The overall number of hours worked by males and females in the United Kingdom fell sharply from January 2020 onwards, dropping to an average of 497 million hours for males, and 344 million hours for females in the three months to May 2020, a decline of 125 million and 85 million respectively when compared with the start of the year. In the most recent month, the overall number of hours worked by males was 604.9 million, and 439.7 million for females.
Overall weekly hours worked for all employees in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to April 2022, by gender (in million hours worked)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (June 14, 2022). Overall weekly hours worked for all employees in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to April 2022, by gender (in million hours worked) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280749/weekly-hours-of-work-in-the-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Overall weekly hours worked for all employees in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to April 2022, by gender (in million hours worked)." Chart. June 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280749/weekly-hours-of-work-in-the-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Overall weekly hours worked for all employees in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to April 2022, by gender (in million hours worked). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280749/weekly-hours-of-work-in-the-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Overall Weekly Hours Worked for All Employees in The United Kingdom from March 1971 to April 2022, by Gender (in Million Hours Worked)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280749/weekly-hours-of-work-in-the-uk-by-gender/
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