Table 4.

Descriptive statistics. Column percent of relationship-years. Female and male partners’ employment status by distance and for the total sample

	Short-distance LAT (<1 h travel distance)	Long-distance LAT (1 h or more travel distance)	Total
Woman’s employment participation
Employed (full-time or part-time)	60.8	53.9	58.9
Inactive or unemployed	12.4	6.7	10.2
In education	26.9	39.4	30.3
Man’s employment participation
Employed (full-time or part-time)	70.7	58.9	67.5
Inactive or unemployed	7.0	5.3	6.6
In education	22.8	35.7	26.0

LAT—living apart together relationships. Source: Pairfam, male and female anchors and their partner, between 20 and 40 years. Waves 1–7