CBS StatLine - Labour force according to the international definition broken down by sex

Labour force according to the international definition broken down by sex

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Changed on April 19 2013. Frequency: yearly.

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			Personal characteristics	Total personal characteristics
			Periods	2000		2012
Subjects			Sex	Men	Women	Men	Women
Total population aged 15 years and older			x 1 000	6 288	6 461	6 717	6 915
Labour force acc.to internat. definition	Position on the labour market	Total labour force acc.to internat. def.		4 569	3 474	4 779	4 114
		Emp. labour force acc. to internat. def.		4 459	3 339	4 524	3 900
		Unemp. labour force acc.to internat.def.		111	135	254	214
		People not included in the labour force		1 719	2 987	1 938	2 801
	Gross labour participation		%	72.7	53.8	71.1	59.5
	Net labour participation			70.9	51.7	67.4	56.4
	Unemployment as a percentage			2.4	3.9	5.3	5.2
Employed labour force acc. internat. def	Position	Total employees	x 1 000	3 864	2 998	3 689	3 443
		Employees: permanent jobs		3 298	2 342	2 850	2 552
		Employees: flexible jobs		566	657	839	890
		Self-employed		581	294	822	424
		Family workers		13	46	14	33
	Working hours	01-19 hrs per week		374	1 056	505	1 093
		20-34 hrs per week		415	1 241	597	1 807
		>35 hrs per week		3 668	1 041	3 392	965
		Working hours unknown		.	2	31	34
		Average working hours		37.9	25.5	36.0	25.3
Classification according to ISCO88	Military			33	3	.	.
	Legislators, senior officials, managers			748	270	.	.
	Scientists, scholars			765	548	.	.
	Technicians, skilled workers			653	672	.	.
	Office workers			297	626	.	.
	Service, shop and market sales workers			292	662	.	.
	Skilled workers agriculture and fishery			98	41	.	.
	Craftsmen			708	39	.	.
	Factory workers, machine operators, etc.			430	55	.	.
	Elementary occupations			324	309	.	.
	Not classifiable			111	115	.	.
© Statistics Netherlands, Den Haag/Heerlen 19-6-2013