Table 1 Composition of the low-wage worker group in the BA Employment Panel (BAP)
Low-wage workers (1998/99) | |
|---|---|
Number of observations | 28,184 |
Sex | |
Men | 27.22% |
Women | 72.78% |
Age (years) | |
15–24 | 13.80% |
25–34 | 27.66% |
35–49 | 43.37% |
50–57 | 15.17% |
Level of education | |
School leaving certificate without vocational training | 19.17% |
Secondary school certificate with vocational training | 61.39% |
High school certificate with vocational training | 1.25% |
University degree | 0.64% |
Unknown | 17.56% |
Type of occupation | |
Unskilled manual occupations | 18.85% |
Skilled manual occupations | 12.49% |
Unskilled services | 20.93% |
Skilled services | 12.95% |
Unskilled commercial and administrative occupations | 15.53% |
Skilled commercial and administrative occupations | 16.62% |
Semi-professions | 2.28% |
Unknown | 0.33% |
Nationality | |
German | 90.03% |
Foreign | 9.97% |
Region | |
Western Germany | 76.81% |
Eastern Germany | 23.19% |
Plant size | |
1–20 employees | 58.43% |
21–100 employees | 24.91% |
101–500 employees | 13.72% |
More than 500 employees | 2.93% |
Share of low-paid workers in the plant | |
Less than 5% | 3.39% |
5–39% | 22.32% |
40–79% | 34.27% |
80–100% | 39.70% |
Unknown | 0.32% |