Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS

Table 3.4.1 Employment status: women
Percent distribution of women by employment status or (if not employed) main activity during 12 months preceding the
survey, according to background characteristics, Vietnam 2005
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Employed in
last 12 months
Not employed in the last 12 months
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Not Was going Looking Number
Background Currently currently to school, for Housework/ of
characteristic employed 1 employed studying work child care Other Total women
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Age
15-24 56.5 3.2 34.2 1.4 4.3 0.4 100.0 2,471
15-19 40.0 2.4 53.1 0.7 3.3 0.4 100.0 1,359
20-24 76.7 4.3 11.0 2.3 5.4 0.3 100.0 1,112
25-29 89.4 4.0 0.3 0.2 6.1 0.0 100.0 948
30-39 91.2 2.6 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.4 100.0 1,997
40-49 92.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.7 100.0 1,873
Wealth quintile
Lowest 86.8 5.3 4.4 0.1 2.9 0.5 100.0 1,306
Second 82.0 3.4 9.2 0.0 4.9 0.5 100.0 1,387
Middle 79.5 3.0 13.5 0.9 2.9 0.3 100.0 1,503
Fourth 79.0 0.9 13.4 0.8 5.4 0.4 100.0 1,507
Highest 71.6 1.5 16.2 0.7 9.5 0.5 100.0 1,587
Residence
Urban 73.1 1.4 15.0 0.8 9.1 0.6 100.0 1,575
Rural 81.2 3.1 10.7 0.4 4.2 0.4 100.0 5,714
Region
North 86.2 0.6 11.2 0.3 1.4 0.3 100.0 2,802
Central 78.6 1.7 14.8 0.9 3.1 0.9 100.0 1,808
South 72.9 5.6 9.9 0.5 10.8 0.3 100.0 2,679
Targeted provinces
Ha Noi 78.9 1.4 16.8 0.0 2.2 0.6 100.0 235
Ho Chi Minh City 69.6 1.4 10.4 1.5 17.1 0.0 100.0 484
Hai Phong 81.5 0.5 13.8 0.4 3.4 0.4 100.0 167
Quang Ninh 85.1 1.1 10.5 0.2 2.8 0.3 100.0 100
Total 79.5 2.7 11.6 0.5 5.3 0.4 100.0 7,289
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Worked in the past seven days. Includes persons who did not work in the past seven days but who are regularly employed
and were absent from work for leave, illness, vacation, or any other such reason.
The proportion of the population currently working increases with increasing age, such that over
90 percent of the population age 30-49 is currently employed. The proportion of the population currently
employed declines with increasing wealth quintile, and as the proportion of those in school studying
increases. For example, the highest quintile has the lowest percentage currently working, among both
women and men (women: 72 percent, men: 79 percent).
Among women who have not worked in the previous 12 months, the main activities are studying
(12 percent) and household/child care (5 percent). The main activity of men who have not worked is
studying (15 percent).
Regional and provincial variation show that a higher proportion of women are working in the
North (86 percent) than in the Central and South regions (79 and 73 percent), and in Quang Ninh (85
percent) as compared to the other targeted provinces. A higher proportion of men are working in the
South (84 percent) and North (82 percent) than in the Central (79 percent) region, and in HCMC (84
percent) and Hai Phong (83 percent) as compared to the other targeted provinces.
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