Parents' working-hours gap in Saxony-Anhalt
Parents' working-hours gap in Saxony-Anhalt stood at 20.8 hours per week in 2025, according to Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) – Digital Gender Equality Atlas. It is one of the indicators in the Gender gaps by federal state table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2008 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Gender gaps by federal state table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26.9 | 27 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 29 | 28.9 | 29.7 | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 20.8 | 21 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 21.4 | 19.9 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 17.1 | 20.3 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 25.4 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 27.6 | 28 | 30.6 |
Understanding parents' working-hours gap in Saxony-Anhalt
Restricted to families domiciled within Saxony-Anhalt, this metric tracks the weekly margin of paid working hours between fathers and mothers. The calculation isolates the difference by subtracting the mean weekly hours worked by employed mothers from the corresponding average for employed fathers in households with dependent children. Private residential location within Saxony-Anhalt governs inclusion, differentiating this indicator from enterprise-based statistics compiled from corporate and institutional establishments. Sibling entries in this table observe the same parental work-time gap in other federal states, alongside indicators for gender pension gaps and unadjusted hourly pay differences. Childless individuals, parents outside the workforce, and households without dependent minors are excluded.
With publication structured as an annual aggregate, seasonal shifts in weather-dependent or school-term employment do not skew the reported result. Tracking trends across consecutive annual observations offers the most reliable perspective, provided that readers account for periodic survey recalibrations and census-based population reweighting. Users must avoid equating a compression in weekly working hours with an equalization of household earnings; hourly wage rates, tax classifications, and job seniority may continue to diverge even as working hours converge. In addition, because data collection records residential address rather than establishment location, commuter flows across state borders influence the recorded hours independently of local employer structures.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series measure differences between all men and women in Saxony-Anhalt?
- No, the metric is strictly limited to employed men and women who have dependent children living in their household.
- Are parents with temporary employment contracts included in Saxony-Anhalt?
- Yes, parents on fixed-term, temporary, or permanent employment arrangements are included as long as they performed paid work during the reference period.
- How does this indicator treat parental leave in Saxony-Anhalt?
- Parents who are entirely inactive due to extended parental leave and performing no paid work are excluded from the employed population average.