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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2009
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 20082 2009
2007 2008 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 15-74 years 3 445 3 505 3 498 3 511 3 528 3 540 3 553 3 563
Employed persons 2 443 2 524 2 532 2 542 2 525 2 506 2 525 2 504
Short part-time 308 315 314 299 317 324 332 299
Long part-time 345 359 370 356 356 353 361 358
Full-time 1 785 1 845 1 844 1 881 1 846 1 822 1 826 1 842
Unspecified working hours. 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 6
Unemployed persons 63 67 72 66 66 79 89 84
                 
Population 15-19 years 311 317 315 317 319 320 320 320
Employed persons 125 139 143 144 132 125 129 126
Short part-time 73 81 85 72 79 80 81 65
Long part-time 13 15 17 20 13 12 15 17
Full-time 38 42 40 52 40 32 32 43
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 - - 2 1 -
Unemployed persons 15 19 23 18 16 16 21 17
                 
Population 20-24 years 282 290 290 291 294 295 298 301
Employed persons 202 213 217 217 208 202 209 208
Short part-time 49 55 52 51 61 62 63 52
Long part-time 31 31 34 29 28 26 26 32
Full-time 121 125 129 136 118 113 119 122
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 11 10 9 10 10 15 19 18
                 
Males 25-54 years 993 1 010 1 010 1 012 1 014 1 017 1 018 1 018
Employed persons 886 904 907 910 906 902 905 896
Short part-time 26 24 25 26 24 24 28 25
Long part-time 36 36 36 35 37 45 43 39
Full-time 822 843 845 847 843 833 833 832
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 19 19 19 20 27 26 26
                 
Females 25-54 years 962 967 965 968 971 974 975 977
Employed persons 791 812 809 816 819 820 817 810
Short part-time 90 83 81 80 82 87 85 82
Long part-time 193 197 200 194 197 192 197 190
Full-time 508 531 526 540 539 540 533 536
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Unemployed persons 16 15 15 15 16 15 18 19
                 
Males 55-66 years 321 328 326 330 332 335 341 343
Employed persons 223 229 228 231 232 228 235 235
Short part-time 16 17 17 19 18 19 21 21
Long part-time 14 15 14 16 18 15 15 16
Full-time 193 196 197 196 195 194 198 197
Unspecified working hours. - 1 - 1 1 - 1 -
Unemployed persons 3 3 3 2 3 5 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 315 328 328 330 331 332 333 333
Employed persons 189 196 197 196 199 198 201 199
Short part-time 40 40 41 40 40 39 40 40
Long part-time 53 56 59 55 56 55 56 56
Full-time 96 99 97 100 103 105 104 104
Unspecified working hours. - - - 1 - - 1 -
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1
                 
Population 67-74 years 261 264 264 264 267 268 269 271
Employed persons 27 30 31 29 29 29 29 29
Short part-time 14 14 12 13 14 13 13 14
Long part-time 6 8 10 7 7 8 8 7
Full-time 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - 1 - -
Unemployed persons - - - - - 1 - -

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.