Labour force survey, Q3 2017

Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work during the whole reference week, by reason for absence and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
	2015	2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017
Both sexes
In total	2 651	2 647	2 647	2 666	2 635	2 628	2 658	2 666
At work	2 208	2 218	2 344	1 926	2 307	2 354	2 302	1 928
Temporarily absent, total	443	429	303	740	328	274	356	738
Illness	91	87	82	72	90	96	84	85
Holiday	217	215	95	549	117	63	140	551
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	45	40	38	36	36	31	42	31
Laid off	3	4	4	1	4	2	1	1
Other reason/ unspecified	87	83	84	80	81	81	89	70

Males
In total	1 402	1 395	1 396	1 407	1 387	1 387	1 401	1 406
At work	1 191	1 196	1 268	1 052	1 237	1 264	1 241	1 045
Temporarily absent, total	211	199	128	355	150	123	160	361
Illness	40	37	31	31	37	42	36	37
Holiday	111	111	46	277	68	32	74	280
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	28	23	23	22	20	21	23	20
Laid off	3	3	3	1	3	2	1	1
Other reason/ unspecified	28	25	24	26	22	27	27	23

Females
In total	1 249	1 252	1 251	1 258	1 249	1 242	1 258	1 260
At work	1 017	1 022	1 076	874	1 072	1 092	1 062	883
Temporarily absent, total	232	230	175	384	177	150	196	377
Illness	51	51	50	42	53	54	48	48
Holiday	106	104	49	273	49	31	67	271
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	17	17	15	15	16	10	19	10
Laid off	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Other reason/ unspecified	58	58	60	55	58	55	62	48

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