The first table illustrate the average number of hours employees working full-time jobs in 2002 in different regions among both genders, while the second table show the average figure for hours for part-time workers.
Overall, it is clear that Greece recorded the highest amount of time devoted to full-time jobs among both women and men while the average number of hours for part-time workers living in European average dominated among four countries.
Looking firstly at the part-time jobs, Greece recorded the highest figures, with women averaging 39.9 hours and men 42.5 hours while there was an equal distribution of time-working in the Netherlands between two genders, with 38.0 hours. Additionally, the UK showed the most balanced allocation, with averagely 37 hours and 37.5 hours for both genders, with men being slightly higher. The average numbers of hours for females and males were 39.2 hours and 40.4 hours respectivelly.
Turning to the full-time jobs, women residing in Greece allocate averagely 29.3 hours, which was less dominant than that of men, with 30 hours while the figures for female and male in the Netherlands were 29.2 hours and 28.3 hours respectively. In addition, the number of hours for female workers was 28 hours , compared to 29 hours of males whereas European average recorded the highest amount of time-working for both women and men, with their respective figures reaching 34 hours and 32 hours.