°Full-time and part-time jobs

















Full-time employment by sex and nationality 1991–2007, in %










Swiss women Foreign women Men and women (Swiss and foreigners) Men (Swiss and foreigners)
1991 53.4 69.3 78.8 94.2
1992 49.4 69.5 77.2 94.0
1993 49.0 68.1 76.7 93.3
1994 47.2 68.3 75.8 93.2
1995 48.1 62.4 75.7 93.1
1996 47.2 67.1 75.3 93.0
1997 47.1 65.3 75.1 93.0
1998 46.3 67.1 74.8 93.0
1999 45.4 61.6 73.1 91.7
2000 46.3 63.6 73.3 91.3
2001 44.5 58.2 71.4 90.1
2002 43.2 62.3 71.3 90.8
2003 43.2 60.0 71.0 90.4
2004 42.7 57.8 70.4 90.2
2005 42.9 57.4 70.5 90.3
2006 42.8 57.6 69.7 89.1
2007 41.8 57.2 69.4 89.1

























Women's level of employment by age 2007, in %










under 20% 20–49% 50–69% 70–89% 90–100%
15–24 years 5.2 9.4 4.0 3.6 77.9
25–39 years 4.9 18.0 17.0 11.5 48.5
40–54 years 5.7 20.3 22.9 16.9 34.2
55–64 years 7.3 21.4 22.1 15.5 33.7
65 y. and over 32.4 27.6 12.3 0.0 23.3



















Part-time employment by sex, age and country 2006, in %











Women Men

CH 15–24 years 23.6 14.2


25–54 years 47.3 5.4


55–64 years 58.8 17.8

UK 15–24 years 42.9 27.0


25–54 years 35.3 4.6


55–64 years 47.3 12.0

DE 15–24 years 22.6 14.0


25–54 years 40.1 5.6


55–64 years 46.1 8.6

SE 15–24 years 46.0 26.8


25–54 years 14.1 4.9


55–64 years 21.9 11.7

US 15–24 years 39.7 28.4


25–54 years 12.2 2.5


55–64 years 15.0 6.2

ES 15–24 years 29.5 11.9


25–54 years 20.1 2.8


55–64 years 22.5 3.2

FR 15–24 years 28.8 8.5


25–54 years 21.6 4.1


55–64 years 27.8 8.7




















Work-life balance by sex and country 2005, in %












Job interferes with family life Family life interferes with job

CH Women 14.6 12.4


Men 18.0 10.4

DE Women 15.4 6.7


Men 24.1 5.8

FR Women 16.8 4.5


Men 26.2 2.6

ES Women 17.3 6.8


Men 14.9 8.8

SE Women 23.1 5.3


Men 22.6 6.4

UK* Women 17.1 6.8


Men 25.6 2.4

US Women 10.0 6.2


Men 19.1 5.6













UK*: without Northern Ireland