Although patterns of time use are generally quite similar throughout Europe, some interesting differences can be observed between women and men and between the countries surveyed. On average, women aged 20 to 74 spend much more time than men on domestic work, ranging from less than 50% more in Sweden to over 200% more in Italy and Spain. Women spend most time doing domestic work in Italy, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and Spain, around 5 hours or more per day. The lowest figures are found in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Latvia - less than 4 hours per day.

The use of physical force and violence in intimate relationships is extensive. More than 25 percent of the women and more than 20 percent of the men have experienced that their partners have used physical force against them since they were 15 years old. These are some of the results from the first national survey in Norway.

The report shows that the employment rate between men and women with disabilities in the 2nd quarter of 2005 were 47.1 percent and 42.1 percent respectively. This difference is somewhat less than that one finds between men and women in the whole population.

Culture Statistics 2003. Persons who participated in different cultural activities the last 12 months, page 21, and sports and outdoor activities, page 55.

This report documents the history of the institutionalisation of women in development and gender concerns from 1985 onward in three multilateral organisations; UNDP, FAO and the World Bank. The evaluation was carried out by the Christian Michelsen Institute.

The main author of this publication is Gunnlaug Daugstad, with significant contributions from Bjørn Olsen, Mads Ivar Kirkeberg, Vebjørn Aalandslid, Svein Blom, Lars Østby and Natasza P. Sandbu. The entire data basis for this publication has been taken from Statistics Norway: Population statistics, Education statistics, Labour market statistics, Income statistics, Election statistics and data from attitude surveys.