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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2003
11 Employed persons and absence from work during the whole survey week by reason for absence and sex1. 1000 and per cent
  Annual average 2002 2003
2002 2003 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
                 
EMPLOYED PERSONS 2 286 2 269 2 298 2 267 2 261 2 275 2 278 2 260
At work 1 912 1 914 1 711 1 968 2 008 1 949 1 714 1 985
Temporarily absent 374 354 587 299 253 326 564 275
Illness2 92 88 79 91 91 84 76 99
Holiday 168 157 416 83 52 117 396 62
Taking time off/working time arrangement 46 44 34 54 46 51 33 45
Other reasons/unspecified 68 67 58 72 64 74 59 69
                 
MALES 1 210 1 198 1 218 1 199 1 197 1 203 1 199 1 192
At work 1 044 1 040 945 1 065 1 091 1 062 931 1 076
Temporarily absent 166 158 274 134 106 141 268 116
Illness2 40 37 36 40 38 36 35 41
Holiday 85 79 209 45 26 58 202 31
Taking time off/working time arrangement 26 25 19 33 26 27 20 28
Other reasons/unspecified 14 16 10 16 16 20 12 17
                 
FEMALES 1 076 1 071 1 080 1 068 1 064 1 072 1 079 1 068
At work 867 874 766 903 917 887 783 909
Temporarily absent 209 197 314 165 147 185 296 159
Illness2 52 50 44 51 53 48 42 59
Holiday 83 78 207 38 26 59 194 32
Taking time off/working time arrangement 20 18 14 21 20 23 13 17
Other reasons/unspecified 54 51 48 56 48 55 47 52
                 
  Per cent of employed persons
                 
ABSENCE, TOTAL 16.4 15.6 25.6 13.2 11.2 14.3 24.8 12.2
Males 13.7 13.2 22.5 11.2 8.9 11.7 22.4 9.8
Females 19.4 18.4 29.0 15.5 13.8 17.2 27.4 14.9
                 
Illness2 4.0 3.9 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.4 4.4
Males 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4
Females 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.7 5.0 4.5 3.9 5.5
                 
Holiday 7.4 6.9 18.1 3.7 2.3 5.1 17.4 2.8
Males 7.0 6.6 17.2 3.8 2.2 4.8 16.8 2.6
Females 7.7 7.2 19.2 3.5 2.4 5.5 18.0 3.0
                 
Taking time off/working time arrangement 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.4 2.0
Males 2.2 2.1 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.3
Females 1.9 1.7 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.2 1.6
                 
Other reasons/unspecified 3.0 2.9 2.5 3.2 2.8 3.3 2.6 3.0
Males 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.4
Females 5.0 4.7 4.5 5.2 4.5 5.1 4.4 4.9

1 Alternating holidays influence figures on absence. This will often cause break in series. 2 Compared to the same quarter one year before, there is a decrease in the number of persons who were temporarily absent due to illness, from the 4th quarter 2002 to the 3rd quarter 2003. This is mainly due to the increased use of a new arrangement where persons are allowed to perform work during their sickness absence. In the LFS these persons are classified as employed at work if they performed any work during the survey week. The sickness absence statistics which are based on other information, show continued increase in sickness absence for the whole periode.