Table 3 Labour market status in 2003 of those low-wage workers from 1998/99 who were still in full-time employment in 2003

Total

16,998

74.80

25.20

Sex

Men

4,694

62.72

37.28

Women

12,304

79.41

20.59

Age (years)

15–24

2,291

53.69

46.31

25–34

4,507

67.16

32.84

35–49

7,960

81.31

18.69

50–57

2,240

88.66

11.34

Level of education

School leaving certificate without voc. training

3,171

77.14

22.86

Secondary school certificate with voc. training

10,669

74.28

25.72

High school certificate with vocational training

220

63.18

36.82

University degree

113

68.14

31.86

Unknown

2,825

75.33

24.67

Type of occupation

Unskilled manual occupations

3,265

74.52

25.48

Skilled manual occupations

2,132

70.36

29.64

Unskilled services

3,477

77.11

22.89

Skilled services

2,287

77.04

22.96

Unskilled commercial and administrative occ.

2,518

81.57

18.43

Skilled commercial and administrative occ.

2,293

69.04

30.96

Semi-professions

347

67.44

32.56

Unknown

49

67.35

32.65

Nationality

German

15,572

75.25

24.75

Foreign

1,426

69.85

30.15

Region

Western Germany

13,006

74.11

25.89

Eastern Germany

3,992

77.05

22.95

Plant size

1–20 employees

9,923

77.31

22.69

21–100 employees

4,319

73.44

26.56

101–500 employees

2,291

69.01

30.99

More than 500 employees

465

62.58

37.42

Share of low-paid workers in the plant

Less than 5%

421

60.57

39.43

5–39%

3,948

66.39

33.61

40–79%

6,017

76.30

23.70

80–100%

6,584

79.42

20.58

Unknown

28

67.86

32.14