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CSO statistical release, 25 June 2015, 11am

Quarterly National Household Survey

QNHS Detailed Employment Series Quarter 1 2009 - Quarter 1 2015

Indicator	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Change Q1 14 to Q1 15
Total Employed	1,996,400	1,891,900	1,841,800	1,825,000	1,845,600	1,888,200	1,929,500	+ 41,300

Number of persons in employment at 1,929,500 in Q1 2015

Figure 1 Numbers in employment (ILO), in the first Quarters 2009 to 2015

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The number of persons in employment was 1,929,500 in Q1 2015, an increase of 41,300 (+2.2%) over the year.

Between Q1 2009 and Q1 2015 the number in employment fell by 66,900 (-3.4%). The number employed in Q1 decreased on an annual basis each year from Q1 2009 to Q1 2012, before showing an increase of 20,500 (+1.1%) in the year to Q1 2013 when it stood at 1,845,600. An annual increase in employment of 42,700 or +2.3% was recorded in the year to Q1 2014. See Tables 1, 2 and 3.

Employment Status

The total number of persons classified as self-employed decreased by 4.4% from 333,500 in Q1 2009 to 318,800 in Q1 2015. The number of employees fell from 1,648,000 to 1,598,600 (-49,400 or -3.0%) during this time. See Table 4.

The number of self-employed persons in the Construction sector decreased by 18,800 (-29.6%) between Q1 2009 and Q1 2015, while the number of employees decreased by 41,700 (-35.5%) over the same period. Total employment in this sector fell from 182,800 in Q1 2009 to 96,300 in Q1 2013 before increasing to 121,800 in Q1 2015. See Table 4.

The number of employees in the Administrative and secretarial occupational group decreased by 40,400 (-16.7%) from Q1 2009 to Q1 2015, falling from 241,300 to 200,900. The largest rate of increase of employees in an occupational group during this period was recorded in the Managers, directors and senior officials group where the number of employees increased by 10,200 (+11.8%) from 86,100 in Q1 2009 to 96,300 in Q1 2015. See Table 5 and Figure 2.

Broad Occupational Group	Self Employed	Employees
1	59400	96300
2	38400	306000
3	32200	193300
4	3900	200900
5	134800	173300
6	11900	144300
7	4600	157300
8	26200	115200
9	6900	202100
10	0	9900

KEY
1-	Managers, directors and senior officials
2-	Professional
3-	Associate professional and technical
4-	Administrative and secretarial
5-	Skilled trades
6-	Caring, leisure and other services
7-	Sales and customer service
8-	Process, plant and machine operatives
9-	Elementary
10-	Other/Not stated

Full-time/Part-time Status

Part-time employment decreased in eight of the fourteen economic sectors in the year to Q1 2015, while full-time employment increased in eleven economic sectors. The largest annual decrease in part-time employment was in the Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector (-3,800 or -20.5%). The Construction sector recorded the largest annual increase in full-time employment (+22,400 or +28.1%) during this period. See Table 6.

In Q1 2015, the Elementary occupational group had the largest number of part-time employees at 82,500 (39.1%) persons followed by the Sales and customer service group with 73,300 (45.1%) part-time employees. See Table 7.

In Q1 2009, part-time employment accounted for 20.7% (413,900) of total employment. This proportion had risen to 22.8% (439,900) in Q1 2015. See Tables 6 and 7.

Average Usual Hours Worked per Week

The average usual hours worked per week in Q1 2015 was 35.7 hours. Of the fourteen economic sectors, the Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector had the highest average usual hours worked per week at 50.4 hours in Q1 2015 with the Education sector having the lowest at 29.7 hours worked per week in the same period. The overall average usual hours worked per week was 35.2 hours in Q1 2009. See Table 8.

Average usual hours worked per week classified by occupational group showed that Managers, directors and senior officials had the highest usual hours worked per week of 42.6 hours in Q1 2015. The Sales and customer service occupational group had the lowest average hours worked per week of 29.7 hours in the same period. See Table 9.

Self-employed persons had average usual hours worked per week of 44.6 hours in Q1 2015 with employees working 34.5 average usual hours per week. Part-time employees worked an average usual hours of 19.3 hours per week in Q1 2015. See Tables 10 and 11.

Duration of Employment

There were 1,614,700 persons in their current employment for 1 year or more in Q1 2015, with 1,314,400 in their current employment for 48 months and greater. There was an annual decrease (-4,300 or -7.3%) in the numbers employed in their current employment for 18-23 months from 59,200 persons in Q1 2014 to 54,900 persons in Q1 2015. See Table 12.

Size of Firm

Medium and large firms (50 persons or more) employed 628,400 persons in Q1 2015 with smaller firms (less than 50 persons) employing 833,700 persons in the same period. See Table 13.

Reasons for Part-time Employment

There were 439,900 persons in part-time employment in Q1 2015. The most common reason given for being in part-time employment was Person could not find a full-time job (36.1% or 158,800 persons). This compares with Q1 2009 when 72,500 or 17.5% of persons in part-time employment gave their reason for being in part-time employment as Person could not find a full-time job. See Table 14.

Permanency of Employment

The number of temporary employees decreased by 7,800 (-5.5%) in the year to Q1 2015 bringing the total number of temporary employees to 134,700 persons. The number of temporary employees as a percentage of total employees (1,598,600) stood at 8.4% in Q1 2015. The comparable figure in Q1 2009 was 8.2% (135,500) of total employees (1,648,000). The Construction sector saw an increase of 2,800 (+44.4%) temporary employees, while the Education sector saw a decrease of 5,500 (-25.6%) temporary employees in the year to Q1 2015. See Table 15.

In the year to Q1 2015, the largest rate of increase in permanent employees was seen in the Caring, leisure and other services occupational group (+12.8% or +14,300). See Table 16.

Temporary employees were categorised by the type of temporary employment and, in Q1 2015, the most common type of temporary employment was Lasted only for a specific duration (39.2%) followed by Casual work (37.5%). See Table 17.

The most common reason given for being in temporary employment in Q1 2015 was Person could not find a permanent job (53.4% or 71,900). See Table 18.

Supervisory Duties

Out of a total of 1,598,600 employees in Q1 2015, there were 423,400 (26.5%) persons classified as having supervisory duties while 1,158,300 employees were classified as not having supervisory duties. The number of employees classified as having supervisory duties increased by 18,700 (+4.6%) in the year to Q1 2015. See Table 19.

Show Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector
							'000
Detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	98.0	75.5	77.3	76.4	89.6	103.9	102.5
02 Forestry and logging	*	*	[3.0]	*	[3.1]	[3.2]	*
03 Fishing and aquaculture	[2.2]	[2.8]	[2.9]	*	[3.4]	[3.4]	[3.4]
05 Mining of coal and lignite	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
07 Mining of metal ores	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
08 Other mining and quarrying	6.7	4.8	4.3	[4.0]	5.6	[4.4]	5.2
09 Mining support service activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
10 Manufacture of food products	43.0	39.4	44.1	45.6	44.9	46.1	47.1
11 Manufacture of beverages	5.8	6.1	5.4	6.0	6.2	5.3	5.8
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
13 Manufacture of textiles	3.3	[2.7]	*	[2.5]	[2.6]	[2.8]	[3.4]
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	3.9	4.0	[3.2]	[2.9]	[2.9]	[3.3]	[3.5]
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	7.6	6.2	6.6	5.0	5.0	5.1	*
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	[2.7]	[3.0]	*	*	*	[2.8]	*
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	8.6	8.6	7.8	6.8	8.5	9.5	9.6
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	[2.9]	[2.4]	[3.8]	[2.9]	[3.3]	*	[3.6]
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	27.0	30.3	32.9	28.0	33.5	33.6	32.5
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	5.7	6.1	4.7	5.6	5.1	4.5	[3.2]
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	8.4	5.2	5.2	6.3	5.4	5.6	6.2
24 Manufacture of basic metals	3.8	[2.9]	[3.0]	4.2	[3.2]	[2.9]	[3.6]
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	20.5	17.0	12.4	13.8	12.6	11.9	13.3
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	31.6	25.6	22.8	26.1	24.9	24.1	28.1
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	[2.3]	*	[3.1]	*	*	*	*
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	30.1	27.9	26.7	28.9	31.2	29.6	28.9
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	4.3	4.0	4.3	[3.3]	[2.7]	[3.7]	[3.0]
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
31 Manufacture of furniture	6.9	5.7	6.3	4.1	[3.9]	[4.1]	6.6
32 Other manufacturing	9.5	9.0	9.3	7.1	6.7	5.7	6.5
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.8	4.9	4.6	6.2
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	11.7	13.7	9.7	10.8	9.0	10.3	9.3
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	[2.2]	[2.3]	[2.8]	[2.4]	*	*	[3.1]
37 Sewerage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	9.0	9.4	8.7	7.0	8.0	8.2	7.7
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
41 Construction of buildings	84.5	60.1	47.5	45.4	41.2	45.6	55.2
42 Civil engineering	8.7	5.8	7.0	6.2	[3.4]	6.3	6.5
43 Specialised construction activities	89.5	64.6	54.0	51.7	51.7	50.4	60.1
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	35.9	33.6	34.7	34.4	34.1	35.4	41.7
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	56.0	52.2	48.7	49.7	57.9	55.2	47.2
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	199.8	189.4	187.9	187.2	182.1	177.6	181.6
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	52.8	50.1	52.4	49.0	46.9	47.7	47.5
50 Water transport	[2.0]	[2.5]	*	*	*	*	*
51 Air transport	8.1	9.8	9.1	9.1	9.9	9.2	12.3
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	13.8	14.7	13.5	13.9	13.8	14.1	12.9
53 Postal and courier activities	18.1	16.7	17.7	16.9	16.4	15.9	15.8
55 Accommodation	45.1	48.6	35.4	46.5	44.8	48.0	50.3
56 Food and beverage service activities	78.0	82.5	75.3	71.1	75.6	85.7	82.1
58 Publishing activities	5.2	5.0	[3.7]	[3.1]	4.9	5.7	[4.2]
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	[3.0]	[3.3]	[4.1]	[3.7]	[3.5]	[4.4]	[3.0]
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	3.9	4.7	4.2	5.3	[3.9]	[4.3]	[4.9]
61 Telecommunications	22.1	20.8	19.8	18.9	18.0	16.1	17.7
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	34.5	36.1	36.0	41.1	41.2	43.7	47.1
63 Information service activities	4.9	6.3	4.8	6.4	5.9	6.5	5.0
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	66.8	64.7	62.3	62.6	65.7	63.1	61.8
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	19.9	21.2	20.8	19.3	19.6	20.7	20.4
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	9.1	9.8	8.4	7.9	5.6	5.4	7.3
68 Real estate activities	8.8	8.7	8.3	11.2	8.7	8.5	12.8
69 Legal and accounting activities	24.0	26.7	25.8	21.7	26.5	28.8	27.5
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	7.5	6.6	7.1	6.3	6.3	6.5	5.1
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	32.1	26.7	22.7	27.9	27.5	31.3	30.7
72 Scientific research and development	3.8	4.6	6.1	4.5	5.4	6.2	7.1
73 Advertising and market research	6.7	6.0	6.2	8.0	7.2	7.3	5.5
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	27.1	27.5	33.7	26.7	27.8	31.5	30.9
75 Veterinary activities	3.3	4.7	*	[2.7]	[3.1]	[4.1]	*
77 Rental and leasing activities	6.7	5.3	5.4	5.2	4.8	5.4	4.9
78 Employment activities	7.4	7.2	6.7	7.7	6.6	6.1	6.0
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.4	6.8	6.3
80 Security and investigation activities	12.8	10.8	10.8	10.1	9.8	10.7	10.4
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	24.2	21.4	25.1	23.5	23.2	20.3	24.0
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	11.0	10.8	10.9	10.4	9.7	13.3	10.5
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	106.0	105.1	104.5	99.5	95.2	96.4	97.8
85 Education	151.2	148.1	148.2	146.6	147.5	150.3	154.2
86 Human health activities	138.9	154.8	150.7	154.9	156.5	153.1	146.0
87 Residential care activities	23.3	22.1	25.6	23.4	26.7	26.1	28.8
88 Social work activities without accommodation	61.7	57.8	58.8	61.3	64.3	65.1	71.7
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	14.4	12.6	13.8	12.9	12.4	13.4	14.5
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	4.2	3.8	[4.0]	[3.2]	[4.0]	[3.4]	5.0
92 Gambling and betting activities	5.0	4.0	4.5	5.9	5.9	[4.2]	[4.4]
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	20.8	19.6	22.4	20.0	19.6	18.9	19.0
94 Activities of membership organisations	11.8	13.9	17.4	14.2	13.8	11.2	14.8
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
96 Other personal service activities	31.1	28.8	27.2	28.6	30.5	32.3	30.9
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	7.8	8.2	7.9	8.9	7.7	6.7	6.9
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	*	*	*	[3.1]	[4.3]	7.0	[5.2]
Not stated	5.9	8.1	6.9	*	*	*	*
Total persons	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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Table 2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed occupational group (UK SOC2010)
							'000
Detailed occupational group	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

