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Part-time work
Employees or self-employed persons who report they work part-time in their main job are classified as part-time workers. The definition is not based on any hour limits, but on the respondent's own idea of the work being part-time.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Wage and salary earners or self-employed persons whose normal weekly working hours are one to 29 hours.
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1959 - 31 December 1996
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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