Women in Latin America and the Caribbean - Cepal

80
Figure II.8
LATIN AMERICA (SIMPLE AVERAGE FOR 15 COUNTRIES): FEMALE POPULATION AGED 15 AND
OVER, BY OCCUPATION AND POVERTY STATUS, URBAN AREAS, AROUND 2005
(Percentages)
90
80
70
76
60
65
66
50
54
56
40
30
20
10
0
16
Domestic service
8
Other employed
17
Housewives
14
Other
12
Total
29
Domestic service
16
Other employed
27
Housewives
21 21
Other
Total
Domestic service
Other employed
Housewives
Other
Total
Indigent Poor Non-poor
Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of special tabulations of household
surveys from the countries concerned.
Figure II.9
LATIN AMERICA (14 COUNTRIES): EARNINGS OF THE FEMALE POPULATION AGED 15 AND
OVER, BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY, URBAN AREAS, AROUND 2005
(Earnings in poverty lines)
7
6
6.3
5
4.7
5.0
5.1
4
3
2
1
0.9
3.8
3.8
3.5
3.2
2.4 2.3
2.6
1.2 1.2
1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
3.3
1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7
1.9
3.0
2.0
3.5
2.4
1.5
3.7
0
Dominican Rep.
Mexico
Honduras
Paraguay
Brazil
Uruguay
Bolivia
Argentina
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Panama
Colombia
El Salvador
Chile
All countries
Domestic service
Other employed
Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of special tabulations of household
surveys from the countries concerned.