Sociodemographic characteristics of the cohorts of workers aged 20–64 years on 1 January 2012 (enrolment date) by sex and sector of economic activity.
| Men | Women | Both sexes | ||||
| AFFH workers | Workers in other sectors | AFFH workers | Workers in other sectors | AFFH workers | Workers in other sectors | |
| Number of workers | 642 309 | 8 855 215 | 362 346 | 6 413 966 | 1 004 655 | 15 269 181 |
| Age groups at enrolment (years) | ||||||
| 20–29 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 14.6 |
| 30-39 | 23.2 | 27.4 | 22.9 | 29.1 | 23.1 | 28.1 |
| 40-49 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 33.7 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 31.6 |
| 50-59 | 25.2 | 22.5 | 28.5 | 21.3 | 26.4 | 22.0 |
| 60-64 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 3.7 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 32.7 | 34.8 | 19.7 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 34.0 |
| Married | 61.5 | 57.9 | 70.4 | 54.4 | 64.7 | 56.4 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 5.8 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 7.3 | 9.6 |
| Area of residence | ||||||
| North-West | 17.2 | 29.7 | 12.7 | 31.9 | 15.6 | 30.7 |
| North-East | 20.8 | 23.2 | 19.8 | 25.3 | 20.4 | 24.1 |
| Centre | 13.3 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 19.9 | 13.0 | 19.2 |
| South and Sicily | 44.0 | 25.7 | 53.0 | 20.3 | 47.3 | 23.4 |
| Sardinia | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| Citizenship | ||||||
| Italian | 86.5 | 92.3 | 90.1 | 91.2 | 87.8 | 91.8 |
| Foreign | 13.5 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 8.2 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employees | 60.1 | 72.3 | 67.6 | 80.2 | 62.8 | 75.6 |
| Casual and fixed-term contract workers | 3.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurs/professionals | 7.6 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 8.2 |
| Self-employed/family adjuvants | 27.5 | 14.7 | 24.0 | 9.3 | 26.2 | 12.4 |
| Cooperative members | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Level of education | ||||||
| Middle school or less | 65.5 | 42.2 | 66.2 | 29.2 | 65.8 | 36.8 |
| High school, university | 34.5 | 57.8 | 33.8 | 70.8 | 34.2 | 63.2 |
| Long working hours (≥55 hours/week) | ||||||
| No | 90.2 | 95.4 | 95.8 | 98.3 | 92.2 | 96.6 |
| Yes | 9.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 3.4 |
Data are column percentages unless otherwise specified. The χ2 test for comparison between groups of workers indicated a significant difference in the distribution of all sociodemographic variables (p<0.001).
AFFH, agriculture, fishery, forestry and hunting.