Norway Yearbook - 1996

Labour market
1 96 Sickness absenteeism among government employees1
Days absent in per cent of possible working days
1993 1994 1995
Total 4.7 47 5.1
Females 6.3 6.3 6.7
Males 3.7 3.6 4.1
Full-time employees2, total 4.5 4.7
Females 6.0 6.3 6.5
Males 3.7 3.6 4.0
Pert-time employees2, total 6.8 6.6 7.1
Females 7.1 6.9 7.4
Males 4.6 5.4 6.0
1The figures are based upon 90-95 per cent of total number of government employees.tThe definition of full-time and part-time is based
upon what is considered as full-time and part-time in the separate government departments.
Source: Ministry of Government Affairs. More information: Division for Social Welfare Statistics.
1 97 Unemployed persons (LFS) by sex/age. Annual average. 1 000
1990 1991
Number
1992 1993 1994 1995 1990
In per cent of the labour force
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Total 112 116 126 127 116 107 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.4 4.9
Sex
Males 66 68 76 77 70 61 5.6 5.9 6.5 6.6 6.0 5.2
Females 46 48 50 50 46 46 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.6
Age
16-19 18 17 15 15 14 13 16.2 17.5 16.9 18.1 17.2 15.8
20-24 24 26 29 27 24 22 9.8 11.0 12.6 11.9 11.1 10.3
25- 54 63 65 74 78 71 65 4.2 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.1
55-74 7 8 8 7 7 7 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.5 1.7 2.6
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics. More information: Division for Labour Market Statistics.
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