45	Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Aggregated activity. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year

	1998	1999	2000	99:3	99:4	00:1	00:2	00:3	00:4
Total hours worked	2.3	0.3	-0.9	-0.8	1.2	3.9	-3.4	-1.9	-2.3
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-1.9	-2.8	-3.7	-3.7	1.0	2.8	-5.5	-6.2	-5.8
Oil and gas extraction incl.
services	0.2	-2.8	-5.0	-6.3	-5.7	-1.2	-5.3	-7.4	-6.5
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying	0.7	-3.0	-4.0	-3.8	-4.0	-0.5	-7.4	-5.0	-3.3
Electricity and gas supply	-3.8	-3.4	-3.7	-4.5	-2.5	1.8	-5.8	-6.3	-4.6
Construction	7.2	-0.6	-0.4	-1.5	-1.0	3.3	-3.7	-1.6	0.3
Service industries excl. general
government	3.4	1.4	-0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	-2.4	-1.4	-1.6
General government	1.6	1.7	0.3	0.8	3.3	5.8	-2.3	0.4	-2.5
Mainland Norway	2.3	0.2	-0.8	-0.8	1.2	4.1	-3.4	-1.8	-2.2

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