Proportion of employees in precarious job by sex and educational attainment (age 15-64) ta_wrklab_lab_employ_nonstad_prec__research_note_precjob

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage of employees (comparable)
Description:

Under this indicator, precarious employment is connected with at least one of these three working conditions.

  • Very low pay: take-home pay from the main job is below the first quintile.
  • Very short working hours: fewer than 10 hours of employment per week (also referred to as mini-jobs).
  • Low job security which might entail that employees have: (a) a temporary contract which covers 12 months or less; or (b) a permanent contract, but are looking for another job due to the risk or certainty of loss or termination of present job.

People with low levels of qualifications have completed primary education, lower secondary education or less.

EU28
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
2014
EU28
26.4
BE
18.3
BG
42.4
CZ
14
DK
26.2
DE
46.1
EE
19.2
IE
7.9
EL
33
ES
29
FR
24.1
HR
34
IT
22.7
CY
33.5
LV
32.5
LT
31.5
LU
29.7
HU
35.7
MT
21.8
NL
18.2
AT
6.2
PL
41.3
PT
26.1
RO
34
SI
32
SK
47.5
FI
28
SE
12.8
UK
12.2

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable