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Agricultural workers > Female
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2% |
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[63rd of 77]
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Days off work
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239 days |
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[3rd of 20]
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Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
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3.3 %
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[46th of 94]
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Female decision makers
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25% |
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[47th of 67]
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force, total
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2,524,817
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[103rd of 184]
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Gender division of housework
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2.26 |
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[2nd of 13]
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Hours worked
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1,337 hours |
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[9th of 9]
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Labor force
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2,507,000 |
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[85th of 132]
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Labor force > By occupation
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4%, industry 22%, services 74% |
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Strikes
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135 |
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[5th of 27]
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Trade union membership
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57% |
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[4th of 18]
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Unemployment
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3.5% |
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[16th of 18]
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Unemployment gender ratio
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88% |
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[26th of 30]
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Unemployment rate
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2.5% |
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[85th of 107]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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4.4 %
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[67th of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
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25 working days |
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Work Time > More than 40 hours
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15.8% |
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[18th of 18]
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Working time to buy a car
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1,517 hours |
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[6th of 16]
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Working time to buy a television set
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22 hours |
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[10th of 15]
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Youth unemployment
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10.2% |
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[17th of 30]
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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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);
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Kongeriket Norge, Norge
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