Women make up almost half of the workforce. They occupy about 60% of jobs requiring a college degree, but they also make up the majority (65%) in basic occupations, although the percentage has dropped by 6-8 points over the past decade.
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The increase in education among women has had a direct impact on their integration into the labor market, and currently they are almost half the work from Hegolde.
In fact, the occupancy rate of women has grown significantly since 2002, and while it’s still seven points lower than men’s, it’s a far cry from the gap that existed between the two sexes two decades ago (a 27-point difference separated them), according to EITB Data , which In this new episode he has analyzed what they study and where women work.
By age group, the recorded progress among women aged 45-64 is striking, as they held a third of the jobs two decades ago, compared to the current 48%.
You may be wonderingHowever, if this greater education of women has also translated into work with better conditions. In other words, female employment as well as quantitative quality has improved.
The answer is polyhedral, with multiple edges. On the one hand, women occupy about 60% of jobs requiring a university degree (after management positions, those with the highest qualifications).
However, they also make up the majority (65%) in the so-called basic professionsthe lowest on the ladder — and therefore the worst paid —: supermarket refills, housework, cleaning… Still, and if we look at the evolution of the last decade, it is in this group where the percentage of employees has risen the most most cases women, as they exceeded 70% between 2011-2013.
On the other hand, women occupy only a third of the population management functionsalthough it is also in this group where the greatest increase has been observed, of 5-6 points.
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There are clearly feminized areas, such as health care (77% women), education (69%) or domestic work**, where there are practically only women (95%). They remain the majority in construction (with only 11% women) or in the industrial sector (20%).
**NOTE: In this invisible sector and with a majority of migrant women, only paid and duly declared domestic work is reflected.
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Source: EITB
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