6265.0 - Underemployed Workers, Australia, Sep 1998
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/05/1999
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One in four part-time workers wants more work Nearly one in four of Australia's part-time workers wanted to work more hours, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In September 1998, 502,800 persons working part-time wanted to work more hours. These people represented 23% of the almost 2.2 million part-time workers in Australia's labour force. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of part-time workers who wanted to work more reported that they would like to work full-time. Males were more likely to want full-time work (76%) than females (55%). Forty per cent of all people who worked part-time and wanted to work more hours were males and 60% were females. The proportion of males has increased over time. More than a third (36%) of all part-time workers wanting to work more hours were under 25 years of age compared to 17% of fully employed workers. Other characteristics of part-time workers who wanted to work more hours were:
On average, those part-time workers looking for or available to work more hours wanted 16.2 extra hours each week. Males wanted to work more extra hours than females (17.9 hours and 15.1 hours respectively). Details are found in Underemployed Workers, Australia, September 1998 (cat. no. 6265.0) available from ABS Bookshops. A summary of findings from the publication is available from this site. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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