1 Managers, directors and senior officials	137.1	142.5	141.1	147.1	149.8	154.8	156.3
11 Corporate managers and directors	97.3	96.1	93.3	102.6	103.4	105.4	111.3
111 Chief Executives and senior officials	[2.5]	*	*	*	[3.5]	[2.7]	*
112 Production managers and directors	11.6	11.7	12.9	13.5	12.0	14.4	15.9
113 Functional managers and directors	53.1	46.3	46.9	55.3	58.0	59.6	59.0
115 Financial institution managers and directors	5.3	5.6	6.4	6.1	5.2	4.7	[4.8]
116 Managers and directors in transport and logistics	7.0	8.2	7.2	7.1	7.4	6.6	6.7
117 Senior officers in protective services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
118 Health and social services managers and directors	*	[2.1]	*	*	*	*	*
119 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	14.5	18.5	15.6	15.2	14.1	15.3	19.2
12 Other managers and proprietors	39.8	46.4	47.8	44.5	46.3	49.4	45.0
121 Managers and proprietors in agriculture related services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
122 Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	17.6	23.1	21.1	19.2	18.2	21.0	18.3
124 Managers and proprietors in health and care services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
125 Managers and proprietors in other services	20.5	20.5	24.0	23.0	24.6	24.1	23.1
2 Professional	327.8	341.8	339.5	341.5	354.3	351.0	345.2
21 Science, research, engineering and technology professionals	65.5	74.0	71.9	72.6	74.3	78.0	72.8
211 Natural and social science professionals	10.0	13.0	11.5	9.5	10.2	10.3	8.8
212 Engineering professionals	18.2	19.9	18.2	20.7	17.6	18.3	18.2
213 Information technology and telecommunications professionals	35.4	38.7	39.2	39.5	44.3	47.2	43.1
214 Conservation and environment professionals	*	*	*	[2.5]	*	*	*
215 Research and development managers	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
22 Health professionals	81.2	88.3	87.7	91.3	92.1	87.5	89.6
221 Health professionals	21.0	24.4	22.3	24.8	25.6	25.4	25.6
222 Therapy professionals	5.5	7.3	7.6	9.6	8.2	6.8	9.2
223 Nursing and midwifery professionals	54.7	56.7	57.7	56.9	58.2	55.3	54.8
23 Teaching and educational professionals	93.1	89.8	96.2	93.8	99.0	96.4	97.5
231 Teaching and educational professionals	93.1	89.8	96.2	93.8	99.0	96.4	97.5
24 Business, media and public service professionals	88.0	89.7	83.8	83.7	88.9	89.1	85.2
241 Legal professionals	9.7	11.0	11.3	13.2	10.7	10.0	9.3
242 Business, research and administrative professionals	47.4	49.3	45.9	44.6	50.0	52.1	50.5
243 Architects, town planners and surveyors	12.4	10.2	7.8	9.7	9.4	8.8	8.3
244 Welfare professionals	7.3	7.0	6.3	7.1	6.3	7.1	5.3
245 Librarians and related professionals	[2.5]	[2.8]	[2.5]	*	[3.3]	*	*
246 Quality and regulatory professionals	[2.4]	[2.8]	[4.0]	[4.0]	4.3	[3.5]	[4.0]
247 Media professionals	6.3	6.6	5.9	[3.4]	4.9	5.4	5.0
3 Associate professional and technical	208.5	203.7	210.3	220.0	213.9	220.7	226.1
31 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals	30.2	27.9	30.5	36.5	33.0	34.4	37.8
311 Science, engineering and production technicians	15.9	14.5	17.5	21.1	19.4	18.2	19.8
312 Draughtspersons and related architectural technicians	3.2	[2.3]	[2.6]	[2.9]	*	[2.8]	*
313 Information technology technicians	11.0	11.1	10.4	12.5	11.1	13.4	15.4
32 Health and social care associate professionals	15.5	17.2	18.4	16.5	16.5	17.4	19.0
321 Health associate professionals	7.5	7.8	7.4	8.3	8.2	9.0	9.4
323 Welfare and housing associate professionals	8.0	9.4	11.0	8.3	8.3	8.4	9.6
33 Protective service occupations	25.8	26.4	31.7	27.1	24.9	25.6	23.6
331 Protective service occupations	25.8	26.4	31.7	27.1	24.9	25.6	23.6
34 Culture, media and sports occupations	29.0	28.4	28.6	26.7	29.2	29.8	31.4
341 Artistic, literary and media occupations	15.0	14.1	15.8	14.4	14.5	16.1	16.7
342 Design occupations	6.8	5.4	5.5	5.5	7.0	5.9	6.9
344 Sports and fitness occupations	7.1	8.9	7.3	6.8	7.7	7.8	7.8
35 Business and public service associate professionals	108.0	103.7	101.2	113.2	110.3	113.4	114.3
351 Transport associate professionals	*	[2.2]	*	[2.6]	[2.6]	*	*
352 Legal associate professionals	*	*	*	*	*	[2.7]	*
353 Business, finance and related associate professionals	24.7	25.6	25.7	30.5	28.8	29.3	30.7
354 Sales, marketing and related associate professionals	56.7	52.0	50.0	54.2	53.9	54.2	53.5
355 Conservation and environmental associate professionals	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
356 Public services and other associate professionals	22.6	21.5	21.8	23.6	22.8	24.8	24.5
4 Administrative and secreterial	249.6	243.2	221.7	207.9	201.8	208.8	206.6
41 Administrative occupations	198.9	195.4	175.4	162.7	161.6	167.2	167.2
411 Administrative occupations: Government and related organisations	50.2	51.3	42.6	41.9	37.4	37.0	34.8
412 Administrative occupations: Finance	61.3	63.9	55.9	50.5	49.4	48.6	50.2
413 Administrative occupations: Records	17.9	16.7	17.3	16.8	17.0	17.6	15.1
415 Other administrative occupations	61.9	57.4	52.9	46.8	51.8	56.2	58.5
416 Administrative occupations: Office managers and supervisors	7.5	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.0	7.8	8.6
42 Secretarial and related occupations	50.7	47.8	46.2	45.2	40.1	41.5	39.4
421 Secretarial and related occupations	50.7	47.8	46.2	45.2	40.1	41.5	39.4
5 Skilled trades	362.1	296.9	267.6	261.0	269.2	296.2	312.1
51 Skilled agricultural and related trades	94.3	76.1	74.0	73.1	85.4	95.4	97.7
511 Agricultural and related trades	94.3	76.1	74.0	73.1	85.4	95.4	97.7
52 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades	111.1	91.4	85.3	84.2	85.0	90.4	92.1
521 Metal forming, welding and related trades	10.4	8.5	6.7	7.3	7.6	9.3	10.1
522 Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	27.8	23.4	19.8	22.5	24.9	26.1	28.8
523 Vehicle trades	22.8	18.0	18.0	18.3	17.9	20.4	20.8
524 Electrical and electronic trades	47.9	39.9	39.9	34.4	32.7	33.1	30.6
525 Skilled Metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors	[2.3]	*	*	*	*	*	*
53 Skilled construction and building trades	103.0	75.1	58.0	52.9	51.0	55.6	65.3
531 Construction and building trades	77.6	56.3	43.5	40.7	38.9	40.9	48.2
532 Building finishing trades	21.2	15.1	12.3	10.1	9.4	11.5	14.0
533 Construction and building trades supervisors	4.2	3.7	*	*	[2.8]	[3.1]	[3.2]
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	53.8	54.2	50.3	50.7	47.8	54.9	57.0
541 Textiles and garments trades	[2.5]	*	*	*	*	*	*
542 Printing trades	4.6	4.9	[3.9]	[3.8]	4.4	[3.8]	[3.0]
543 Food preparation and hospitality trades	38.4	39.9	36.5	39.0	36.5	43.5	44.6
544 Other skilled trades	8.2	7.9	8.6	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.8
6 Caring, leisure and other services	152.4	146.4	145.9	145.1	143.0	142.9	157.3
61 Caring personal service occupations	105.0	103.7	103.4	102.8	102.5	99.2	111.5
612 Childcare and related personal services	38.9	36.3	37.0	38.5	35.8	37.0	38.5
613 Animal care and control services	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*	*
614 Caring personal services	63.4	65.6	64.4	62.4	65.0	60.8	70.8
62 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations	47.4	42.7	42.5	42.2	40.6	43.7	45.8
621 Leisure and travel services	9.3	8.6	8.3	8.3	6.3	8.0	8.1
622 Hairdressers and related services	23.6	21.8	20.4	20.5	20.7	22.1	22.5
623 Housekeeping and related services	13.4	11.8	13.3	12.7	12.8	12.5	14.0
624 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
7 Sales and customer service	161.9	158.7	158.7	157.7	162.0	154.4	162.4
71 Sales occupations	146.8	141.8	143.1	143.3	145.6	134.4	140.7
711 Sales assistants and retail cashiers	132.2	124.8	126.5	128.2	129.9	119.4	124.3
712 Sales related occupations	12.0	13.3	13.3	11.4	12.1	11.9	11.7
713 Sales supervisors	[2.5]	[3.8]	[3.3]	[3.6]	[3.6]	[3.1]	[4.7]
72 Customer service occupations	15.1	16.9	15.6	14.4	16.4	19.9	21.6
721 Customer service occupations	12.9	14.5	12.0	12.6	13.7	15.7	17.8
722 Customer service managers and supervisors	[2.3]	*	[3.6]	*	[2.7]	[4.3]	[3.8]
8 Process, plant and machine operatives	144.7	130.6	150.7	145.9	146.5	140.9	142.2
81 Process, plant and machine operatives	54.2	53.2	72.3	73.9	72.0	69.6	67.7
811 Process Operatives	13.4	16.3	30.1	25.2	22.6	21.4	22.3
812 Plant and machine operatives	10.0	9.2	5.8	7.9	6.5	8.6	7.1
813 Assemblers and routine operatives	22.1	20.9	26.4	30.4	33.1	29.5	28.5
814 Construction operatives	8.7	6.9	10.0	10.4	9.7	10.1	9.8
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	90.5	77.3	78.4	72.0	74.6	71.3	74.5
821 Road transport drivers	70.2	61.5	62.5	57.3	59.9	56.9	58.7
822 Mobile machine drivers and operatives	16.0	10.6	10.8	10.2	11.0	9.6	11.9
823 Other drivers and transport operatives	4.4	5.2	5.1	4.5	[3.7]	4.8	[4.0]
9 Elementary	247.0	222.1	198.5	192.5	200.2	211.1	211.2
91 Elementary trades and related occupations	91.7	72.0	47.3	46.1	51.6	53.6	60.8
911 Elementary agricultural occupations	12.8	10.7	13.6	10.3	13.7	15.9	11.6
912 Elementary construction occupations	60.1	45.7	23.1	24.1	27.5	28.9	36.6
913 Elementary process plant occupations	18.5	15.3	10.0	11.2	9.5	8.4	11.9
92 Elementary administration and service occupations	155.3	150.2	151.2	146.4	148.6	157.5	150.3
921 Elementary administration occupations	11.3	11.6	13.0	10.1	10.7	10.2	8.2
923 Elementary cleaning occupations	37.3	33.6	37.5	38.1	37.8	40.1	38.2
924 Elementary security occupations	17.7	14.1	14.2	15.0	12.6	13.7	13.7
925 Elementary sales occupations	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
926 Elementary storage occupations	20.5	19.5	23.3	20.3	18.9	20.6	19.4
927 Other elementary services occupations	67.4	70.4	62.3	61.7	67.1	72.0	69.6
Other/Not stated	5.3	6.1	7.8	6.2	4.8	7.5	10.3
