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Table 6 Composition of employment by different work arrangements and economic sectors in 1991 and 2011, in % of total employed

From: Times of change: what drives the growth of work arrangements in Germany?Zeiten des Wandels: Was treibt das Wachstum atypischer Erwerbsformen in Deutschland?

 

Primary sector

Secondary sector

Tertiary sector

1991

2011

1991

2011

1991

2011

Standard Work Arrangements

60.0

48.3

82.9

75.7

65.3

52.5

Self-employed workers

4.8

12.1

3.5

3.9

5.0

4.8

Permanent workers (>31 h/W)a

55.2

36.2

79.3

71.8

60.2

47.6

Nonstandard Work Arrangements

22.1

33.0

12.1

19.0

27.6

42.4

Part-time workers (<32 h/W)b

3.6

4.9

5.7

6.4

15.6

18.6

“Marginal” part-time workers

1.9

6.4

1.4

4.4

3.6

11.9

Fixed-term contracts (>31 h/W)c

3.7

2.7

3.6

4.8

4.4

5.2

One-person-businesses

12.9

19.0

1.4

3.3

4.0

6.7

Specific Work Arrangements

17.9

18.7

5.1

5.3

7.2

5.2

Apprentices

3.1

3.2

4.9

4.8

3.8

3.8

Soldiers, alternatives to military services, othersd

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

2.9

1.1

Related family workers

14.8

15.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.3

Total, in percentages

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total, in thousands

2.316

749

14.458

11.145

20.283

27.976

  1. aIncluding agency workers
  2. bIncluding fixed-term contracts and agency workers
  3. cIncluding agency workers
  4. dIncluding workers who do indicate whether their contract is on a permanent or temporary basis
  5. Source: Destatis 2012 (Labour Force Survey); Federal Employment Agency; own calculations