An overview of women’s work and employment in Azerbaijan
Table 12. Employment by employment status, working week (distribution of hours usually worked) and
gender, Azerbaijan, 2003
|
total labour force |
paid employees |
self-employed | |||||||
|
hours |
total |
men |
women |
total |
men |
women |
total |
men |
women |
|
< 9_______ |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
________0 |
|
9-15 |
________2 |
______1 |
_______4 |
________2 |
______1 |
_______4 |
________2 |
______1 |
________4 |
|
16-20 |
_______4 |
________3 |
_________6 |
________3 |
________2 |
_________5 |
_________5 |
________4 |
________7 |
|
21-30 |
_______11 |
_________9 |
_______14 |
_________6 |
_______4 |
_______10 |
_______17 |
_______15 |
_______19 |
|
31-40 |
______54 |
_______53 |
_______55 |
_______65 |
_______64 |
_______65 |
_______41 |
_______38 |
______45 |
|
41-50 |
_______19 |
_______21 |
_______16 |
_______15 |
_______17 |
_______13 |
______23 |
______26 |
_______19 |
|
> 50 |
_______10 |
_______13 |
_________5 |
_________9 |
_______12 |
________3 |
_______12 |
_______16 |
_________8 |
|
Total_______ |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
x mln. |
3,38 |
1,98 |
1,40 |
1,85 |
1,11 |
0,74 |
1,53 |
0,86 |
0,67 |
Source: authors’ calculations based on ILO, Laborsta
More recent working hours information divided by gender comprises only averages, like presented in
Table 13 for 2008 for paid employees.
Table 13. Average monthly working hours by industry and by gender, paid employees, Azerbaijan, 2008
total male female
|
agriculture_______________________ |
____________________149.4 |
_____________________148.5 |
____________________152.4 |
|
fishing___________________________ |
____________________163.8 |
_____________________158.5 |
____________________179.2 |
|
mining_____________________ |
____________________154.7 |
_____________________155.5 |
____________________149.2 |
|
manufacturing________________ |
____________________135.8 |
_____________________135.0 |
____________________138.5 |
|
utilities (gas, water, electr.)________ |
____________________154.4 |
____________________155.5 |
____________________149.4 |
|
construction___________________ |
____________________169.6 |
_____________________170.1 |
____________________163.4 |
|
wholesale and retail_____________ |
____________________155.3 |
____________________153.7 |
____________________159.0 |
|
transport, storage, commun. |
____________________156.6 |
____________________156.4 |
____________________157.0 |
|
restaurants, hotels________________ |
____________________147.2 |
_____________________142.3 |
____________________157.7 |
|
finance_________________________ |
____________________154.4 |
____________________156.4 |
____________________148.4 |
|
real estate, renting, business |
____________________157.0 |
____________________155.2 |
_____________________160.1 |
|
public administrat., defense |
____________________160.3 |
_____________________160.5 |
____________________159.8 |
|
education_____________________ |
____________________145.8 |
_____________________145.8 |
____________________145.8 |
|
health, social work______________ |
____________________145.8 |
_____________________145.8 |
____________________145.8 |
|
other community and personal |
157.9 |
157.0 |
158.7 |
|
Total___________________________ |
____________________151.5 |
_____________________152.5 |
____________________150.2 |
Source: ILO Laborsta, Table 4A
The overall gender difference is quite small: male employees worked 2.3 hours per month longer than
females. However, it should be noted that in eight of 15 industries the average monthly hours of the females
were longer -- in fishing (over 20 hours difference), wholesale and retail (5.3 hours difference), restaurants
and hotels (15.4 hours difference), and real estate et cetera (4.9 hours difference) even much longer. Re-
markable are the relatively short working months in 2008 in manufacturing industry, also compared to 200,
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