The differences among women's personal incomes is closely related to the hours they spend in paid work – which is, in turn, related to the unpaid caring work of mothers. A good measure of income distribution is the median – the midpoint in distribution with half the population above that amount and half below that amount. The median income of women in part-time work was less than half that of women in full-time work in 2017. While the median income of women involved in full-time paid work was around 85% of men's income, women in part-time employment earned a higher weekly median income than men employed part-time. In terms of employment status, there were over twice as many women in part-time employment than men in 2017.