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Working Long Hours in New Zealand: A Profile of Long Hours Workers Using Data From The 2006 Census

Figure 24 data

Proportions of long hours workers and total workforce, by age of youngest dependent child (n=707,769)
Those working 50+ hours per week Total workforce
Less than 1 8.61% 7.40%
1 8.15% 7.63%
2 6.79% 6.45%
3 5.58% 5.49%
4 5.31% 5.18%
5 5.30% 5.22%
6 5.12% 5.12%
7 4.96% 4.93%
8 5.01% 5.00%
9 5.02% 4.98%
10 5.16% 5.17%
11 5.38% 5.32%
12 5.43% 5.48%
13 5.48% 5.69%
14 5.71% 5.85%
15 5.19% 5.87%
16 4.33% 5.17%
17 3.47% 4.05%

 

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