EMPLOYMENT: 152 MILLION EUROPEANS HAVE A JOB.

Over 26.4 million or 17% of the 152 million people with jobs said they worked part-time. 8 out of 10 of these were women. More than 19 million part-timers indicated that they were not available for full-time work. Again, more than 8 out of 10 of these were women. EU-wide, 33% of female employment is part-time. By far the highest percentage is in the Netherlands (67.9%), followed by the United Kingdom (44.8%). Nearly 1.9 million unemployed women said they were looking for a part-time job. Of the 125.5 million people in full-time employment, only one in three were women. 13% of all employees had a contract of limited duration. This ranged from 2.9% in Luxembourg to 32.9% in Spain. For the under-25s the EU average was 37.6% (73.1% in Spain).Employment by sector.Of the 125.5 million in full-time work, 103.8 million were employees, 19.7 million were self-employed and 1.9 million were family-workers. Women accounted for little more than a fifth...