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Agricultural workers > Female 6% [37th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 33.4 [81st of 162]
Female decision makers 9% [63rd of 67]
force, total 66,592,120 Time series [7th of 184]
Gender division of housework 1.5 [13th of 13]
Hours worked 1,801 hours [2nd of 9]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 4.6%, industry 27.8%, services 67.7%
Long term unemployment 1.2% [19th of 27]
Strikes 1 [27th of 27]
Trade union membership 22% [15th of 18]
Unemployment 5.1% [10th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 91% [24th of 30]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.7 % Time series [64th of 101]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
including sick leave: 18 days paid time off;
officially, five weeks (in reaction to the karoshi problem)
Work Time > More than 40 hours 75.9% [1st of 18]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 1,281,000,000 $ Time series [24th of 149]
Working time to buy a car 1,182 hours [11th of 16]
Working time to buy a television set 15 hours [14th of 15]
Working time to buy beef 137 minutes [1st of 16]
Youth unemployment 9.2% [20th of 30]

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);

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