In the Basque Autonomous Community, in 2020, 28% of women worked part-time compared to 9% of men. In addition, weekend work affects almost two out of ten women, while it affects one out of ten men.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Eustat Basque Institute of Statistics has prepared a report on the working conditions of women. Note that its conditions are more precarious by the type of contract, the working day or the flexible hours.
In the Basque Autonomous Community, in 2020, the 28% of the women worked part time compared to 9% of men. The incidence of temporary employment has been and continues to be greater among women than among men.
Weekend work affects almost two out of ten women, while it affects one out of ten men. Likewise, 18% of employed women have a shift of six to seven days; the figure drops to 13% in the case of men. More than a third of men also enjoy greater flexibility in terms of leaving work, compared to 29.3% of women.
joint day
The women are overrepresented in care workboth paid and unpaid. So much so, that in 18% of households the joint day (domestic and external work) exceeds 60 hours per week. In relation to housework, women are also the ones who dedicate more time to it, 2.2 hours a day compared to 1.6 for men.
Women spend 4.6 hours a day caring for their sons and daughters, compared to 3.4 hours for men. In the case of dependent people, the difference between one and the other is maintained; women spend 2.3 hours, and men, 1.6.
The report also shows that women do not go out to the labor market for maternity, but that in more than 22% of cases, single-parent mothers and women in a couple with sons and daughters work double shifts.
Source: Eitb
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