Table 2: Full-TIME and Part-TIME Employment/ Population Ratio’S by Sex
|
full-time |
MALE |
1996 |
full-time |
FEMALE | ||||||||
|
part-time |
Fte’s |
part-time |
fte’s 1983 |
1996 | ||||||||
|
1983 |
1996 |
1983 |
1996 |
1983 |
1996 |
1983 |
1996 | |||||
|
Netherlands |
64.4 |
64.3 |
4.7 |
12.3 |
66.8 |
70.7 |
17.5 |
18.6 |
17.2 |
36.4 |
26.1 |
36.8 |
|
Sweden |
79.5 |
67.8 |
5.2 |
6.9 |
82.1 |
71.3 |
40.8 |
43.1 |
34.7 |
27.5 |
58.1 |
56.9 |
|
Finland |
74.0 |
61.9 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
75.7 |
64.6 |
61.2 |
52.5 |
7.8 |
6.4 |
65.1 |
55.7 |
|
Norway |
78.0 |
73.6 |
10.2 |
8.3 |
83.1 |
77.8 |
31.6 |
37.4 |
38.5 |
31.5 |
50.8 |
47.3 |
|
Denmark |
73.3 |
72.6 |
5.1 |
8.8 |
75.9 |
77.0 |
37.0 |
44.4 |
28.5 |
23.4 |
52.8 |
56.1 |
|
Austria |
78.2 |
73.7 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
78.8 |
75.3 |
37.7 |
42.2 |
9.4 |
17.0 |
42.4 |
50.9 |
|
Germany |
75.3 |
70.8 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
75.6 |
72.1 |
33.5 |
35.9 |
14.3 |
18.4 |
40.6 |
45.1 |
|
Belgium |
69.0 |
65.3 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
69.7 |
66.3 |
29.4 |
31.8 |
7.2 |
14.0 |
33.0 |
38.8 |
|
France |
72.5 |
63.6 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
73.4 |
65.4 |
39.7 |
36.7 |
10.0 |
15.4 |
44.7 |
44.4 |
|
Italy |
74.8 |
64.3 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
75.7 |
65.4 |
32.2 |
31.9 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
34.3 |
34.2 |
|
Spain |
70.6 |
61.0 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
71.2 |
62.0 |
24.3 |
27.7 |
3.3 |
5.7 |
26.0 |
30.5 |
|
Portugal |
85.1 |
72.2 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
86.6 |
74.1 |
47.4 |
51.1 |
4.9 |
7.6 |
49.8 |
54.9 |
|
Ireland |
71.9 |
65.4 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
72.9 |
67.1 |
28.4 |
33.9 |
5.2 |
9.6 |
31.0 |
38.7 |
|
United Kingdom |
76.1 |
73.3 |
2.6 |
4.4 |
77.9 |
75.5 |
32.5 |
36.7 |
22.8 |
27.4 |
43.9 |
50.4 |
|
United States |
70.4 |
73.3 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
74.7 |
78.8 |
41.5 |
39.8 |
16.2 |
18.3 |
49.6 |
46.0 |
|
Canada |
78.9 |
68.0 |
6.6 |
8.0 |
82.2 |
72.0 |
39.0 |
44.2 |
15.2 |
18.0 |
46.6 |
53.2 |
|
Australia |
72.5 |
68.3 |
4.8 |
9.0 |
74.9 |
72.8 |
29.7 |
34.1 |
17.0 |
25.2 |
38.2 |
46.7 |
|
New Zealand |
76.3 |
74.2 |
4.0 |
8.4 |
78.3 |
78.2 |
29.4 |
40.1 |
13.4 |
23.7 |
36.1 |
52.0 |
|
Japan |
80.5 |
78.3 |
6.1 |
10.2 |
83.7 |
83.4 |
39.4 |
38.8 |
16.3 |
21.9 |
47.5 |
52.9 |
source: OECD, Employment Outlook 1997, own calculations. Full-time equivalent (Fe) employment ratio’s are calculated as the sum of the
full-time rate and half the part-time rate.