good news about female employment: In December, the all-time high number of women on Social Security in Spain reached 9.556 million, which now accounts for 47% of the total number of connected people. In the last month of 2022, women’s unemployment also declined by more than two points, reaching figures not seen in 14 years.
December has been a good month for the Spanish labor market overall, according to statistics released this Tuesday by the Ministries of Labor and Social Security; with the lowest unemployment data in the last 15 years and a record number of memberships. These good overall numbers were also positive for female employment. However, despite this gender gaps are narrowingWe must not overlook the devastating impact of inequality on the labor market.
affiliate registration
There were 9,559,179 women on Social Security in December, the highest number of employments since membership data was recorded. Them They already make up 47% of total connected peopleIt’s also the highest percentage of all time.
In the same period, 10,737,092 men were employed. In total, adding men and women, there were 12,640 more members last month than in November and 471,360 more than a year ago.
Also, data for December from the Public Employment Service (SEPE) is December to December. Lowest unemployment rate since 2007with 2,837,653 unemployed. If female unemployment is taken into account, it fell 2.17% compared to November, which meant 37,411 fewer unemployed women.
The number of unemployed women is 1,690,148, Lowest data in 14 years. However, this contraction in female unemployment is still insufficient to compensate for the existing gender gap: women still account for unemployment. 59.56% of people in this country are unemployedcompared to 40.44% for men.
Comparing December 2022 with the same month of 2021 reveals a greater decrease in unemployment for the male population (10.48% less) than for the female population (7.34% less).
However, the comparison with November 2022 shows a larger decline in female unemployment (37,411 women compared to 6,316 men, 2.17% and 0.55% decrease respectively).
something similar happens in collective foreign population: there are more unemployed women (220,169 compared to 139,300 men) and the annual change compared to December 2021 is more favorable for them (14.08% decrease in female unemployment compared to 6.02%), compared to November more for women advantageous (1.87% less layoffs and 0.32% less unemployed).
When a better scenario is described for them In the population under 25 years old: there are fewer unemployed women (95,049 compared to 100,702 young men) and decreases in female unemployment are greater than those registered for men (decreases 6.56% for women and 5.19% for men), both compared to December and November with the same month (12.44% decrease among themselves and 11.7% among themselves).
These trends reverse after that age. the maternity punishing women’s career choices and careers. In the female population over the age of 25, the number of stops is 1,595,099 citizens and the number of unemployed men is 1,046,803.
Inequality in contracts
Gender inequality is not only measured in terms of people employed, but also possible differences according to the type of contract and gender should be analyzed.
Of the total contracts in December, 1,189,917 were for men, 561,701 for women, and 628,216. The Department of Labor states that 107,292 of these contracts are part-time and 177,877 are of non-durable duration. does not separate these data by gender.
If known, they were again last December. plus men hired indefinitely (269,433 versus 194,719 women). They received more initial permanent contracts (241,377 for men and 171,522 for women) and also converted more to permanent contracts than any other type of contract (28,056 compared to 23,197 women).
where did they turn leadUnfortunately, it’s in temporary contracts that are another clear indicator of inequality for women. Of the 725,765 temporary contracts in December, 366,982 belonged to women and the remaining 358,783 to men. Looking at the annual change in temporary contracts, a much larger contraction (56.81%) is appreciated for men than for women (45.80%), as compared to December and November (11.29% and 9.3% respectively).
And the company uses women far more often for replacement contracts, almost twice as often (28,493 men and 57,012 women).
The road to employment equality still long.