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Gender employment gap (05.30)

Gender employment gap 2022
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Employed persons 8.5 11.2 10.8
Employed persons working part-time -13.1 -15.2 -20.2
Employed persons with a temporary contract -5.7 -5.5 -2.5
Units: Percentage points.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Last update: February 28, 2023. Revised series on April 26, 2024.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The gender employment gap is measured as the difference between the employment rates of men and women aged 20-64. The employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons aged 20-64 in employment by the total population of the same age group.

In addition, it also provides the gender occupational gap of employed persons working part-time, calculated as the difference between the share of part-time employed among men and women aged 20-64; and the gender occupational gap of employed persons with a temporary contract calculated as the difference between the share of employed persons aged 20-64 with a temporary contract out of the total employment of the same age group.

The indicator is based on the EPA (Spanish acronym for Labour Force Survey).