males 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.6
Females 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.7

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