Total persons	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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Table 3 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and occupational group (UK SOC2010)
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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Occupational group			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	*	*	[2.6]	[3.7]	[2.7]
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	82.6	66.1	63.3	62.6	74.6	84.9	87.0
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	[2.2]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	11.7	9.4	11.6	10.6	12.5	14.7	11.4
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	102.0	80.5	83.2	80.5	96.2	110.5	107.8
B-F	Total Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	28.8	22.8	24.4	25.5	27.1	26.5	28.6
		2. Professional	25.6	29.6	25.8	26.7	26.6	28.2	28.5
		3. Associate professional and technical	35.0	33.0	34.2	39.8	34.8	36.2	39.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	28.6	25.2	21.7	22.1	21.0	22.7	22.2
		5. Skilled trades	182.3	140.2	115.2	107.5	104.6	109.8	123.4
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	6.1	8.0	8.0	5.5	9.8	8.4	8.0
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	68.9	61.8	77.8	74.1	73.9	68.5	70.5
		9. Elementary	71.7	54.8	37.1	35.9	35.0	37.2	45.1
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	449.1	377.1	346.9	339.3	334.3	339.3	368.2
B-E	Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	20.3	17.3	19.2	19.7	20.1	19.5	20.0
		2. Professional	22.5	26.1	22.8	24.4	24.4	25.4	25.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	29.5	29.4	30.5	34.3	31.4	32.7	35.6
		4. Administrative and secreterial	20.9	18.0	16.5	17.9	16.8	17.5	16.8
		5. Skilled trades	68.5	59.2	51.1	49.2	48.6	49.6	53.4
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	4.6	6.3	7.2	4.6	9.1	7.4	7.2
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	50.8	50.3	66.1	61.1	61.9	57.8	57.2
		9. Elementary	47.7	38.9	23.1	23.2	24.7	25.6	28.3
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	266.4	246.5	238.4	236.0	238.0	237.0	246.3
F	Construction	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	8.5	5.4	5.2	5.8	7.0	7.0	8.7
		2. Professional	[3.1]	[3.5]	[3.0]	*	*	[2.8]	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	5.5	3.6	[3.6]	5.5	[3.4]	[3.5]	[3.6]
		4. Administrative and secreterial	7.7	7.2	5.1	[4.2]	4.2	5.2	5.3
		5. Skilled trades	113.8	81.0	64.1	58.3	55.9	60.3	70.0
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	18.1	11.5	11.8	13.0	12.0	10.7	13.3
		9. Elementary	23.9	15.9	13.9	12.7	10.3	11.6	16.8
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	182.8	130.6	108.5	103.3	96.3	102.3	121.8
G-U	Total Services	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	106.8	117.7	114.3	119.5	119.9	124.6	124.4
		2. Professional	301.2	311.4	312.2	314.0	327.1	321.6	315.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	171.9	169.5	174.6	179.4	177.7	183.0	185.0
		4. Administrative and secreterial	218.2	215.7	197.5	184.9	179.2	184.5	182.8
		5. Skilled trades	96.9	89.8	88.6	90.9	90.1	101.2	101.2
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	149.8	144.8	143.8	143.0	141.3	141.3	154.8
		7. Sales and customer service	155.9	150.3	150.4	152.0	152.0	145.7	153.9
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	73.1	67.2	70.4	69.6	70.2	70.2	69.3
		9. Elementary	162.9	156.8	149.3	145.6	152.4	159.0	154.5
		Other/Not stated	[2.7]	[2.9]	[3.8]	[4.4]	[3.5]	6.6	8.9
		Total	1,439.3	1,426.2	1,404.8	1,403.3	1,413.5	1,437.7	1,450.5
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	40.0	41.6	41.0	42.9	43.1	42.5	42.4
		2. Professional	6.6	8.6	8.7	9.0	8.7	9.3	7.2
		3. Associate professional and technical	28.9	25.7	22.5	24.4	24.9	24.8	24.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	24.8	19.4	19.0	16.8	21.4	21.5	17.0
		5. Skilled trades	27.5	25.3	24.6	24.3	26.2	25.4	28.8
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	127.1	120.9	123.1	120.8	117.3	112.8	119.6
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	14.4	11.8	11.5	13.8	13.9	11.9	11.0
		9. Elementary	21.0	20.5	18.7	17.4	16.3	18.3	18.4
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	291.7	275.3	271.3	271.3	274.1	268.2	270.5
H	Transportation and storage	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.2	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.1	6.0	6.1
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	3.7	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	11.1	11.8	11.9	10.8	9.3	9.3	10.0
		5. Skilled trades	[3.4]	[3.4]	[3.6]	[4.0]	[3.5]	[4.2]	[3.0]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	[3.1]	[3.4]	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	[3.1]	[3.1]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	47.6	43.9	45.4	42.4	43.1	42.8	44.2
		9. Elementary	17.2	15.5	16.3	14.7	16.1	15.5	14.3
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	94.9	93.7	94.6	90.2	88.8	89.5	90.7
I	Accommodation and food service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	17.1	22.9	19.2	19.2	18.0	18.7	18.0
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	[3.0]	*	*	*	*	[3.5]	[3.8]
		4. Administrative and secreterial	5.9	7.8	4.7	6.5	6.3	5.4	7.2
		5. Skilled trades	22.6	22.9	20.1	22.1	19.1	26.9	26.9
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	[3.8]	[3.5]	[3.6]	4.8	[3.7]	[4.2]	[4.6]
		7. Sales and customer service	5.8	5.9	[4.0]	6.0	7.1	6.8	5.8
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	62.7	64.3	55.2	54.9	60.5	65.4	63.3
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	123.1	131.1	110.7	117.6	120.3	133.8	132.3
J	Information and communication	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.8	7.2	6.8	8.6	7.5	6.9	6.8
		2. Professional	25.4	26.8	28.5	26.9	29.6	32.3	30.3
		3. Associate professional and technical	17.0	18.2	15.4	20.6	20.0	19.6	22.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	6.8	5.6	5.3	5.3	4.4	5.3	5.6
		5. Skilled trades	10.0	9.3	8.9	8.2	6.2	7.5	6.8
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	5.6	5.4	[3.5]	5.9	6.6	4.8	5.4
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	73.6	76.1	72.6	78.5	77.4	80.7	81.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	11.2	11.5	12.7	12.3	12.6	12.8	13.1
		2. Professional	14.1	14.0	13.1	17.3	19.1	20.0	18.3
		3. Associate professional and technical	21.6	20.9	21.0	25.0	23.2	20.1	24.0
		4. Administrative and secreterial	48.2	50.4	42.6	37.6	35.7	34.2	34.1
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	5.7	5.2	6.7	5.6	6.3	6.2	7.3
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	[2.2]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	104.6	104.4	99.7	101.0	99.7	97.8	102.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.5	5.6	5.3	6.3	7.2	9.3	8.4
		2. Professional	53.7	53.8	50.4	48.8	51.4	51.6	47.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	16.9	15.4	20.0	18.5	18.5	20.3	18.5
		4. Administrative and secreterial	14.5	14.5	12.8	10.6	10.5	14.8	15.1
		5. Skilled trades	8.3	6.7	7.5	8.4	10.3	12.0	11.3
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	[2.7]	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	104.5	102.8	103.6	98.0	103.9	115.7	109.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	3.5	3.7	4.0	[3.9]	5.1	[4.3]	5.2
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.8	7.5	5.1
		4. Administrative and secreterial	13.6	11.8	10.8	9.6	9.8	10.0	10.7
		5. Skilled trades	7.7	5.6	7.3	6.4	7.2	7.0	6.4
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	4.7	[3.5]	5.2	[4.7]	*	[3.3]	[3.3]
		7. Sales and customer service	5.0	5.1	5.0	[3.3]	[2.9]	[4.1]	[4.3]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	[2.0]	*	*	[2.8]	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	24.4	21.7	22.4	23.8	23.1	21.8	23.6
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	68.2	61.5	64.9	62.5	59.5	62.5	62.1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.5	5.6	4.2	[3.4]	5.3	4.4	5.5
		2. Professional	8.6	8.2	8.2	9.2	10.5	9.1	10.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	32.4	33.8	37.3	34.5	33.4	34.9	33.1
		4. Administrative and secreterial	49.1	47.9	45.8	41.4	35.7	38.6	39.7
		5. Skilled trades	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	4.5	4.4	4.1	5.2	[4.0]	[3.7]	[2.7]
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.0	105.1	104.5	99.5	95.2	96.4	97.8
P	Education	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	*	*	*	[3.1]	[3.6]
		2. Professional	95.8	95.6	97.6	94.1	97.8	95.1	97.6
		3. Associate professional and technical	9.4	9.6	10.2	9.4	8.9	11.5	9.9
		4. Administrative and secreterial	13.1	12.8	10.3	10.5	9.4	10.2	9.7
		5. Skilled trades	[2.3]	*	*	*	*	*	[3.8]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	20.6	19.5	19.4	20.8	20.7	19.0	20.5
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.8	5.1	6.7	6.0
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	151.2	148.1	148.2	146.6	147.5	150.3	154.2
Q	Human health and social work activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.6	5.7	5.4	7.2	6.7	8.6	6.5
		2. Professional	84.5	90.4	91.7	95.0	95.2	90.8	90.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	17.5	17.3	17.6	17.4	18.0	18.2	19.1
		4. Administrative and secreterial	18.7	22.1	21.9	24.0	25.1	25.1	23.1
		5. Skilled trades	4.6	6.0	4.4	5.9	5.9	5.6	4.8
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	78.4	77.9	76.7	74.8	76.7	76.0	86.3
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	[3.0]	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	[2.0]	*	[2.7]	*	*	[2.8]	*
		9. Elementary	11.0	11.7	12.5	11.1	14.8	14.9	12.2
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	223.8	234.6	235.1	239.6	247.5	244.3	246.5
R-U	Other NACE activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.8	5.6	7.4	7.4	7.0	8.0	8.8
