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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2005
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2004 2005
2003 2004 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 257 3 282 3 281 3 281 3 282 3 312 3 312 3 312
Employed persons 2 269 2 276 2 283 2 290 2 274 2 267 2 286 2 304
Short part-time 288 298 306 272 304 305 293 273
Long part-time 311 315 315 315 319 314 318 317
Full-time 1 658 1 654 1 653 1 694 1 643 1 640 1 667 1 705
Unspecified working hours. 11 9 9 10 9 8 7 9
Unemployed persons 107 106 111 111 97 110 116 117
                 
Population 16-19 years 219 227 226 227 227 234 235 235
Employed persons 89 90 86 100 98 77 84 100
Short part-time 55 58 62 48 61 60 58 49
Long part-time 10 10 9 16 8 4 7 14
Full-time 23 22 15 35 29 12 18 36
Unspecified working hours. 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 18 19 19 15 16 24 20
                 
Population 20-24 years 273 273 272 273 274 273 273 274
Employed persons 183 182 185 186 177 170 183 187
Short part-time 46 47 49 39 48 48 48 40
Long part-time 24 26 25 29 29 27 31 31
Full-time 111 107 110 117 100 93 103 113
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Unemployed persons 19 18 22 17 16 17 20 18
                 
Males 25-54 years 981 979 978 977 980 979 980 979
Employed persons 845 843 844 846 845 839 845 845
Short part-time 26 30 28 27 31 32 25 26
Long part-time 32 34 34 33 34 35 35 32
Full-time 783 777 779 783 777 770 783 785
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2
Unemployed persons 38 38 37 37 36 40 35 39
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 951 951 953 952 950 951 954
Employed persons 757 759 760 761 765 757 758 762
Short part-time 100 104 105 101 106 105 102 95
Long part-time 182 183 183 179 185 180 185 176
Full-time 472 470 469 478 471 470 468 489
Unspecified working hours. 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
Unemployed persons 26 27 25 32 25 30 30 33
                 
Males 55-66 years 291 299 300 299 299 312 312 314
Employed persons 202 205 206 204 200 217 214 212
Short part-time 13 13 13 13 13 11 12 15
Long part-time 11 12 12 10 14 13 12 13
Full-time 176 179 180 180 173 192 189 183
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 287 298 297 297 300 311 310 309
Employed persons 170 174 177 171 169 183 178 176
Short part-time 35 36 37 33 35 38 36 38
Long part-time 47 45 45 42 44 49 43 46
Full-time 87 93 94 95 88 95 98 92
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
                 
Population 67-74 years 255 256 257 256 251 252 250 248
Employed persons 23 23 25 22 20 25 25 22
Short part-time 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 9
Long part-time 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
Full-time 6 7 8 6 5 8 9 7
Unspecified working hours. - - - 1 - - - 1
Unemployed persons - - - 1 - - - -

1Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 working hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 working hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more working hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.