France ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: women 25-49
France ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: women 25-49 stood at 72.6% in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Unemployment and employment (labour force survey) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 2003 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Unemployment and employment (labour force survey) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate - Women aged 25 to 49 years - SA data | 72.6 | 73.2 | 72.8 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 72.6 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 72.2 | 72 | |
| ILO employed persons (employment rate) - All - SA data | 52.1 | 52.4 | 52.4 | 52.5 | 52.7 | 52.7 | 52.5 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 52.5 |
Understanding france ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: women 25-49
Female labor utilization for the core career demographic is expressed here through a volume-weighted employment ratio that converts part-time schedules into fractions of standard full-time hours. This metric accounts for both the presence of a job and the extent of time worked, omitting individuals who perform no paid labor during the reference week. It differs from headcount employment rates by reducing the statistical weight of workers on reduced-hour arrangements, thereby offering a truer picture of total labor volume supplied by women in this bracket compared to their male counterparts.
Interpreting this series requires recognizing that seasonal swings in retail and hospitality hiring have been mathematically removed. Historical revisions can occur when survey collection methods are updated to capture shifting definitions of usual hours. Users should avoid treating this indicator as interchangeable with standard head-count figures, since an expansion in part-time jobs can cause headcount employment to rise while keeping this volume-adjusted rate relatively flat.
Frequently asked questions
- What constitutes the standard full-time hour baseline for these conversions?
- The baseline reflects the prevailing legal or customary weekly working hours for full-time employees in the national economy.
- Are marginal workers with very few weekly hours excluded from this calculation?
- They are included but assigned a small fractional weight corresponding to their proportion of standard full-time hours.
- How does this series handle women holding multiple part-time jobs simultaneously?
- All hours across secondary jobs are typically aggregated to determine the total fractional equivalent weight for the individual.