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Table 4 Percentage of immigrants workers employed in the most common low skilled occupations

From: Immigrants from eastern partnership (EaP) countries in Spain

 

EaP immigrants

Other immigrants

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Food services (cooks, and waiters)

0.96

20.2

7.3

16.4

Sales

1.92

3.71

3.07

7.88

Construction

42.19

0

35.02

0.47

Manufacturing (food preparation, metals, and electrics)

10.24

0

14.19

3.49

Domestic services (nannies, nurses, housecleaning)

2.56

56.23

3.7

51.43

Agriculture and fishing

4.15

3.71

5.26

3.29

Other unskilled jobs (janitors, drivers, warehouse workers)

17.58

4.71

7.31

7.21

  1. Source: Labor Force Survey 2000–2011.