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survey, and 37 percent did not work at all (Figure 3.1). Fifty-one percent of women employed in the
12 months preceding the survey were employed all year, 24 percent were employed seasonally, and another
25 percent were employed occasionally.
Women age 40-49 are the most active group, while women under 20 are relatively less active.
Divorced, separated, and widowed women are more likely to be gainfully employed than other women.
Women with children were also more likely to be working at the time of the survey than women with no
children.
A higher proportion of rural women than urban women are currently working (58 percent and
51 percent, respectively). However, rural women are more likely to have seasonal jobs than urban women;
about 27 percent of women in rural areas work seasonally, compared with only 8 percent in urban areas.
There exists a notable variation in the proportion of women currently working among the regions, ranging
from 72 percent in the Tigray Region to 32 percent in the Somali Region.
Figure 3.1 Percent Distribution of Women Age 15-49
by Employment Status
Currently employed
57%
Worked during
last 12 months
7%
Did not work in
last 12 months
37%
Note: Percentages add to more than 100 due to rounding.
Ethiopia DHS 2000
In a relatively less industrialized country such as Ethiopia, education is no guarantee for
employment. Among the small proportion of women who attained secondary and higher levels of education,
49 percent were not working in the 12 months preceding the survey, compared with those who received no
education at all (34 percent). Seasonal employment is more common among uneducated women
(25 percent) than among those with secondary and higher education (12 percent).
Table 3.6.2 shows employment information for men. Eighty-seven percent of men were working at
the time of the survey, 5 percent worked in the 12 months prior to the survey, and 8 percent did not work at
all.
Men 25 years and older are more active than younger men, as are currently married men and those
living together, men with living children, men living in the Affar and Amhara regions, and men with no
education.
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