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53 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2004 2005 04:2 04:3 04:4 05:1 05:2 05:3 05:4 06:1
                     
Total 1.9 0.8 1.2 1.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -4.3 -3.3 -0.7 0.9 -0.8 -1.7 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 -1.8
Fishing and fish farming -2.7 -6.4 -3.4 -1.0 -1.1 -0.8 -4.0 -2.7 0.1 -3.3
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 2.5 2.3 -1.2 1.4 1.1 -1.1 0.2 4.9 0.8 -1.4
Oil and gas extraction 2.8 1.0 -1.4 0.6 1.3 -1.6 0.6 3.1 0.6 -2.8
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 2.1 4.3 -0.9 2.6 0.7 -0.4 -0.6 7.7 1.1 0.5
Mining and quarrying 3.6 -0.0 3.3 2.4 1.6 -3.1 2.7 -5.0 3.2 0.1
                     
Manufacturing -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 0.8 0.0
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.0 -3.3 -0.2 0.8 -0.8 -0.9 -1.5 -1.1 1.2 -2.5
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather -3.3 -4.4 0.5 2.2 -4.8 -1.8 1.9 -1.6 0.1 -1.8
Wood and wood products 1.8 0.8 3.8 -3.3 -0.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.3 -1.2
Pulp, paper and paper products 0.4 -3.6 2.1 0.1 -1.2 -1.3 -1.5 0.4 -2.1 -0.2
Publishing, printing, reproduction -1.9 -2.2 -0.9 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 -4.0 0.5 -1.8
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 1.0 1.2 -0.7 1.0 0.8 1.3 -0.7 -0.3 0.9 1.2
Basic chemicals -4.1 -5.2 -2.9 3.2 -1.5 0.3 -5.0 1.2 -5.8 3.4
Basic metals 0.5 1.1 3.1 0.7 -0.3 1.4 -1.0 1.3 -1.8 -0.2
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.6 0.2 -0.6 0.9 -0.1 1.3 0.7
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls -1.9 5.1 -1.2 0.7 2.3 0.4 2.6 0.8 3.3 2.9
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -1.1 -1.4 -1.8 2.0 -2.1 -0.9 3.5 -2.7 -1.3 0.3
                     
Electricity and gas supply 3.1 -1.5 1.3 -0.6 3.1 -2.2 -1.2 -0.2 0.8 -0.1
Water supply 15.0 3.3 -7.1 4.0 -8.6 15.4 -7.8 7.3 -10.3 16.5
Construction 5.2 3.6 2.2 1.4 -0.2 1.8 0.9 1.0 0.1 2.5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 4.0 1.0 1.2 2.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.9 0.0 -0.2 0.9
Hotels and restaurants 1.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 -1.4 0.5 1.0 0.2 -0.5 1.1
Transport via pipelines 1.5 -1.1 -11.1 1.4 2.9 3.8 -6.6 3.6 -5.4 3.9
Ocean transport -1.2 -4.6 0.5 -0.0 0.1 -1.2 -3.4 -0.6 -0.4 -1.4
Other transport industries 1.6 1.0 1.2 2.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.4 -0.2 1.5 -0.2
Post and telecommunications -0.8 -2.3 -0.3 -1.4 1.8 -2.2 -0.6 0.3 1.2 -0.1
Financial intermediation 1.2 -0.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 -0.9 0.2 1.3 0.5 0.9
Dwellings (households) -0.1 -2.4 0.3 3.1 -5.3 -1.9 0.6 6.7 -5.1 -0.6
Business services 3.5 3.0 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.6 3.2
Public administration and defence 0.9 -2.5 1.4 1.1 -1.0 -2.1 0.2 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8
Education 0.9 1.4 2.1 1.4 -1.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.8 -0.9
Health and social work 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 -0.1 1.2
Other social and personal services 4.0 2.3 1.2 3.7 -0.2 0.7 0.0 0.8 -0.9 -0.3
                     
Mainland Norway 2.0 0.9 1.3 1.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7
                     
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General government 1.8 0.7 1.5 1.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.4
Central government 3.7 -0.2 1.5 0.9 0.0 -1.2 0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Civilian central government 4.5 1.9 1.8 1.4 0.2 -0.1 0.8 -0.1 0.4 0.3
Defence -0.0 -10.2 0.0 -1.2 -1.0 -6.4 -2.4 -0.9 -1.7 -2.2
Local government 0.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 -0.6 0.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.7

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