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Europe > Switzerland > Labor

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Agricultural workers > Female 4% [45th of 77]
Days off work 1 days [20th of 20]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 7.72 [149th of 162]
Female decision makers 22% [55th of 67]
Female economic activity growth 3% [77th of 156]
Long term unemployment 0.6% [24th of 27]
Service workers > Male 59% [22nd of 79]
Strikes 2 [24th of 27]
Temporary employment share 11.4% [13th of 26]
Unemployment 2% [18th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 136% [11th of 30]
Working time to buy a car 614 hours [16th of 16]
Working time to buy a refrigerator 14 hours [15th of 15]
Working time to buy a television set 22 hours [8th of 15]
Working time to buy beef 102 minutes [2nd of 16]
Working time to buy bread 7 minutes [13th of 16]
Working time to buy chicken 22 minutes [8th of 16]
Working time to buy fish 64 minutes [6th of 15]
Working time to buy milk 3 minutes [13th of 16]
Youth unemployment 4.8% [28th of 30]

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; 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; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; OECD; 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; 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: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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