10
(of whom 0.6 live in the household). The total number of persons in the household of an
employed person is, on average, 2.2. Unemployed respondents have, on average, 1.1 children
(of whom 0.4 live at home). Their average household size is 1.9 persons. Employed
respondents are, on average, better educated than the unemployed. About 55 percent of
employed respondents have a college or university degree while 45 percent have completed
vocational training. Among unemployed respondents, only 14 percent have graduated from a
college or university, 64 percent have completed vocational training, and 22 percent have not
completed any vocational training.
The average gross labor income of an employed respondent is 3,140 euro per month
(4,427 US dollar),6 the average net income is 1,891 euro per month (2,666 US dollar). The
employed work, on average, 41.5 hours per week. Employed respondents average net
household income (which includes incomes of other household members, social transfers,
etc.) is 2,974 euro per month (4,193 US dollar). The unemployed do not receive any labor
income. Their household income (which is derived mainly from welfare benefits) is 888 euro
per month (1,252 US dollar).
The average employed respondent starts his day at 6:39am and goes to bed at 11:08pm. In
between, he sleeps for 4 minutes. Average waking time per day is 16 hours and 22 minutes.
The average unemployed in our sample gets up at 7:41am, sleeps for 15 minutes during the
day, and goes to bed at 11:24pm. His average waking time is 15 hours and 32 minutes. When
they constructed their time-use diary, employed respondents divided their day into 12.6
separate episodes, whereas the unemployed reported 11.9 different activities. The total
average number of activities was 12.4 with a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 26. In both
cases, the average duration of each of these activities was 1 hour and 18 minutes.
The interviews took place from Monday to Saturday, so that the days covered by the
interviews range from Sunday to Friday. 84 percent of the employed and 82 percent of the
unemployed were asked to recount a weekday (Monday to Friday), while the other 16 percent
of the employed and 18 percent of the unemployed were asked about their weekend (Sunday).
6 Using the exchange rate as of December 31, 2008: 1 euro = 1.41 US dollar.