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Agricultural workers > Female	2%		[59th of 77]
Days off work	1 days		[19th of 20]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	3 %		[47th of 94]
Source: OECD
Female decision makers	27%		[36th of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total	8,611,269		[49th of 184]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
Gender division of housework	2.04		[8th of 13]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force	7,604,000		[44th of 132]
Source: 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
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 4%, industry 23%, services 73%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	21%		[15th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services	76%		[3rd of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Long term unemployment	0.9%		[20th of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Strikes	4		[23rd of 27]
Source: OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris
Trade union membership	25%		[13th of 18]
Source: OECD
Unemployment	2.6%		[17th of 18]
Source: Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy
Unemployment gender ratio	161%		[5th of 30]
Source: OECD Historical Statistics
Unemployment rate	4.6%		[63rd of 107]
Source: 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
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	4.3 %		[80th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	4 weeks
Source: World Development Indicators database
Work Time > More than 40 hours	36.9%		[13th of 18]
Source: Wikipedia: Vacation
Youth unemployment	6.6%		[24th of 30]
Source: ILO, Key Indicators

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