The unemployment gap between women and men grew

The unemployment gap between women and men grew

October 26, 2023 – 15:51

The INE differential report reflected an increase in the indicator for females and a slight decrease for males.

He unemployment between the women grew again compared to last month and reached 9.3%, while among men the indicator was downward and remained at 7.5%, according to the latest data from the Statistics National Institute (INE).

The differential labor market report of the INE reflected that the unemployment among women it grew 0.3% in August compared to September, while it decreased 0.1% among men. Thus, they were unbalanced with respect to the unemployment In general, it was around 8.3%.

With respect to employment rate, The figure remained stable for women, remaining at 50.4%, while for the male sex it grew by 0.5%, going to 67.3%. Once again, in the middle is the general employment rate, which closed September at 58.5%.

Meanwhile, there was growth in both, although of different magnitudes, in the activity rate, which at the general level is 63.8%. For the women It grew by 0.3% and reached 55.6%, while in men it stood at 72.8%, with an increase of 0.5%.

At the same time, there were also differences in the percentages of underemployment and no registration. Underemployed women reached 11.1%, compared to 7.8% of men in that situation. Refering to informality, men reached 23.6% compared to 20.9% of women.

58,000 jobs were created in the last year

It is worth highlighting that since Center for Development Studies (CED) They also pointed out that during the last year a total of 58,000 jobs were created, above the absolute levels of 2014.

In turn, between August and September the levels of activity and employment grew, according to the general report of the INE, which established that there were more than 1.7 million employed workers, 64 thousand more than in the same period in 2022. On the other hand, the number of unemployed was estimated at 155 thousand, around 6,000 more than a year ago.

Source: Ambito

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