Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

Table 2.4

Occupational trajectories (age 16–40) by country, cohort and gender (percentage)

Lithuania

Portugal

Switzerland

Cohort

Gender

Cohort

Gender

Cohort

Gender

Total

1950–^55

1970–^75

M

F

Total

1950–^55

1970–^75

M

F

Total

1950–^55

1970–^75

M

F

Early full-time

62.7

59.4

66.0

61.9

63.4

58.5

57.3

59.8

59.0

58.2

10.0

8.6

11.5

9.8

10.1

Late full-time

15.7

16.8

14.6

16.4

15.1

19.0

19.9

18.0

20.6

17.9

56.2

58.2

53.9

55.2

57.1

At home

12.4

13.4

11.4

13.8

11.2

11.9

11.4

12.4

10.8

12.7

8.1

7.6

8.6

8.3

7.9

Erratic

3.9

3.8

4.0

3.0

4.7

4.8

6.4

3.2

4.1

5.2

13.2

12.4

14.1

14.4

12.1

Lower part-time

2.1

1.0

3.2

1.7

2.4

2.8

2.5

3.0

1.7

3.5

11.8

12.4

11.3

11.3

12.3

Higher part-time

3.2

5.6

0.8

3.2

3.2

3.1

2.5

3.6

3.8

2.5

0.7

1.0

0.5

1.0

0.5

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

(^2) χ (5) = 27.102,
p^
<0.001
; Cramér’s
V 
= 0.165
(^2) χ (5) = 4.023,
n.s.
;
Cramér’s V = 0.063
(^2) χ (5) = 7.769,
n.s.;
Cramér’s V 
= 0.086
(^2) χ (5) = 6.803,
n.s.
;
Cramér’s V = 0.081
(^2) χ (5) = 3.860,
n.s.;
Cramér’s V 
= 0.069
(^2) χ (5) = 1.873,
n.s.
;
Cramér’s V = 0.048
Overall inter-country comparison:
(^2) χ (10) = 818.890,
p < 0.001
, Cramér’s V = 0.379
Early full-time
59.4
55.8
62.3
66.0
67.5
64.6
57.3
52.8
60.3
59.8
65.4
56.3
8.6
8.3
8.8
11.5
11.6
11.4
Late full-time
16.8
21.0
13.4
14.6
12.1
16.9
19.9
25.0
16.4
18.0
16.1
19.3
58.2
57.9
58.5
53.9
51.9
55.7
At home
13.4
14.3
12.7
11.4
13.3
9.6
11.4
10.4
12.1
12.4
11.2
13.1
7.6
7.9
7.3
8.6
8.8
8.5
Erratic
3.8
2.7
4.7
4.0
3.3
4.6
6.4
6.1
6.6
3.2
2.0
4.0
12.4
13.4
11.2
14.1
15.5
12.9
Lower part-time
1.0
0.0
1.8
3.2
3.3
3.1
2.5
1.9
3.0
3.0
1.5
4.0
12.4
11.1
13.7
11.3
11.6
10.9
Higher part-time
5.6
6.3
5.1
0.8
0.4
1.2
2.5
3.8
1.6
3.6
3.9
3.4
1.0
1.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
(^2) χ (5) = 11,053, p < 0.1; Cramér’s V = 0.149
(^2) χ (6) = 5.059,
n.s
;
Cramér’s V = 0.101
(^2) χ (5) = 9.079,
n.s
;
Cramér’s V = 0.133
(^2) χ (5) = 7.186,
n.s.
;
Cramér’s V = 0.116
(^2) χ (5) = 1.941,
n.s.
;
Cramér’s V = 0.068
(^2) χ (6) = 0.746,
n.s
;
Cramér’s V = 0.044