Range of hours, part-time workers, and fixed-term contracts in EU

Eurostat

5.1 Range of hours¹ worked by full-time employees, 1996

	25% working the longest hours	25% working the shortest hours		25% working the longest hours	25% working the shortest hours
Belgium	40-54	27-38	Luxembourg	40-48	24-40
Denmark	37-50	22-30	Netherlands	40-48	30-38
Germany	40-56	35-38	Austria	40-51	36-38
Greece	40-56	24-38	Portugal	44-50	25-35
Spain	40-50	24-35	Finland	40-53	22-32
France	41-55	30-39	Sweden	40-50	24-32
Ireland	40-60	34-35	UK	46-60	26-36
Italy	40-48	18-36

Eurostat - Labour force survey

1. Hours worked during the survey week.

Full-time employees were at first classified by those working the shortest range of hours a week to those working the longest – then the 5% working the longest and shortest range of hours were taken out to prevent exceptional situations arising in the figures.

5.2 % employees with fixed-term contracts¹

	1983	1996	% of those aged 30-64, 1996
Belgium	5.4	5.9	3.2
Denmark	:	11.2	5.8
Germany²	:	11.0	5.4
Greece	16.2	11.0	8.1
Spain	:	33.6	21.8
France	3.3	12.5	7.0
Ireland	6.1	9.2	7.0
Italy	6.6	7.5	4.9
Luxembourg	3.2	2.6	1.2
Netherlands	5.8	12.0	6.9
Austria	:	8.0	3.3
Portugal	:	10.4	5.4
Finland	:	17.3	11.6
Sweden	:	11.6	7.2
UK	5.5	6.9	5.5

Eurostat - Labour force surveys

1 All types of fixed-term contract included

2 In 1996 with new Länder

5.3 Part-time work, 1996

	Part-timers as % of total employees	Range of hours a week of the 25% of part-timers working the least		Part-timers as % of total employees	Range of hours a week of the 25% of part-timers working the least
Belgium	16	10-19	Luxembourg	8	6-16
Denmark	22	4-11	Netherlands	38	4-9
Germany	17	6-13	Austria	14	6-15
Greece	4	8-16	Portugal	5	5-16
Spain	8	5-12	Finland	11	3-10
France	17	6-19	Sweden	25	5-16
Ireland	13	6-13	UK*	25	4-10
Italy	7	8-18

Eurostat - Labour force survey

5.4 Full-time employees with contracts of indeterminate duration

	% of total employees		Men 30+ with intermediate or higher education¹ as % of total employees 30+
	1990	1996
Belgium	84	80	96
Denmark	68	69	93
Germany	75	73	93
Greece	82	87	95
Spain	68	63	88
France	79	75	92
Ireland	86	83	96
Italy	92	88	96
Luxembourg	92	91	98
Netherlands	65	58	87
Austria	:	79	95
Portugal	79	84	94
Finland	:	76	90
Sweden	:	66	89
UK	75	70	91

Eurostat - Labour force survey

1 3-7 in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)

These tables are online: http://www.europa.eu.int

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