Ten-year comparison
Gender differences in the choice of training are smaller
Young women in carpentry or a truck driver are no longer as unusual as it was a few years ago. But in an important professional group, the proportion of women remains low.
Among young people, the gender -specific differences in choosing a training position have become smaller in recent years. According to an evaluation of the Federal Statistical Office, professions, which are perceived as “typically male”, are more likely to be taken by young women. Young men can also be trained as a hairdresser or seller. The statistics office on Girls ‘and Boys’ Day reports on April 3.
The proportion of young men in the hairdressing craft rose from 13 percent in 2013 to 34 percent in 2023. In the food trade, the proportion of male seller trainees also rose from 11 to 28 percent in the same period. However, the total number of new training contracts fell significantly here.
More young women in previously male -dominated professions registered the statisticians, for example, with a share of 20 percent after 11 percent ten years earlier. More young professionals also wanted to become a professional driver than before. Here the proportion climbed from 3 to 11 percent of the training contracts.
On the other hand, almost unchanged remained with 12 percent (2013: 11 percent) the still small proportion of women in the so-called MINT professions. MINT stands for mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. Industrial clerks are also recorded under this section.
dpa
Source: Stern
