| Shift work employees, thousands | Total | Males and females | | 95.3 | 90.8 |
| Males | | 47.3 | 41.1 |
| Females | | 48.0 | 49.8 |
| Shift work is convenient for personal life arrangement | Males and females | | 43.1 | 34.4 |
| Males | | 23.3 | 17.5 |
| Females | | 19.8 | 17.0 |
| Other reason (no other job available etc) | Males and females | | 52.2 | 56.4 |
| Males | | 24.0 | 23.6 |
| Females | | 28.2 | 32.8 |
| Proportion of the shift work employees (all reasons for shift work=100), % | Total | Males and females | | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Males | | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Females | | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Shift work is convenient for personal life arrangement | Males and females | | 45.2 | 37.9 |
| Males | | 49.3 | 42.5 |
| Females | | 41.2 | 34.1 |
| Other reason (no other job available etc) | Males and females | | 54.8 | 62.1 |
| Males | | 50.7 | 57.5 |
| Females | | 58.8 | 65.9 |