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5. Konur og vinnumarkaður
5. Women and the labour market
Yfirlit
í þessum kafla eru birtar töflur um konur á aldrinum 25-54
ára. Atvinnuþátttaka þeirra og vinnutími er skoðaður eftir
aldri yngsta bams og ijölda bama á heimili þeirra. Helstu
niðurstöður em eftirfarandi:
Á ámnum 1991-1997 hefur atvinnuþátttaka kvenna á
aldrinum 25-54 ára aukist nokkuð eða úr 83% árið 1991 í
85,4% árið 1997. Atvinnuþátttaka kvenna á þessum aldri
skýrist að nokkm af fjölda bama á heimili og aldri yngsta
bams. Konur á heimilum þar sem yngsta bam er yngra en 7
ára em líklegri til að vera heimavinnandi en ella, ennfremur
séu böm tvö eða fleiri og yngsta bam yngra en 7 ára.
Synopsis
This chapter presents tables conceming women aged 25-54.
Their activity rate and working hours are examined on the
basis of the age of their youngest child and the number of
children in the household. The main fmdings are as follows:
Over the period 1991-1997, activity rate of women aged
25-54 has increased somewhat, from 83% in 1991 to 85.4%
in 1997. To some extent activity rate of women in this age
group is explained by the number of children in the household
and the age of the youngest child. Women from households
where the youngest child is less than seven years old are more
likely than not to be unpaid family workers, which is also tme
if there are two children or more and the youngest child is
under seven years of age.
Mynd 5.1 Atvinnuþátttaka kvenna 25-54 ára eftir aldri yngsta barns 1991-1997
Figure 5.1 Females 25—54years. Activity rates by age of youngest child 1991-1997
%
Fjöldi bama og aldur þeirra hefur áhrif á vinnuframlag
starfandi kvenna á aldrinum 25-54 ára sem em í starfi. Væri
ekkert bam á heimilinu á árinu 1997 var aðeins 32% þeirra í
hlutastarfi samanborið við 54,3% ef eitt eða fleiri böm vom
á heimili. Þá var hlutfall hlutastarfa hærra ef yngsta bam var
yngra en 7 ára, svo og ef böm vom fleiri en eitt.
The number of children and their age has an impact on the
employment ratio of working women in the age group 25-54.
If there was no child in the household in 1997, only 32% of
this group were in part-time employment compared with
54.3% if there were one or more children in the household.
The proportion of part-time jobs was also higher if the
youngest child was aged less than 7, and if there was more
than one child.