Working population by sex

Changed on: 29/01/2007 11:07

Working population by sex
Personal characteristics	Sex	Periods	Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Saturday (x 1000)	Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Sunday (x 1000)
Total personal characteristics	Total men and women	2006	3,054	2,078
Total personal characteristics	Men	2006	1,806	1,182
Total personal characteristics	Women	2006	1,248	896
Age category 15-19	Total men and women	2006	116	61
Age category 15-19	Men	2006	55	28
Age category 15-19	Women	2006	61	33
Age category 20-24	Total men and women	2006	296	183
Age category 20-24	Men	2006	156	92
Age category 20-24	Women	2006	140	91
Age category 25-29	Total men and women	2006	342	223
Age category 25-29	Men	2006	183	111
Age category 25-29	Women	2006	160	113
Age category 30-34	Total men and women	2006	365	236
Age category 30-34	Men	2006	215	134
Age category 30-34	Women	2006	151	102
Age category 35-39	Total men and women	2006	426	293
Age category 35-39	Men	2006	259	169
Age category 35-39	Women	2006	167	124
Age category 40-44	Total men and women	2006	432	303
Age category 40-44	Men	2006	265	178
Age category 40-44	Women	2006	167	125
Age category 45-49	Total men and women	2006	409	296
Age category 45-49	Men	2006	243	169
Age category 45-49	Women	2006	166	127
Age category 50-54	Total men and women	2006	334	243
Age category 50-54	Men	2006	208	145
Age category 50-54	Women	2006	126	98
Age category 55-59	Total men and women	2006	248	180
Age category 55-59	Men	2006	163	115
Age category 55-59	Women	2006	85	65
Age category 60-64	Total men and women	2006	85	59
Age category 60-64	Men	2006	60	41
Age category 60-64	Women	2006	25	18
Age category 15-24	Total men and women	2006	412	244
Age category 15-24	Men	2006	210	119
Age category 15-24	Women	2006	202	125
Age category 25-34	Total men and women	2006	708	459
Age category 25-34	Men	2006	397	245
Age category 25-34	Women	2006	310	214
Age category 35-44	Total men and women	2006	858	597
Age category 35-44	Men	2006	524	348
Age category 35-44	Women	2006	334	249
Age category 45-54	Total men and women	2006	744	539
Age category 45-54	Men	2006	451	314
Age category 45-54	Women	2006	293	225
Age category 55-64	Total men and women	2006	333	239
Age category 55-64	Men	2006	223	156
Age category 55-64	Women	2006	109	83
Educ. level : primary	Total men and women	2006	133	75
Educ. level : primary	Men	2006	94	52
Educ. level : primary	Women	2006	39	23
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw	Total men and women	2006	602	347
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw	Men	2006	377	219
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw	Women	2006	225	128
Educ. level: avo onderbouw	Total men and women	2006	213	128
Educ. level: avo onderbouw	Men	2006	116	72
Educ. level: avo onderbouw	Women	2006	97	56
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo	Total men and women	2006	1,507	1,009
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo	Men	2006	866	545
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo	Women	2006	641	464
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3	Total men and women	2006	563	367
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3	Men	2006	316	192
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3	Women	2006	247	175
Educ. level: mbo4	Total men and women	2006	660	445
Educ. level: mbo4	Men	2006	391	244
Educ. level: mbo4	Women	2006	270	201
Educ. level: havo, vwo	Total men and women	2006	284	197
Educ. level: havo, vwo	Men	2006	160	109
Educ. level: havo, vwo	Women	2006	124	88
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor	Total men and women	2006	488	373
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor	Men	2006	261	189
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor	Women	2006	227	183
Educ. level: master,doctor	Total men and women	2006	307	263
Educ. level: master,doctor	Men	2006	195	169
Educ. level: master,doctor	Women	2006	111	95
Educ. level: unknown	Total men and women	2006	17	11
Educ. level: unknown	Men	2006	13	8
Educ. level: unknown	Women	2006	4	3
Native Dutch background	Total men and women	2006	2,525	1,702
Native Dutch background	Men	2006	1,481	956
Native Dutch background	Women	2006	1,044	746
Foreign background	Total men and women	2006	528	376
Foreign background	Men	2006	325	226
Foreign background	Women	2006	203	150
Western foreign background	Total men and women	2006	280	205
Western foreign background	Men	2006	159	115
Western foreign background	Women	2006	121	89
Originated from MOE-countries	Total men and women	2006	13	10
Originated from MOE-countries	Men	2006	6	5
Originated from MOE-countries	Women	2006	7	5
Other western foreign background	Total men and women	2006	267	195
Other western foreign background	Men	2006	153	111
Other western foreign background	Women	2006	114	84
Non-western foreign background	Total men and women	2006	248	171
Non-western foreign background	Men	2006	166	111
Non-western foreign background	Women	2006	82	60
Turks	Total men and women	2006	45	26
Turks	Men	2006	35	22
Turks	Women	2006	10	4
Moroccans	Total men and women	2006	38	22
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Persons employed, labour force, unemployment broken down
by personal features (age, level of education, origin) and
sex

Data available from: 1996

Frequency: Stopped

Status of the figures:
Figures based on the LFS are always final.

When will new figures be published?
This publication is stopped.

Description topics

Employed labour force aged 15-64

Persons working at least 12 hours a week.

Regulation working hours

Dating from 2000 the questions about regulation of working hours has been
changed. Therefore it is not possible to publish comparable data for
earlier years.
Distinction between regular and irregular working hours.
Regular working hours are only during the day on working days.
Irregular working hours are:
- in the evening.
- at night.
- on Saturday.
- on Sunday.

Irregular working hours

Irregular working hours are in the evening and/or at night, in the
weekends during the day.

Saturday: Persons who work occasionally or regularly on Saturdays.

Sunday: Persons who work occasionally or regularly on Sundays.