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Table 2 Macedonia: Occupation and industry distribution by gender, 2000

From: Occupational segregation and gender differentials in earnings in Macedonia

 

Men

Women

Occupation

(in percent)

 Managers and senior officials

3.9

1.9

 Professionals

9.3

16.8

 Technicians and associate professionals

9.5

13.2

 Clerks

8.2

15.0

 Service and sales workers

16.3

17.6

 Craft and related trade workers

24.5

21.0

 Plant and machine operators and assemblers

18.1

4.0

 Elementary (unskilled) occupations

10.3

10.5

 Total

100

100

Duncan segregation indexa

0.214

 

Industry

(in percent)

 Agriculture

8.3

3.9

 Manufacturing and mining

31.0

37.9

 Electricity, gas, water supply

5.5

1.8

 Construction

10.6

1.9

 Wholesale and retail trade

9.6

11.7

 Hotels and restaurants

2.6

2.9

 Transport and communications

7.5

2.2

 Financial intermediation

0.9

2.8

 Real estate and business services

2.5

1.8

 Public administration

6.7

5.7

 Education

5.1

9.9

 Health and social work

3.4

13.2

 Other services

6.2

4.3

 Total

100

100

Duncan segregation indexa

0.257

 
  1. aComputed as follows: Segregation index = 0.5*Sum[Abs(Pm-Pf)], where Pm and Pf are the proportion of men and women, respectively, employed in a particular occupation or industry.
  2. Source: Labor Force Survey, September 2000.