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Sources:

ILO, Key Indicators of the Labour Market Third Edition (KILM)(Geneva, 2003), table 5. KILM table 5 was compiled
from the following sources: ILO, The Caribbean Labour Statistics Dataset, http://www.ilocarib.org.tt/system_links/link_databases.html; OECDEMO, Employment Outlook, 2002 and OECD-CCNM Labour Market Database.
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Footnotes:

^a Data refer to 1994.
^b Data refer to 1995.

Technical notes:

Table 5.B presents statistics on part-time workers---i.e. persons with jobs whose working hours total less than "full time" (see definition below). The two types of data presented in this table are total part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, calculated separately for women and for men, and the proportion of women among all part-time workers. The statistics refer to two periods, 1990/1993 and 1998/2001, and have been compiled from the International Labour Office's (ILO) Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) database.

There is no internationally accepted standard for the minimum number of hours worked per week that would constitute full-time work. The framework is therefore established on a country-by-country basis or in special regional compilations. Many countries have established demarcation points that lie between 30 and 40 hour per week. Other countries classify part-time and full-time workers on the basis of respondents' interpretations of their personal work situations---i.e. whether they view themselves as full-time or as part-time jobholders. In an attempt to make statistics on part-time work comparable across countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) applied a 30-hour cut-off for distinguishing part-time from full-time workers. Thus, in the OECD data set, one of the main sources of the KILM database, persons who work 30 hours or more per week are considered "full-time workers" and those who work less than 30 hours per week are considered "part-time workers".