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Table 1 Risk of temporary employment by selected demographic and educational groups (in percentages)

From: Labour market flexibility and inequality: the changing risk patterns of temporary employment in West GermanyArbeitsmarktflexibilisierung und Ungleichheit: Der Wandel der Risikomuster befristeter Beschäftigung in Westdeutschland

 

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

All

5.6

5.2

5.4

6.2

7.3

Age

     

16–25 years

11.4

13.8

14.7

18.1

24.7

26–35 years

7.0

5.9

7.1

7.9

10.6

36–45 years

3.4

3.3

3.9

4.7

5.5

46–55 years

2.8

2.3

2.3

3.1

3.3

56–65 years

2.9

2.4

2.5

2.8

3.2

Education

     

Elementary

5.7

4.8

5.7

7.2

8.5

Elementary \( + \) voc.

3.8

3.3

3.4

4.1

5.1

Intermediate/full secondary

15.4

16.7

12.0

12.4

13.7

Intermediate/full secondary \( + \) voc.

5.5

4.8

4.7

5.2

6.6

Higher technical college

5.3

3.7

5.4

5.3

6.3

University

12.3

11.0

12.4

12.4

12.0

Occupational Class a

     

Higher service

9.4

8.9

9.6

Lower service

4.6

5.2

5.7

Routine clerical

4.7

5.5

6.4

Routine service and sales

4.6

5.8

7.1

Skilled manuals

3.5

4.1

5.8

Semi- and unskilled manuals

5.4

6.4

7.7

  1. Source: Authors' own calculations based on Mikrozensus 1989–2005 data.
  2. a Information on occupational class was not available in the data before 1996 (see Sect.  3.1)