Thank you Buster,
There is employment ....and there is employment.
Part time work when it constitutes the main income source is full of holes- shorter term, lower pay rates (after consideration of full time benefits and conditions), engenders lower levels of job satisfaction, loyalty, long term commitment.
Worse still is the nature of that work. Its primarily in the service sector. How assured of a solid economic future is a nation of waiters. (No offence to all those waiting to help pay the rent).