The two tables provide a detailed comparison of the average weekly working hours for men and women in full-time and part-time employment in three European countries – Greece, the Netherlands, and the UK – in 2002, contrasting the figures with the European average.
Overall, the data reveals that men consistently worked longer hours than women in full-time roles, whereas the opposite was true for part-time employment across Europe. Strikingly, Greece reported the highest working hours in full-time jobs, while all three countries fell below the European average for part-time hours.
Regarding full-time work, the European average showed men worked 40.4 hours compared to 39.2 hours for women. Greece was the only country where both genders exceeded the European average, with men working 42.5 hours and women 39.9 hours. The Netherlands presented a unique case, with both men and women reporting an equal number of hours (38), making it the country with the lowest full-time working hours for both genders among the surveyed nations, and both figures were below the European average. The UK’s figures were also below the average, standing at 37.5 hours for men and 37 hours for women.
Conversely, the trend for part-time work showed women working longer on average (34 hours) than men (32 hours) across Europe. Significantly, all three nations recorded working hours well below the European average for both genders. Greece showed the highest number of hours among the three for women (29.3 hours) and men (30 hours). The UK recorded the lowest part-time hours for women (28 hours), while the Netherlands had the lowest figure for men (28.3 hours).