工作时间比较

The two tables compare the average weekly working hours of full-time and part-time male and female workers in Greece, the Netherlands, the UK, alongside the overall European average, in 2002.

Overall, full-time employees across all measured areas worked longer hours than their part-time counterparts. It is also notable that men typically worked more hours than women in full-time roles, while the reverse was true for part-time positions at the European average level.

Looking at full-time workers in detail, Greek men had the longest working hours at 42.5 hours per week, slightly above the European average of 40.4 hours for men. By contrast, full-time workers in the UK worked the fewest hours, with women averaging 37 hours and men 37.5 hours, both below the European averages of 39.2 and 40.4 respectively. The Netherlands was the only country where full-time men and women worked equal hours, at 38 hours per week.

For part-time work, European women averaged 34 hours a week, 2 hours more than part-time men across Europe. However, in the three listed countries, part-time hours were all lower than the European averages. Greek part-time men worked the highest number of hours among the three countries (30 hours), while UK part-time women had the lowest figure at 28 hours per week.