Such low rates are, in fact, widespread in Europe - the share of couple families working dual reduced full-time hours is lower than 5% in 17 out of 26 countries. About 34.8% of German couple families have a father who works 40 or more hours per week and a mother who works 29 hours per week or less (Figure 2.12, white bars), while about 23.9% have a father working 40 or more hours and a mother who is inactive or unemployed (grey bars). In Eastern European countries, as in Sweden and Portugal, the most common set-up is both parents working full-time (dark blue bars, and Chapter 4). In Germany, the share of families practicing this “reduced full-time hours plus small part-time” model is 5.3%.