Statistics Norway

9.13 Actual working hours per week, by sex and status. Hours per week
Year Total Males Females
Total Salaried employees and wage earners Selfemployed Family workers Total Salaried employees and wage earners Selfemployed Family workers Total Salaried employees and wage earners Selfemployed Family workers
1972 39.6 39.0 46.7 32.0 44.1 43.1 49.1 40.8 31.8 31.8 34.1 30.3
1973 39.1 38.2 47.1 33.3 43.7 42.5 49.6 42.4 31.2 31.1 32.5 31.0
1974 38.8 37.9 47.0 32.6 43.5 42.4 49.0 42.7 30.8 30.8 32.5 30.5
1975 38.8 37.7 47.6 34.5 43.6 42.3 50.0 44.8 30.9 30.7 32.9 31.4
1976 37.5 36.5 46.2 34.8 42.2 41.0 49.0 41.5 30.0 29.6 32.3 33.0
1977 36.9 35.9 45.8 34.1 41.7 40.6 48.6 40.5 29.4 29.1 30.8 32.4
1978 36.8 35.8 45.5 33.7 41.6 40.5 48.6 39.0 29.4 29.2 31.3 32.0
1979 36.5 35.5 45.0 33.5 41.2 40.2 47.6 40.5 29.4 29.2 32.5 31.7
1980 36.2 35.4 44.7 31.3 41.1 40.2 47.4 34.5 29.2 29.0 31.9 30.2
1981 35.9 35.0 45.3 30.5 41.0 40.0 48.1 34.6 28.6 28.4 31.8 29.0
1982 35.9 35.1 44.6 29.6 41.1 40.0 47.7 35.1 28.7 28.7 30.7 27.2
1983 35.6 34.9 43.8 29.9 40.8 40.0 46.4 33.8 28.5 28.4 32.0 28.2
1984 35.9 35.0 44.5 30.7 41.0 40.1 47.2 33.3 28.9 28.7 32.2 29.6
1985 36.2 35.4 44.8 30.8 41.5 40.6 47.4 31.8 29.3 29.1 32.8 30.4
1986 36.4 35.8 45.5 26.3 41.9 41.2 48.3 27.8 29.3 29.4 33.3 25.7
1987 35.9 35.2 45.3 25.3 41.0 40.1 48.1 27.6 29.3 29.3 34.0 24.1
19881 36.5 35.8 45.5 27.3 41.6 40.7 48.6 29.1 30.1 30.0 35.3 26.4
1989 36.4 35.7 45.2 26.1 41.2 40.4 47.7 26.6 30.2 30.1 36.1 25.9
1990 36.0 35.3 44.8 25.9 40.6 39.7 47.7 27.1 30.1 30.0 35.3 25.4
1991 35.7 35.0 44.2 26.5 40.3 39.4 47.4 26.8 30.0 29.8 33.7 26.3
1  Because of changes in the questionnaire, there is a break in the timeseries between 1987 and 1988, see http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
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