		2. Professional	8.2	9.3	9.4	8.9	9.9	8.4	8.1
		3. Associate professional and technical	16.0	16.1	17.7	16.2	17.6	17.2	19.9
		4. Administrative and secreterial	12.3	11.7	12.4	11.9	11.4	10.1	10.6
		5. Skilled trades	6.6	6.2	8.6	7.2	7.4	7.6	6.0
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	34.7	32.3	31.6	31.3	30.9	31.4	31.7
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	[3.6]	[3.4]	*	[3.0]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	10.9	9.0	9.1	8.8	8.5	7.7	8.6
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	[4.6]	[5.0]
		Total	97.6	93.5	99.4	98.5	99.8	98.6	103.0
Not stated		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	[2.5]	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	5.9	8.1	6.9	*	*	*	*
All persons		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	137.1	142.5	141.1	147.1	149.8	154.8	156.3
		2. Professional	327.8	341.8	339.5	341.5	354.3	351.0	345.2
		3. Associate professional and technical	208.5	203.7	210.3	220.0	213.9	220.7	226.1
		4. Administrative and secreterial	249.6	243.2	221.7	207.9	201.8	208.8	206.6
		5. Skilled trades	362.1	296.9	267.6	261.0	269.2	296.2	312.1
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	152.4	146.4	145.9	145.1	143.0	142.9	157.3
		7. Sales and customer service	161.9	158.7	158.7	157.7	162.0	154.4	162.4
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	144.7	130.6	150.7	145.9	146.5	140.9	142.2
		9. Elementary	247.0	222.1	198.5	192.5	200.2	211.1	211.2
		Other/Not stated	5.3	6.1	7.8	6.2	4.8	7.5	10.3
		Total persons	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Employment status			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Self-employed (with paid employees)	5.5	6.0	5.1	5.3	7.7	7.4	8.1
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	72.0	57.1	54.5	55.0	61.8	73.1	71.9
		Total self employed	77.5	63.0	59.6	60.3	69.5	80.5	80.1
		Employee	18.5	12.6	18.2	16.0	20.0	23.8	23.1
		Assisting relative	6.0	4.8	5.4	4.3	6.7	6.3	4.7
		Total	102.0	80.5	83.2	80.5	96.2	110.5	107.8
B-F	Total Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	38.6	25.5	18.4	21.0	19.2	17.7	20.9
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	51.1	46.5	40.5	36.9	41.2	41.7	43.9
		Total self employed	89.7	72.0	59.0	58.0	60.4	59.4	64.8
		Employee	357.1	302.9	286.8	279.4	272.7	278.0	301.8
		Assisting relative	[2.3]	[2.2]	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	449.1	377.1	346.9	339.3	334.3	339.3	368.2
B-E	Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	12.0	8.5	7.1	10.4	8.6	7.4	6.7
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	14.0	14.0	10.6	10.1	12.5	13.3	13.3
		Total self employed	26.1	22.5	17.8	20.6	21.1	20.7	20.0
		Employee	239.5	222.8	220.3	214.5	216.4	215.4	225.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	266.4	246.5	238.4	236.0	238.0	237.0	246.3
F	Construction	Self-employed (with paid employees)	26.5	17.0	11.3	10.6	10.6	10.2	14.2
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	37.1	32.5	29.9	26.8	28.7	28.4	30.6
		Total self employed	63.6	49.5	41.2	37.4	39.3	38.7	44.8
		Employee	117.6	80.2	66.6	64.9	56.3	62.5	75.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	182.8	130.6	108.5	103.3	96.3	102.3	121.8
G-U	Total Services	Self-employed (with paid employees)	65.3	69.0	68.3	65.1	61.3	62.2	60.4
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	100.7	104.2	106.9	107.5	112.1	116.2	112.9
		Total self employed	166.0	173.2	175.2	172.6	173.4	178.4	173.3
		Employee	1,266.8	1,245.8	1,224.6	1,225.7	1,233.2	1,253.1	1,271.2
		Assisting relative	6.5	7.2	5.0	4.9	6.9	6.1	6.0
		Total	1,439.3	1,426.2	1,404.8	1,403.3	1,413.5	1,437.7	1,450.5
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Self-employed (with paid employees)	19.5	20.5	19.9	19.2	17.2	17.1	17.7
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	16.5	15.7	17.3	15.0	17.3	19.2	16.7
		Total self employed	36.0	36.1	37.2	34.2	34.5	36.2	34.4
		Employee	253.5	237.2	233.0	235.9	237.7	230.7	234.9
		Assisting relative	[2.3]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	291.7	275.3	271.3	271.3	274.1	268.2	270.5
H	Transportation and storage	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.0	3.9	4.8	3.9	[3.6]	[3.5]	[3.6]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	20.3	20.6	19.6	19.8	17.6	18.9	18.9
		Total self employed	24.3	24.5	24.4	23.7	21.2	22.4	22.5
		Employee	70.0	68.6	70.0	66.2	66.9	66.4	67.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	94.9	93.7	94.6	90.2	88.8	89.5	90.7
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	9.4	10.8	10.4	10.3	7.0	9.1	8.3
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	3.2	5.0	[3.8]	4.0	5.0	4.8	[5.0]
		Total self employed	12.6	15.8	14.1	14.4	12.0	14.0	13.2
		Employee	109.5	113.9	95.7	102.2	107.6	119.0	118.3
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	123.1	131.1	110.7	117.6	120.3	133.8	132.3
J	Information and communication	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[2.1]	[2.2]	[2.7]	[3.6]	*	[2.9]	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.1	7.3	8.2	8.2	8.3	8.6	8.5
		Total self employed	8.2	9.5	10.9	11.8	10.9	11.5	10.2
		Employee	65.3	66.4	61.8	66.7	66.2	69.2	71.4
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	73.6	76.1	72.6	78.5	77.4	80.7	81.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.0]	[2.6]	[3.2]	[2.9]	[3.2]	[2.7]	[3.2]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	3.8	3.9	5.1	5.6	4.6	[4.1]	5.6
		Total self employed	6.8	6.4	8.2	8.5	7.8	6.8	8.8
		Employee	97.5	97.6	91.5	92.4	91.8	90.8	93.2
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	104.6	104.4	99.7	101.0	99.7	97.8	102.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	11.7	12.2	11.7	8.6	10.1	10.8	10.4
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	17.0	16.8	18.0	20.5	21.8	21.2	20.0
		Total self employed	28.7	29.0	29.7	29.0	31.8	32.1	30.4
		Employee	75.2	73.5	73.3	68.7	71.6	83.4	78.4
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	104.5	102.8	103.6	98.0	103.9	115.7	109.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.0]	[3.2]	[3.0]	[3.3]	[2.7]	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.7	5.0	5.1	5.8	6.2	6.1	[4.3]
		Total self employed	8.7	8.2	8.2	9.1	8.9	8.7	6.3
		Employee	59.4	53.1	56.2	53.2	50.6	53.5	55.6
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	68.2	61.5	64.9	62.5	59.5	62.5	62.1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	105.1	104.3	103.8	98.8	93.8	95.5	96.6
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.0	105.1	104.5	99.5	95.2	96.4	97.8
P	Education	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.5	5.9	6.5	5.2	5.8	5.7	5.4
		Total self employed	7.0	7.7	8.1	6.5	8.4	8.2	8.0
		Employee	143.7	140.3	140.1	140.0	139.1	141.8	146.1
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	151.2	148.1	148.2	146.6	147.5	150.3	154.2
Q	Human health and social work activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.4	5.1	5.0	6.2	6.1	4.9	4.8
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.6	8.9	6.8	8.4	7.3	7.8	8.1
		Total self employed	11.0	13.9	11.8	14.6	13.4	12.7	12.9
		Employee	212.2	219.9	222.3	223.8	232.4	230.3	232.4
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	223.8	234.6	235.1	239.6	247.5	244.3	246.5
R-U	Other NACE activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	6.8	6.6	5.8	5.6	6.2	5.8	6.1
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	15.0	14.7	16.1	14.6	17.0	19.2	19.4
		Total self employed	21.8	21.2	21.9	20.1	23.2	25.0	25.4
		Employee	75.5	70.9	76.9	77.8	75.6	72.6	76.7
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	97.6	93.5	99.4	98.5	99.8	98.6	103.0
Not stated		Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	5.6	7.8	6.2	*	*	*	*
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	5.9	8.1	6.9	*	*	*	*
All persons		Self-employed (with paid employees)	109.5	100.5	92.0	91.4	88.2	87.2	89.6
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	224.0	208.0	202.3	199.5	215.3	231.1	229.2
		Total self employed	333.5	308.5	294.3	290.9	303.4	318.4	318.8
		Employee	1,648.0	1,569.2	1,535.9	1,523.0	1,527.3	1,555.5	1,598.6
		Assisting relative	14.8	14.2	11.7	11.2	14.9	14.3	12.2
		Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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Occupational group/Employment status		Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
a. Managers, directors and senior officials	Self-employed (with paid employees)	35.7	32.8	33.0	39.4	38.6	35.9	37.0
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	14.6	15.4	16.2	16.6	23.4	24.7	22.5
	Total self employed	50.3	48.3	49.2	56.0	62.0	60.6	59.4
	Employee	86.1	93.8	91.5	90.8	87.2	93.6	96.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	137.1	142.5	141.1	147.1	149.8	154.8	156.3
b. Professional	Self-employed (with paid employees)	15.3	16.8	16.3	14.7	14.8	14.6	14.0
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	22.0	24.5	25.2	26.2	25.9	23.9	24.4
	Total self employed	37.2	41.3	41.5	40.8	40.7	38.5	38.4
	Employee	290.1	300.2	297.8	300.2	312.9	312.1	306.0
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	327.8	341.8	339.5	341.5	354.3	351.0	345.2
c. Associate professional and technical	Self-employed (with paid employees)	5.1	6.5	6.4	5.3	4.6	4.7	4.9
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	25.6	22.8	25.9	25.1	26.0	28.0	27.4
	Total self employed	30.7	29.3	32.2	30.5	30.6	32.8	32.2
	Employee	177.3	174.0	177.7	189.5	182.9	187.4	193.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	208.5	203.7	210.3	220.0	213.9	220.7	226.1
d. Admin and secreterial	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[1.9]	*	[2.2]	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	3.5	3.7	[3.2]	[2.8]	*	[3.2]	*
