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Table 4 Standard deviation of weekly hours according to official statistics and the BeH (after correction) in 2014

From: A correction procedure for the working hours variable in the IAB employee history

 

All

East Germany

West Germany

BeH

SES

BeH

SES

BeH

SES

Full-time

 All

3

2.4

2.9

2.1

3

2.4

 Men

3.1

2.6

2.9

2.3

3.1

2.7

 Women

2.8

1.8

2.8

1.6

2.8

1.8

Part-time

 All

7.8

7.6

7.3

7.2

7.7

7.5

 Men

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.8

8.6

8.5

 Women

7.5

7.4

7

6.7

7.5

7.2

Marginal part-time

 All

4

3.8

4.4

4.7

4

3.7

 Men

4.1

3.9

4.4

4.7

4

3.8

 Women

4

3.8

4.4

4.7

3.9

3.7

Apprentices

 All

2.7

2

2.7

1.5

2.7

1.9

 Men

2.8

1.9

2.7

1.2

2.8

2

 Women

2.6

1.9

2.7

1.7

2.6

1.9

  1. The table compares standard deviations of working hours per week in 2014 according to the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) from the German Statistical Office with those in the BeH after correction. To make the sample in the BEH as similar as possible to that in the official statistics, activities of households and extra-territorial organizations (T, U according to NACE Rev.2) are excluded. Working hours in the BeH have been adjusted to account for days of annual and sick leave, but exclude overtime adjustment. To reduce the effect of outliers, full-time excludes hours below 30 and above 50, part-time excludes hours below 3 and above 38 and marginal excludes hours above 18
  2. Sources: IAB Beschäftigtenhistorik (BeH) V10.06.00-202012; working hours from DGUV notifications, Statistisches Bundesamt (2016), own calculations
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