Statistics in Focus: Population and social conditions. MULTIPLE JOB-HOLDERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 1992. 1995.2

Abstract

Most employment statistics concentrate on the number of persons employed, and therefore underestimate the number of jobs because some people have more than one. The number of people employed has risen in recent years. The number of multiple job-holders has remained a steady percentage of this, having also risen. Proportion of employed persons having more than one job in 1987 and 1992 In 1992 3.7 million persons in the 12 Member States had more than one job; representing 2.7% of the 140 million persons in employment. As shown by graph.1, in 1992 the countries with the highest percentage of people holding more than one job in terms of total employment were: Portugal (6.4%), Denmark (5.6%), Netherlands (5.0%), Greece (3.8%),· United Kingdom (3.8%), France (3.0%). All the other countries had percentages which were below that of the EU average