	Total self employed	5.4	5.6	5.4	4.6	[3.1]	4.9	[3.9]
	Employee	241.3	235.0	214.2	201.6	196.4	201.2	200.9
	Assisting relative	[2.9]	[2.6]	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	249.6	243.2	221.7	207.9	201.8	208.8	206.6
e. Skilled trades	Self-employed (with paid employees)	36.3	27.2	20.7	20.2	19.6	20.2	23.3
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	117.1	97.3	92.1	90.3	99.1	109.8	111.5
	Total self employed	153.4	124.5	112.8	110.4	118.7	130.0	134.8
	Employee	203.0	168.3	150.2	146.5	145.5	162.5	173.3
	Assisting relative	5.8	4.1	4.7	4.1	5.1	[3.7]	[3.9]
	Total	362.1	296.9	267.6	261.0	269.2	296.2	312.1
f. Caring, leisure and other service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.4	4.8	[3.5]	4.3	[3.1]	[3.2]	[4.0]
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.1	7.1	6.2	6.2	5.9	8.0	7.9
	Total self employed	10.5	11.9	9.7	10.5	9.0	11.3	11.9
	Employee	141.3	133.0	135.1	133.4	132.6	130.3	144.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	152.4	146.4	145.9	145.1	143.0	142.9	157.3
g. Sales and customer service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[2.8]	[2.7]	[2.5]	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.0	5.5	4.2	[3.6]	5.1	4.6	[3.8]
	Total self employed	7.8	8.2	6.7	4.9	6.5	6.2	[4.6]
	Employee	153.0	148.9	151.5	152.5	154.9	147.4	157.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	161.9	158.7	158.7	157.7	162.0	154.4	162.4
h. Process, plant and machine operatives	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.6	3.9	[3.9]	[3.0]	[3.2]	[3.5]	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	23.6	23.9	22.6	23.6	22.4	22.8	23.5
	Total self employed	28.2	27.8	26.5	26.6	25.6	26.4	26.2
	Employee	116.1	102.3	123.8	118.7	120.3	114.1	115.2
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	144.7	130.6	150.7	145.9	146.5	140.9	142.2
i. Elementary	Self-employed (with paid employees)	3.3	[3.7]	[3.2]	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.0	7.4	6.2	4.8	5.1	5.7	5.7
	Total self employed	9.2	11.1	9.3	6.0	6.6	7.1	6.9
	Employee	235.4	208.3	187.3	184.1	190.2	200.3	202.1
	Assisting relative	[2.4]	[2.7]	*	[2.5]	[3.3]	[3.7]	*
	Total	247.0	222.1	198.5	192.5	200.2	211.1	211.2
j. Not stated	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Employee	4.5	5.4	6.8	5.6	4.4	6.8	9.9
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	5.3	6.1	7.8	6.2	4.8	7.5	10.3
All persons	Self-employed (with paid employees)	109.5	100.5	92.0	91.4	88.2	87.2	89.6
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	224.0	208.0	202.3	199.5	215.3	231.1	229.2
	Total self employed	333.5	308.5	294.3	290.9	303.4	318.4	318.8
	Employee	1,648.0	1,569.2	1,535.9	1,523.0	1,527.3	1,555.5	1,598.6
	Assisting relative	14.8	14.2	11.7	11.2	14.9	14.3	12.2
	Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Full and part-time status			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Full-time	87.4	69.7	71.9	67.2	79.7	92.1	93.1
		Part-time	14.6	10.8	11.3	13.3	16.4	18.5	14.7
		Total	102.0	80.5	83.2	80.5	96.2	110.5	107.8
B-F	Total Industry	Full-time	407.1	332.9	306.5	298.6	288.3	293.5	325.6
		Part-time	42.0	44.2	40.4	40.7	46.1	45.7	42.6
		Total	449.1	377.1	346.9	339.3	334.3	339.3	368.2
B-E	Industry	Full-time	240.4	221.0	214.7	214.2	212.9	213.8	223.5
		Part-time	25.9	25.5	23.7	21.9	25.1	23.2	22.8
		Total	266.4	246.5	238.4	236.0	238.0	237.0	246.3
F	Construction	Full-time	166.7	111.9	91.8	84.5	75.4	79.7	102.1
		Part-time	16.1	18.8	16.7	18.8	21.0	22.5	19.8
		Total	182.8	130.6	108.5	103.3	96.3	102.3	121.8
G-U	Total Services	Full-time	1,083.4	1,057.9	1,018.3	1,028.1	1,022.3	1,051.6	1,068.3
		Part-time	355.9	368.3	386.5	375.2	391.2	386.1	382.2
		Total	1,439.3	1,426.2	1,404.8	1,403.3	1,413.5	1,437.7	1,450.5
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Full-time	199.7	183.8	173.8	181.1	177.8	177.8	180.5
		Part-time	92.0	91.5	97.4	90.2	96.3	90.4	90.0
		Total	291.7	275.3	271.3	271.3	274.1	268.2	270.5
H	Transportation and storage	Full-time	82.2	80.6	80.7	75.9	74.5	76.9	76.4
		Part-time	12.7	13.2	13.9	14.3	14.3	12.5	14.3
		Total	94.9	93.7	94.6	90.2	88.8	89.5	90.7
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Full-time	77.6	80.0	64.4	69.0	67.4	76.6	78.6
		Part-time	45.6	51.1	46.3	48.6	52.9	57.1	53.7
		Total	123.1	131.1	110.7	117.6	120.3	133.8	132.3
J	Information and communication	Full-time	67.2	68.1	66.2	71.8	70.7	74.9	75.4
		Part-time	6.4	8.0	6.4	6.7	6.6	5.8	6.4
		Total	73.6	76.1	72.6	78.5	77.4	80.7	81.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Full-time	90.9	92.1	87.5	88.5	87.1	86.0	89.8
		Part-time	13.8	12.3	12.2	12.4	12.6	11.8	12.5
		Total	104.6	104.4	99.7	101.0	99.7	97.8	102.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Full-time	90.1	87.5	86.7	81.8	87.4	98.3	93.7
		Part-time	14.4	15.3	16.9	16.1	16.5	17.3	15.5
		Total	104.5	102.8	103.6	98.0	103.9	115.7	109.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	Full-time	47.7	41.2	43.2	42.3	37.5	42.7	42.0
		Part-time	20.5	20.3	21.7	20.2	22.0	19.8	20.0
		Total	68.2	61.5	64.9	62.5	59.5	62.5	62.1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Full-time	93.7	94.4	92.7	87.4	85.9	86.3	86.4
		Part-time	12.3	10.7	11.9	12.0	9.3	10.1	11.5
		Total	106.0	105.1	104.5	99.5	95.2	96.4	97.8
P	Education	Full-time	117.0	116.1	111.2	110.3	110.0	112.3	117.6
		Part-time	34.2	32.0	37.1	36.4	37.5	38.0	36.7
		Total	151.2	148.1	148.2	146.6	147.5	150.3	154.2
Q	Human health and social work activities	Full-time	152.5	157.5	151.8	159.5	165.1	161.3	165.1
		Part-time	71.3	77.2	83.3	80.1	82.3	83.0	81.4
		Total	223.8	234.6	235.1	239.6	247.5	244.3	246.5
R-U	Other NACE activities	Full-time	64.8	56.7	60.1	60.4	58.8	58.5	62.8
		Part-time	32.8	36.8	39.4	38.1	40.9	40.2	40.2
		Total	97.6	93.5	99.4	98.5	99.8	98.6	103.0
	Not stated	Full-time	4.5	6.3	5.0	*	*	*	*
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	5.9	8.1	6.9	*	*	*	*
Total		Full-time	1,582.5	1,466.8	1,401.8	1,394.8	1,391.1	1,437.5	1,489.6
		Part-time	413.9	425.1	440.0	430.2	454.4	450.7	439.9
		Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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Table 7 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and full-time/part-time status
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Occupational group/Full and part-time status			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Full-time	129.0	132.3	129.2	135.8	137.0	142.4	144.1
		Part-time	8.2	10.2	12.0	11.4	12.7	12.4	12.2
		Total	137.1	142.5	141.1	147.1	149.8	154.8	156.3
2.	Professional	Full-time	284.0	296.5	291.5	293.1	303.2	300.9	294.9
		Part-time	43.8	45.3	47.9	48.4	51.0	50.1	50.3
		Total	327.8	341.8	339.5	341.5	354.3	351.0	345.2
3.	Associate professional and technical	Full-time	181.9	173.4	179.2	192.4	184.0	188.8	194.5
		Part-time	26.6	30.3	31.1	27.6	30.0	31.9	31.5
		Total	208.5	203.7	210.3	220.0	213.9	220.7	226.1
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Full-time	182.5	176.8	154.0	146.4	146.3	148.8	148.0
		Part-time	67.1	66.4	67.6	61.6	55.5	59.9	58.6
		Total	249.6	243.2	221.7	207.9	201.8	208.8	206.6
5.	Skilled trades	Full-time	325.6	258.7	232.0	223.1	225.1	251.8	269.7
		Part-time	36.6	38.2	35.7	37.9	44.2	44.4	42.3
		Total	362.1	296.9	267.6	261.0	269.2	296.2	312.1
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Full-time	93.8	84.7	78.5	80.0	76.9	77.0	89.2
		Part-time	58.6	61.7	67.4	65.0	66.1	65.9	68.1
		Total	152.4	146.4	145.9	145.1	143.0	142.9	157.3
7.	Sales and customer service	Full-time	85.5	82.8	79.0	79.5	77.7	80.7	89.1
		Part-time	76.4	75.9	79.8	78.2	84.3	73.7	73.3
		Total	161.9	158.7	158.7	157.7	162.0	154.4	162.4
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Full-time	128.4	113.3	130.9	123.9	121.9	119.3	122.5
		Part-time	16.4	17.3	19.8	22.0	24.6	21.6	19.7
		Total	144.7	130.6	150.7	145.9	146.5	140.9	142.2
9.	Elementary	Full-time	167.7	143.7	121.6	115.6	115.0	121.7	128.7
		Part-time	79.3	78.5	76.9	76.9	85.2	89.4	82.5
		Total	247.0	222.1	198.5	192.5	200.2	211.1	211.2
	Other/Not stated	Full-time	4.3	4.5	5.9	5.0	[4.0]	6.1	8.9
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	5.3	6.1	7.8	6.2	4.8	7.5	10.3
Total		Full-time	1,582.5	1,466.8	1,401.8	1,394.8	1,391.1	1,437.5	1,489.6
		Part-time	413.9	425.1	440.0	430.2	454.4	450.7	439.9
		Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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					Average usual hours worked per week
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector		Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	48.3	50.0	49.0	48.6	47.7	47.1	50.4
B-F	Total Industry	38.7	37.7	38.1	38.2	38.2	38.3	38.7
B-E	Industry	38.3	37.8	38.2	38.5	38.6	38.7	38.9
F	Construction	39.3	37.5	37.9	37.5	37.1	37.0	38.5
G-U	Total Services	33.7	33.7	33.3	33.6	33.8	34.2	34.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	32.9	32.9	32.6	33.2	33.0	33.6	33.3
H	Transportation and storage	38.9	39.1	39.0	38.8	38.5	38.4	38.5
I	Accommodation and food service activities	31.6	32.1	30.8	31.6	31.1	31.6	31.9
J	Information and communication	38.6	38.4	39.2	39.3	39.1	39.5	39.6
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	36.9	37.6	37.3	37.7	37.9	37.9	38.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	38.4	38.1	38.3	38.1	38.7	38.3	38.6
N	Administrative and support service activities	32.8	32.4	32.2	32.2	31.8	33.2	32.3
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	36.2	36.3	36.3	35.9	37.0	37.7	37.3
P	Education	28.4	28.9	27.8	28.5	28.8	29.7	29.7
Q	Human health and social work activities	31.8	31.7	31.2	31.7	32.1	32.4	32.8
R-U	Other NACE activities	32.1	30.7	30.4	30.6	30.9	31.6	31.0
Not stated		35.9	34.0	33.8	*	*	*	*
Total		35.2	34.9	34.7	34.9	35.0	35.5	35.7

