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

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result. The Lithuanian women's greater degree of satisfaction compared with
the men is linked largely to the fact that the women work mostly in the public
and the men mostly in the private sector. There are great differences in job
satisfaction between the sectors in Lithuania: working people in the public
sector are considerably more satisfied than those in the private sector. Those
who are the most dissatisfied of all among the Baltic countries are Lithuanian
private-sector workers. In Latvia and Estonia the sectoral differences, though
along the same lines as in Lithuania, are rather small.
JOB SATISFACTION IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR
100%
50%
0%
-50%
76%
-23%
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA
80% 81% 84%
-19% -18% -16%
-100%
Private Public Private Public Private Public
Very satisfied 18% 18% 18% 19% 18% 28%
70%
-27%
Quite satisfied Very satisfied
85%
-13%
Very dissatisfied Rather dissatisfied
Quite satisfied 58% 62% 63% 65% 52% 57%
Rather dissatisfied -20% -17% -15% -14% -21% -11%
Very dissatisfied -3% -2% -3% -2% -6% -2%
A detailed comparison of men's and women's opinions in the different sectors
shows that female private-sector workers in Lithuania are somewhat more dissatisfied
than the men. The gaps between the genders in the private sector are
nevertheless fairly small. In the public sector, by contrast, the women's greater
satisfaction compared with the men is striking.