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53 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2004 2005 04:3 04:4 05:1 05:2 05:3 05:4 06:1 06:2
                     
Total 1.9 0.8 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -4.3 -3.3 1.0 -0.9 -1.6 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -1.7 -0.5
Fishing and fish farming -2.7 -6.4 0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -5.7 -1.0 0.8 -3.8 8.4
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 2.5 2.3 1.4 1.1 -1.2 0.3 4.9 0.8 -1.5 4.1
Oil and gas extraction 2.8 1.0 0.6 1.4 -1.8 0.7 3.1 0.7 -2.9 6.6
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 2.1 4.3 2.5 0.5 -0.3 -0.4 7.5 0.9 0.6 0.6
Mining and quarrying 3.6 -0.0 3.9 1.1 -2.5 0.6 -2.9 2.4 1.0 1.3
                     
Manufacturing -0.3 -0.3 0.9 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.6 0.9 -0.1 0.4
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.0 -3.3 0.7 -0.9 -1.1 -1.0 -1.4 1.1 -2.7 0.2
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather -3.3 -4.4 2.6 -4.6 -1.4 0.7 -0.9 0.3 -1.5 4.5
Wood and wood products 1.8 0.8 -3.4 -0.2 1.3 0.9 0.2 1.2 -1.2 -0.6
Pulp, paper and paper products 0.4 -3.6 -0.1 -1.4 -1.5 -0.7 -0.0 -2.3 -0.5 -5.3
Publishing, printing, reproduction -1.9 -2.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -3.6 0.6 -1.8 1.0
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.6 1.3 -0.5 -0.3 0.6 1.1 -1.3
Basic chemicals -4.1 -5.2 3.2 -1.4 0.2 -4.9 1.1 -5.7 3.2 0.2
Basic metals 0.5 1.1 0.7 -0.3 1.3 -0.8 1.2 -1.9 -0.3 -0.7
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 0.3 0.7 1.5 0.4 -0.6 0.7 -0.1 1.5 0.7 0.7
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls -1.9 5.1 0.8 2.6 0.5 2.1 1.0 3.6 3.0 2.3
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -1.1 -1.4 2.3 -1.8 -0.7 2.5 -2.3 -0.9 0.4 1.6
                     
Electricity and gas supply 3.1 -1.5 -0.5 3.0 -2.2 -1.2 -0.0 0.7 -0.2 0.9
Water supply 15.0 3.3 4.0 -8.6 15.5 -7.8 7.3 -10.3 16.6 -10.1
Construction 5.2 3.6 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.1 0.9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 4.0 1.0 2.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 0.3 -0.2 0.8 0.3
Hotels and restaurants 1.7 0.7 1.3 -1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 -0.0 1.3 1.8
Transport via pipelines 1.5 -1.1 1.1 2.8 3.7 -5.9 3.0 -5.4 3.8 0.5
Ocean transport -1.2 -4.6 -0.2 -0.0 -1.4 -2.9 -0.9 -0.5 -1.6 -2.1
Other transport industries 1.6 1.0 2.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1.5 -0.1 1.1
Post and telecommunications -0.8 -2.3 -1.4 1.7 -2.3 -0.3 0.2 1.1 -0.2 -1.2
Financial intermediation 1.2 -0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.9 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.6
Dwellings (households) -0.1 -2.4 4.0 -6.3 -2.2 1.2 7.6 -6.3 -1.0 0.4
Business services 3.5 3.0 1.7 0.3 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.8 3.4 1.6
Public administration and defence 0.9 -2.5 1.2 -1.0 -2.3 0.4 -1.0 -0.9 -0.7 -0.4
Education 0.9 1.4 1.6 -1.0 0.6 -0.2 0.3 0.9 -0.9 1.0
Health and social work 2.7 2.2 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 -0.1 0.9 -0.1
Other social and personal services 4.0 2.3 2.9 0.2 0.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 1.7
                     
Mainland Norway 2.0 0.9 1.6 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6
                     
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General government 1.8 0.7 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 -0.2
Central government 3.7 -0.2 1.0 0.0 -1.2 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Civilian central government 4.5 1.9 1.5 0.2 -0.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1
Defence -0.0 -10.2 -1.1 -1.0 -7.2 -1.5 -1.1 -1.6 -1.3 -0.8
Local government 0.4 1.4 1.8 -0.6 0.4 0.5 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.4

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