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						Average usual hours worked per week
Occupational group		Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	41.8	41.9	41.9	42.7	41.9	42.3	42.6
2.	Professional	34.8	35.1	34.9	35.2	35.6	35.9	35.8
3.	Associate professional and technical	37.3	37.2	37.2	37.9	37.8	37.9	37.7
4.	Administrative and secreterial	32.9	32.8	32.0	32.1	32.9	33.2	33.0
5.	Skilled trades	40.9	40.1	40.4	40.4	40.3	40.9	41.8
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	29.6	28.9	28.2	28.4	28.9	29.1	29.8
7.	Sales and customer service	28.5	28.6	28.4	28.3	28.5	29.6	29.7
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	38.9	38.6	38.5	38.0	37.8	38.0	38.4
9.	Elementary	32.4	31.8	30.6	30.5	30.4	30.6	30.9
	Other/Not stated	34.5	34.5	35.0	36.6	[35.8]	37.4	38.0
Total		35.2	34.9	34.7	34.9	35.0	35.5	35.7

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				Average usual hours worked per week
Employment status	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

Self-employed (with paid employees)	45.5	46.4	46.7	47.1	44.7	45.8	48.1
Self-employed (with no paid employees)	42.3	41.3	41.3	41.4	41.4	42.0	43.0
Total self employed	43.4	43.2	43.3	43.4	42.5	43.2	44.6
Employee	34.2	33.9	33.6	33.8	34.1	34.5	34.5
Assisting relative	28.3	33.2	29.6	30.1	29.7	26.9	29.0
Total	35.2	34.9	34.7	34.9	35.0	35.5	35.7

