The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland

Figures & Tables

Country/Institution	Source	Definition
Ireland	(CSO, 2008)	Work less than approx. 30 hours per week
Finland, Canada, New Zealand, U.K.	(ILO, 2008)	Work less than approx. 30 hours per week
Australia, Austria, Iceland, Sweden, U.S.	(ILO, 2008)	Work less than approx. 35 hours per week
Hungary, Turkey	(ILO, 2008)	Work less than approx. 36 hours per week
Norway	(ILO, 2008)	Work less than approx. 37 hours per week
Japan	(Houseman and Osawa, 1998)	Explicitly related to status within the firm and not to hours worked
International Labour Office	ILO Part-Time Work Convention, 1994	Normal hours of work less than those of comparable full-time work
European Union	EU Part-Time Work Directive (1997)	Normal hours of work less than those of comparable full-time work

		1998 (%)	2014 (%)
Sector	Private	79.3	48.8
	Public	20.7	51.2
	Managers, Directors & senior officials	9.9	1.3
	Professional	6.0	12.7
	Associate professional	11.2	6.5
	Higher-level occupations	27.1%	20.5%
	Administration/clerical	16.1	25.3
	Craft	1.6	2.6
Occupation	Mid-level occupations	17.7%	27.9%
	Personal services	14.6	20.8
	Sales	13.3	14.7
	Plant Operatives	2.5	1.5
	Elementary	24.8	14.6%
	Lower-level occupations	55.2%	51.6%
	Industry	6.2	3.5
	Construction	0.7	1.0
	Wholesale/retail	17.3	19.7
	Transportation	1.3	1.2
	Accommodation/food	13.1	5.8
	ICT	0.8	0.8
Economic sector	Financial activities	2.5	4.0
	Professional activities	3.7	3.2
	Admin activities	5.8	6.1
	Public admin	2.0	5.7
	Education	12.9	12.4
	Health activities	24.2	36.2
	Hours always vary	6.3	6.2
	2 to 8 hours	7.1	6.8
Usual hours worked	9 to 18 hours	33.0	27.9
	19 to 30 hours	51.7	58.3
	Over 30 hours	2.0	0.8

		1998 (%)	2014 (%)
At work	N**	31,965	77,730
	Non-Irish	2.2	5.0
Nationality	Irish	97.8	95.0
	Single	4.7	7.4
	Married	80.3	75.2
Marital status	Widowed	8.4	6.9
	Divorced/legally separated	6.6	10.5
	Couple no children	26.2	35.7
Family type	Couple with children	63.1	50.2
	Lone parent family	10.7	14.1
	Primary	34.3	10.0
	Lower secondary	19.3	16.2
	Higher secondary	18.3	29.1
Highest educational attainment*	Post-secondary	11.2	18.4
	Third level	16.7	26.1
	Doctoral	0.2	0.1

COUNTRY	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016
EU 28	18.2	18.7	19.2	19.6	19.9	20.1
Austria	17.6	17.8	18.3	19.4	20.0	20.6
Belgium	18.1	18.8	19.3	19.5	19.7	20.0
Bulgaria	20.6	21.1	21.4	21.3	21.1	20.6
Croatia	19.2	19.7	20.5	21.2	21.4	21.5
Cyprus	16.5	16.9	17.4	17.7	18.1	18.0
Czech Republic	21.1	21.4	20.9	20.4	19.8	19.5
Denmark	19.9	19.9	19.6	19.2	19.1	19.3
Estonia	18.2	18.4	19.2	19.9	20.0	19.7
Finland	21.1	21.5	21.7	21.3	20.7	20.3
France	17.9	18.6	19.1	19.4	19.3	19.2
Germany	18.4	18.6	19.3	20.7	21.7	22.1
Greece	17.0	17.7	18.3	18.6	19.0	19.4
Hungary	20.1	20.4	20.3	21.0	20.5	20.0
IRELAND	15.4	15.4	15.8	16.2	16.7	16.9
Italy	18.5	18.7	19.1	19.5	19.9	20.6
Latvia	17.8	17.9	18.8	20.0	20.6	20.7
Lithuania	16.7	17.1	18.2	19.7	20.6	21.1
Luxembourg	16.9	17.3	17.8	18.2	18.7	19.2
Malta	20.2	21.6	21.7	21.6	20.9	20.1
Netherlands	19.0	19.7	20.1	20.3	20.4	20.6
Poland	18.2	19.6	21.0	21.5	21.3	20.8
Portugal	17.8	18.3	18.8	19.4	20.0	20.4
Romania	17.9	18.9	20.0	20.0	19.8	18.9
Slovenia	19.2	19.9	20.3	21.2	21.5	21.7
Slovakia	17.9	18.9	19.6	20.2	20.3	20.4
Spain	16.5	16.9	17.4	18.0	18.7	19.6
Sweden	19.7	19.6	19.1	18.5	18.1	18.1
United Kingdom	17.8	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.5