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Table 1 Occupational breakdown by gender

From: Discrimination in a search and matching model with self-employment

 

Gender

 

Occupation

Female

Male

Total

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Apprentice

315

2.34

305

2.26

620

4.60

Out of the labour force

2325

17.23

1543

11.44

3868

28.67

Private sector wage-employed (large firm)

313

2.32

734

5.44

1047

7.76

Private sector wage-employed (small firm)

835

6.19

1200

8.90

2035

15.09

Public sector wage-employed

217

1.61

241

1.79

458

3.40

Self-employed

2937

21.77

1132

8.39

4069

30.16

Unemployed

840

6.23

553

4.10

1393

10.33

Total

7782

57.69

5708

42.31

13490

100.00

  1. Pooled Sample of working age individuals (15–65) for the years 2005–2013
  2. Large firms have >20 employees