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				Average usual hours worked per week
Full and part-time status	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

Full-time	39.5	39.5	39.6	39.7	39.9	40.2	40.3
Part-time	18.9	18.6	18.6	18.8	19.1	19.3	19.3
Total	35.2	34.9	34.7	34.9	35.0	35.5	35.7

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Detailed duration of employment	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

Less than 3 months	54.4	47.3	51.3	56.9	60.3	63.3	64.3
3-5 months	75.1	58.6	72.8	63.2	74.0	75.3	80.3
6-11 months	118.8	77.4	84.9	94.4	96.1	107.4	116.2
Total less than 1 year	248.3	183.3	209.1	214.5	230.4	246.0	260.8
12-17 months	121.6	85.3	72.5	78.7	84.4	90.9	92.0
18-23 months	93.8	77.6	46.0	49.9	52.9	59.2	54.9
24-47 months	225.0	224.9	175.3	148.5	145.4	136.0	153.4
48 months and greater	1,279.0	1,293.0	1,307.8	1,301.9	1,298.6	1,304.3	1,314.4
Total 1 year and over	1,719.3	1,680.8	1,601.7	1,578.9	1,581.3	1,590.4	1,614.7
Not stated	28.8	27.8	31.1	31.6	33.8	51.8	54.1
Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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Detailed size of firm	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

1 to 4 persons	274.7	258.2	245.3	234.5	232.1	222.8	225.2
5 to 10 persons	278.9	268.1	244.7	242.5	230.8	226.7	222.9
Not sure but less than 11 persons	*	*	*	*	*	*	[2.8]
Total less than 11 persons	554.0	527.7	490.6	477.9	464.9	452.2	450.9
11 to 19 persons	193.8	171.8	170.9	160.8	144.2	136.9	144.9
20-49 persons	263.7	245.6	233.8	222.4	241.9	242.0	237.9
Total 11 to 49 persons	457.5	417.4	404.6	383.2	386.2	378.9	382.8
Total less than 50 persons	1,011.6	945.1	895.3	861.1	851.1	831.0	833.7
50-99 persons	174.2	159.4	157.7	159.9	146.7	153.4	155.3
100 to 249 persons	:	:	:	:	168.5	166.5	164.0
Total 50 to 249 persons	:	:	:	:	315.2	319.9	319.3
250 to 500 persons	:	:	:	:	109.7	114.2	118.1
Total 100 to 500 persons	290.5	266.6	264.8	276.3	278.2	280.7	282.1
500 persons or more	190.4	201.2	201.0	194.0	190.5	189.7	191.1
Total 50 persons or more	655.1	627.2	623.5	630.2	615.4	623.8	628.4
Not stated	105.7	111.5	120.7	134.2	163.8	202.3	238.3
Not applicable - Self-employed person with no employees	224.0	208.0	202.3	199.5	215.3	231.1	229.2
Total	1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5
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Full-time employment/Reasons for part-time employment		Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

Full-time		1,582.5	1,466.8	1,401.8	1,394.8	1,391.1	1,437.5	1,489.6
Part-time		413.9	425.1	440.0	430.2	454.4	450.7	439.9
of which:	Person is undergoing school education or training	61.7	58.6	55.2	49.6	53.5	50.3	51.2
	Of own illness or disability	7.1	5.0	5.5	5.9	5.3	4.8	7.0
	Looking after children or incapacitated adults	70.8	66.9	59.7	55.4	62.4	69.9	74.0
	Other personal or family reasons	121.8	103.7	108.3	91.1	80.5	77.5	88.1
	Person could not find a full-time job	72.5	110.4	142.0	157.4	173.1	174.9	158.8
	Of other reasons	44.2	44.2	42.2	42.8	44.9	43.4	36.1
	No answer	35.8	36.4	27.0	27.9	34.6	30.0	24.7
Total		1,996.4	1,891.9	1,841.8	1,825.0	1,845.6	1,888.2	1,929.5

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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Permanency of employment			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Permanent employees	16.1	11.6	16.4	13.6	17.5	20.4	20.4
		Temporary employees	[2.2]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	18.5	12.6	18.2	16.0	20.0	23.8	23.1
B-F	Total Industry	Permanent employees	337.4	282.6	265.5	252.8	245.5	251.1	271.5
		Temporary employees	16.9	17.5	18.8	23.0	22.9	22.0	26.0
		Not stated	[2.8]	[2.9]	*	[3.7]	[4.3]	4.8	[4.4]
		Total employees	357.1	302.9	286.8	279.4	272.7	278.0	301.8
B-E	Industry	Permanent employees	230.1	211.8	207.3	198.4	199.3	197.7	207.8
		Temporary employees	8.5	9.7	11.5	14.3	15.4	15.8	16.9
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	239.5	222.8	220.3	214.5	216.4	215.4	225.9
F	Construction	Permanent employees	107.3	70.8	58.2	54.4	46.2	53.4	63.7
		Temporary employees	8.4	7.8	7.4	8.7	7.5	6.3	9.1
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	[2.7]	[2.9]	[3.1]
		Total employees	117.6	80.2	66.6	64.9	56.3	62.5	75.9
G-U	Total Services	Permanent employees	1,143.5	1,116.5	1,085.1	1,082.6	1,100.5	1,120.1	1,151.3
		Temporary employees	115.5	120.3	129.2	131.9	119.7	117.7	105.7
		Not stated	7.8	9.1	10.3	11.3	12.9	15.4	14.2
		Total employees	1,266.8	1,245.8	1,224.6	1,225.7	1,233.2	1,253.1	1,271.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Permanent employees	228.5	213.3	205.3	209.5	213.0	208.8	211.1
		Temporary employees	23.6	23.1	26.3	25.1	23.1	19.9	22.3
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	253.5	237.2	233.0	235.9	237.7	230.7	234.9
H	Transportation and storage	Permanent employees	66.3	64.9	64.9	60.8	62.1	62.1	63.5
		Temporary employees	3.4	[3.7]	5.0	5.1	[3.8]	[4.0]	[4.2]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	70.0	68.6	70.0	66.2	66.9	66.4	67.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Permanent employees	94.3	96.6	80.8	83.7	92.1	100.3	102.4
		Temporary employees	14.4	16.3	14.2	17.2	14.9	18.0	15.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	109.5	113.9	95.7	102.2	107.6	119.0	118.3
J	Information and communication	Permanent employees	62.6	62.9	58.9	62.0	60.3	64.3	67.7
		Temporary employees	[2.4]	[2.9]	[2.8]	[4.2]	5.7	4.6	[3.3]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	65.3	66.4	61.8	66.7	66.2	69.2	71.4
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Permanent employees	94.4	94.4	87.8	89.2	87.2	84.8	88.2
		Temporary employees	[3.1]	[3.0]	[3.5]	[2.9]	[4.4]	5.5	[4.4]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	97.5	97.6	91.5	92.4	91.8	90.8	93.2
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Permanent employees	69.5	67.3	67.0	62.0	63.7	76.4	72.8
		Temporary employees	5.5	5.7	6.1	6.1	7.5	6.1	4.7
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	75.2	73.5	73.3	68.7	71.6	83.4	78.4
N	Administrative and support service activities	Permanent employees	53.1	45.9	48.5	46.0	44.6	46.9	50.4
		Temporary employees	5.5	6.0	6.5	6.2	4.7	5.6	[4.6]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	59.4	53.1	56.2	53.2	50.6	53.5	55.6
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Permanent employees	101.1	100.8	100.2	96.1	91.4	92.2	92.9
		Temporary employees	3.8	[3.1]	[3.6]	[2.7]	*	[2.7]	[3.0]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	105.1	104.3	103.8	98.8	93.8	95.5	96.6
P	Education	Permanent employees	119.5	116.7	112.5	116.2	116.4	118.3	128.4
		Temporary employees	23.4	23.0	25.5	22.8	21.3	21.5	16.0
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	143.7	140.3	140.1	140.0	139.1	141.8	146.1
Q	Human health and social work activities	Permanent employees	190.1	195.7	197.9	196.7	207.9	206.0	211.9
		Temporary employees	20.2	21.9	21.9	24.0	20.7	19.9	16.8
		Not stated	*	[2.3]	[2.5]	[3.2]	[3.7]	4.4	[3.8]
		Total employees	212.2	219.9	222.3	223.8	232.4	230.3	232.4
R-U	Other NACE activities	Permanent employees	64.1	58.0	61.3	60.5	61.8	59.9	62.0
		Temporary employees	10.2	11.7	13.9	15.5	11.7	9.8	11.4
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	[2.9]	[3.3]
		Total employees	75.5	70.9	76.9	77.8	75.6	72.6	76.7
	Not stated	Permanent employees	4.2	5.0	4.5	*	*	*	*
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	5.6	7.8	6.2	*	*	*	*
Total		Permanent employees	1,501.2	1,415.7	1,371.5	1,350.1	1,364.5	1,391.9	1,445.1
		Temporary employees	135.5	139.6	150.7	157.1	145.1	142.5	134.7
		Not stated	11.3	13.9	13.7	15.8	17.7	21.1	18.7
		Total employees	1,648.0	1,569.2	1,535.9	1,523.0	1,527.3	1,555.5	1,598.6

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Occupational group/Permanency of employment			Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Permanent employees	84.3	92.2	89.4	88.0	84.6	90.8	94.0
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	86.1	93.8	91.5	90.8	87.2	93.6	96.3
2.	Professional	Permanent employees	261.0	271.1	265.9	268.5	280.4	282.0	282.8
		Temporary employees	28.9	28.4	31.5	30.6	32.0	29.1	22.1
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	290.1	300.2	297.8	300.2	312.9	312.1	306.0
3.	Associate professional and technical	Permanent employees	167.7	160.7	164.4	176.1	169.8	175.4	182.6
		Temporary employees	8.0	11.9	11.8	12.1	11.4	10.0	9.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	177.3	174.0	177.7	189.5	182.9	187.4	193.3
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Permanent employees	225.2	220.9	197.9	185.3	181.1	185.0	185.9
		Temporary employees	15.0	12.5	14.2	14.6	13.7	13.5	12.9
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	[2.7]	*
		Total employees	241.3	235.0	214.2	201.6	196.4	201.2	200.9
5.	Skilled trades	Permanent employees	189.5	156.1	137.8	132.8	130.9	145.8	155.7
		Temporary employees	10.9	10.6	10.9	11.7	11.2	13.1	14.6
		Not stated	[2.6]	*	*	*	[3.4]	[3.5]	[3.0]
		Total employees	203.0	168.3	150.2	146.5	145.5	162.5	173.3
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Permanent employees	124.3	113.5	112.8	110.4	112.6	111.5	125.8
		Temporary employees	15.6	17.8	19.6	20.8	16.5	14.9	14.6
		Not stated	*	*	[2.7]	*	[3.5]	[3.9]	[3.8]
		Total employees	141.3	133.0	135.1	133.4	132.6	130.3	144.3
7.	Sales and customer service	Permanent employees	132.1	127.7	126.5	128.9	132.6	127.4	137.5
		Temporary employees	20.1	20.6	24.1	22.3	21.0	18.7	18.9
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	153.0	148.9	151.5	152.5	154.9	147.4	157.3
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Permanent employees	110.9	96.4	114.0	106.8	107.8	101.9	104.0
		Temporary employees	4.9	5.1	8.0	10.8	10.2	10.4	10.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	116.1	102.3	123.8	118.7	120.3	114.1	115.2
9.	Elementary	Permanent employees	202.7	174.0	157.3	149.5	160.8	167.4	169.3
		Temporary employees	30.0	30.4	27.8	30.8	26.7	29.6	29.4
		Not stated	[2.6]	[3.9]	*	[3.9]	[2.7]	[3.4]	[3.4]
		Total employees	235.4	208.3	187.3	184.1	190.2	200.3	202.1
	Other/Not stated	Permanent employees	3.4	[3.1]	5.4	[3.9]	[3.9]	4.8	7.5
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	4.5	5.4	6.8	5.6	4.4	6.8	9.9
Total		Permanent employees	1,501.2	1,415.7	1,371.5	1,350.1	1,364.5	1,391.9	1,445.1
		Temporary employees	135.5	139.6	150.7	157.1	145.1	142.5	134.7
		Not stated	11.3	13.9	13.7	15.8	17.7	21.1	18.7
		Total employees	1,648.0	1,569.2	1,535.9	1,523.0	1,527.3	1,555.5	1,598.6

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Type of temporary employment	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15

Casual work	37.8	38.4	36.9	42.7	48.8	51.0	50.5
Seasonal work	[2.6]	[3.7]	4.8	5.0	8.5	8.1	8.6
Lasted only until a particular task/tasks are completed	7.8	8.9	12.4	11.3	16.9	19.0	21.7
Lasted only for a specific duration	28.0	28.9	27.5	28.7	64.5	62.4	52.8
Not stated/No data available	59.2	59.7	69.0	69.4	6.4	*	*
Total	135.5	139.6	150.7	157.1	145.1	142.5	134.7
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Reason for being in temporary employment	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
It is a contract covering a period of training	4.8	5.3	[2.9]	5.2	17.4	16.9	16.9
Person could not find a permanent job	28.4	37.6	42.4	50.1	77.2	75.2	71.9
Person did not want a permanent job	19.4	18.5	17.9	15.2	18.1	18.6	20.2
It is a contract for a probationary period	:	:	:	:	[3.8]	5.3	[4.7]
Not stated	82.9	78.1	87.6	86.7	28.6	26.6	21.1
Total	135.5	139.6	150.7	157.1	145.1	142.5	134.7
: Data not available
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Supervisory duties	Q1 09	Q1 10	Q1 11	Q1 12	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15
Person is a supervisor	424.8	408.8	391.7	405.7	401.5	404.7	423.4
Person is not a supervisor	1,214.5	1,150.0	1,133.3	1,106.4	1,111.3	1,130.7	1,158.3
Not stated	8.7	10.3	10.9	10.8	14.4	20.1	16.8
Total	1,648.0	1,569.2	1,535.9	1,523.0	1,527.3	1,555.5	1,598.6

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Purpose of Survey

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) began in September 1997, replacing the annual April Labour Force Survey (LFS). The purpose of the survey is the production of quarterly labour force estimates and occasional reports on special social topics. The survey meets the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 577/98, adopted in March 1998, which requires the introduction of quarterly labour force surveys in EU member states.

Reference Period

Information is collected continuously throughout the year from households surveyed each week in each quarter. Up to and including the fourth quarter of 2008 the QNHS operated on a seasonal quarter basis since its establishment in Q4 1997. As of the first quarter of 2009 the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is now undertaken on a calendar quarter basis.

The reference quarters for survey results are:

Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December.

Data Collection

Information is collected on laptop computers, using computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) software.

Sample Design

A two-stage sample design is used. A new sample was introduced in Q4 2012 following the 2011 Census of Population. The sample frame of households is clustered into blocks (small areas) with each block containing a minimum of 60 occupied households on the night of the 2011 Census of Population. The sample frame is stratified using administrative county and population density. In the first stage 1,300 blocks are selected using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling and in the second stage 20 households are selected using Simple Random Sampling (SRS). This ensures that each household in the sample frame has an equal probability of selection and results in a total quarterly sample of 26,000 households. The actual achieved sample varies over time depending on the level of response.

The number of valid responding households in Q1 2015, the most recent quarter for which data is included in this release, was 18,054.

Households are asked to take part in the survey for five consecutive quarters and are then replaced by other households in the same block. Thus, one fifth of the households in the survey are replaced each quarter and the QNHS sample involves an overlap of 80% between consecutive quarters and 20% between the same quarter in consecutive years. As the new sample based on the 2011 Census of Population was introduced incrementally across each quarter from Q4 2012 to Q4 2013, the new sample is fully effective from Q4 2013.

The survey results are weighted to agree with population estimates broken down by age, sex and region and are also calibrated to nationality control totals. The population estimates for April of each year are published in a separate release.

Usual residence and de facto population concepts

Up to and including Q1 2006 the annual population estimates were calculated using the de facto definition of population (i.e. all persons present in the state). Since Q2 2006 a new concept of usual residence has been used, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the state plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the State.

ILO Labour Force Classification

The primary classification used for the QNHS results is the ILO (International Labour Office) labour force classification. Labour Force Survey data on this basis have been published since 1988. The ILO classification distinguishes the following main subgroups of the population aged 15 or over:

In Employment: Persons who worked in the week before the survey for one hour or more for payment or profit, including work on the family farm or business and all persons who had a job but were not at work because of illness, holidays etc. in the week.

Unemployed: Persons who, in the week before the survey, were without work and available for work within the next two weeks, and had taken specific steps, in the preceding four weeks, to find work.

Inactive Population (not in labour force): All other persons.

The labour force comprises persons employed plus unemployed.

The data presented in this release are related to persons classified as being in employment only.

NACE Industrial Classification

The QNHS sectoral employment figures are based on the EU NACE Rev. 2 (Nomenclature generale des activites economique dans les Communautes europeennes) classification as defined in Council Regulation (EC) no 1893/2006. Fourteen NACE sub-categories are distinguished in Table 2a of this release. From Q1 2009 NACE Rev. 2 has been adopted as the primary classification of industrial sectors for use in QNHS outputs. From Q4 1997 to Q4 2008 the NACE Rev. 1.1 classification had been in use.

NACE Rev. 2 classification is more detailed than the NACE Rev. 1.1 classification. In particular more sections are now identified for services activities with the aim of better capturing economic activity within services. In cases where there is a direct one to one correspondence (e.g. section H ‘Hotels and restaurants’ in NACE Rev. 1.1 directly corresponds to section I ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ sector in NACE Rev. 2) then the two different series can be expected to be broadly comparable.

However, the series will not be exactly the same, as the process of applying NACE Rev. 2 involved a very detailed recoding process whereby the new NACE classification was applied to each record in each quarter. The detailed nature of this process means it should be expected that even in the case of a one to one correspondence between a NACE Rev. 2 and NACE Rev. 1.1 section; minor differences in the level of the estimates may be seen.

To facilitate analysis and the running of seasonal adjustment on the time series NACE Rev. 2 estimates have been produced from Q1 2004 onwards. As of Q2 2009 only NACE Rev. 2 estimates will be published.

Occupation Classification

As a result of changes to the European regulations governing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (implemented in Ireland using the QNHS) the CSO is obliged to report occupational coding data to Eurostat based on the new Europe wide classification ISCO-08 from Q1 2011 onwards. To allow this requirement to be met the CSO has changed to using UK SOC2010 as the primary classification used in collecting the data. ISCO-08 is then derived from UK SOC2010. This change is also being implemented for the Census 2011 results.

The previously used classification for publication purposes in Ireland was UK SOC1990 and this cannot be directly compared to the new UK SOC2010 classification as all occupations have been reclassified accordingly. This newer classification reflects the evolution over a period of time of certain occupational areas which were developing rapidly, both in terms of their scale and the complexity of work organisation. One particular example which highlights the impact of these changes on published results is the reclassifying of farmers from the major occupation grouping of ‘Managers and administrators’ in SOC1990 to the major occupation grouping of ‘Skilled trades’ in SOC2010.

Results for occupations coded to the new SOC2010 classification have now been recoded for historical quarters back to Q1 2007 to provide a longer and consistent time series for users.

Further information regarding SOC 2010 is available at the link below:

http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/104

Reliability of Estimates Presented

Estimates for number of persons where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables.

Where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution. These cells are presented with parentheses [ ].

In the case of rates, these limits apply to the denominator used in generating the rate. In the case of annual changes, both the current year and the preceding year are taken into account when deciding whether the estimate should be suppressed or flagged as having a wider margin of error.

Calculation of Rates and Estimates of Change

Rates and estimates of change presented in this release are calculated from whole unrounded numbers. Due to rounding, these may differ from the rates and estimates of change calculated from the rounded volumes presented in the tables.

Main QNHS release and data series

The quarterly QNHS release can be accessed through the CSO website and is available, along with other additional series, at the link below:

http://www.cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/70

Labour market data can also be accessed from Statbank, the CSO’s main data dissemination service which can be accessed through the CSO website at the link below:

http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/78

Participating Households

The Central Statistics Office wishes to thank the participating households for their co-operation in agreeing to take part in the survey and for facilitating the collection of the relevant data.

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