Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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wage earners - it is seen that in Latvia, 15 % of the workers reported that they
decided entirely by themselves concerning the daily and weekly planning of
their tasks, as well as personally controlling the quality of their own work. In
Lithuania, one in ten employees (10 %) worked under corresponding conditions;
and in Estonia, only seven per cent.
When the mean index values are examined according to gender, some interesting
information comes to light. In all the Baltic countries, the women have
more powers of decision, on average, than the men do in matters regarding the
planning and quality control of their own work. This maybe surprising gap
between the genders is not explained by the fact that the women's educational
background is better than the men's. Even after the education factor has been
standardised, the difference between the female and male employees still runs
along the same lines. Neither does standardisation for the sectors bring any
change. In all the Baltic countries, for all levels of education, in both the public
and the private sector, the women workers have better possibilities than the
men of influencing the planning and quality control of their own job tasks.
Responsibility index by gender, mean
(employees only)
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA
Men -0.09 -1.13 -1.68
Women 0.53 -0.44 0.04
All 0.25 -0.75 -0.78