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Title: | The Role of Women in the South African economy |
Author: | Verhoef, Grietjie |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Economics |
Volume: | 64 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | September |
Pages: | 216-234 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | population economic development women Labor and Employment economics |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.1996.tb01129.x |
Abstract: | The primary constraint in the analysis of the role of women in development programmes was, and still is, the lack of data for a global analysis on the position of women. In the case of South Africa, no comprehensive research has been undertaken to assess the position of women in the economy. This paper identifies key demographic and employment indicators of participation by women in the South African economy: the number of women in the total population, their level of education, trends in female employment, and the percentage of women in specific occupations. Despite problems with statistics, it can be established that the female population has grown to more than fifty percent of the total population, that the general level of female education has been rising rapidly, and that the number of economically active women has been rising faster than men. The paper also shows that the utilization of female labour still does not correspond with the level of female education. The rapidly growing female component in the informal sector could prove to be a vital element in solving some of South Africa's employment problems. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |