"Figure 8: The number of hours worked by workers 50 years and over has increase substantially, while for younger workers there is little growth","" "Total weekly hours worked per quarter by age group, construction industry, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1997 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Total weekly hours worked (thousands)" "","" "","16 to 29","30 to 49","50+" "1997Q1","16316","36899","15228" "1997Q2","15860","36876","14851" "1997Q3","16082","36710","15157" "1997Q4","15831","38036","15697" "1998Q1","15822","38704","16417" "1998Q2","16220","38199","15842" "1998Q3","17135","36062","16476" "1998Q4","16011","37674","16340" "1999Q1","16011","37375","16667" "1999Q2","15955","37668","16789" "1999Q3","16369","36915","16994" "1999Q4","16057","37744","16530" "2000Q1","15175","37121","17029" "2000Q2","15868","38506","17689" "2000Q3","16056","38104","17805" "2000Q4","15769","38865","16623" "2001Q1","14549","38716","17415" "2001Q2","14970","39120","18067" "2001Q3","16185","38836","17580" "2001Q4","15566","39175","18505" "2002Q1","16139","39179","17593" "2002Q2","15643","39464","17065" "2002Q3","17375","38410","17076" "2002Q4","16528","39349","17236" "2003Q1","15879","39135","17936" "2003Q2","16202","38765","18539" "2003Q3","17352","38706","17887" "2003Q4","16398","39209","18372" "2004Q1","16706","39432","19413" "2004Q2","16553","39862","18943" "2004Q3","16945","38451","18955" "2004Q4","16934","39614","19282" "2005Q1","17603","40043","18679" "2005Q2","17175","40876","18430" "2005Q3","18028","40970","18457" "2005Q4","18213","40361","19113" "2006Q1","18132","40871","18702" "2006Q2","18021","39842","19609" "2006Q3","18920","39170","19875" "2006Q4","19113","40268","19304" "2007Q1","18679","40694","20062" "2007Q2","20332","40976","19849" "2007Q3","21149","39615","19299" "2007Q4","19882","40780","19690" "2008Q1","20578","39940","20226" "2008Q2","19038","40467","19739" "2008Q3","20506","39661","19665" "2008Q4","18995","40309","19788" "2009Q1","18039","40033","19995" "2009Q2","17022","39667","20143" "2009Q3","17151","37685","20153" "2009Q4","17080","37683","19273" "2010Q1","16421","36195","19795" "2010Q2","17057","36329","19889" "2010Q3","17247","35588","20210" "2010Q4","16530","36171","19876" "2011Q1","16165","35957","18733" "2011Q2","16668","36568","17514" "2011Q3","18074","36335","18046" "2011Q4","17023","35782","17747" "2012Q1","16603","36648","17965" "2012Q2","15718","36332","18579" "2012Q3","16308","35120","19032" "2012Q4","16040","35715","19969" "2013Q1","14784","36306","20655" "2013Q2","15384","35585","20717" "2013Q3","15746","36780","21095" "2013Q4","16163","36372","21215" "2014Q1","16943","38360","20782" "2014Q2","16653","38953","21097" "2014Q3","16743","38264","21514" "2014Q4","18183","37220","22177" "2015Q1","17640","38792","21206" "2015Q2","17364","36786","22159" "2015Q3","17983","37432","21856" "2015Q4","18206","38710","22486" "2016Q1","17333","38591","23168" "2016Q2","16625","38578","24247" "2016Q3","17105","37180","24866" "2016Q4","16517","39658","24274" "2017Q1","17565","40074","24289" "2017Q2","18879","39886","25347" "2017Q3","19262","40049","24115" "2017Q4","17376","40023","24017" "2018Q1","18081","38621","25259" "2018Q2","17199","39711","25610" "2018Q3","17761","39656","26177" "2018Q4","17867","39746","26949" "2019Q1","18558","39627","27682" "2019Q2","17761","38093","27468" "2019Q3","17836","37646","26775" "2019Q4","17922","37473","25980" "2020Q1","16294","37779","25629" "2020Q2","11213","28681","18166" "2020Q3","12757","30860","21439" "2020Q4","16144","33520","24682" "2021Q1","15609","32630","24252"