Because of the prevalence of part-time work among employed women, the gender gap in fulltime equivalent employment (which accounts for the working hours of those in employment) remains large at 24.6 percentage points, compared to a gender gap of 8.5 percentage points in employment rates in Germany (OECD, 2016a). Variable hours/other” refers to women whose usual hours cannot be given because hours worked vary considerably from week to week or from month to month. The definition of "employed” and “employment” follows ILO guidelines (littp://laborsta.ilo.org/aDPlv8/data/c2e.htmll and covers those in both paid (dependent) employment and in self-employment (including unpaid family workers).