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Women and the Economy: Employers by Gender


Percentage and number of male and female employers by gender.

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Gender Mid-2007a Mid-2008 Mid-2009 Mid-2010 Mid-2011
Females ('000) 21.2 22.9 22.4 26.4 29.2
Males ('000) 70.8 71.5 69.5 78.0 79.0
Total Numbers ('000) 92.0 94.4 91.9 104.4 108.2
Females in % 23.0% 24.3% 24.4% 25.3% 27.0%
Males in % 77.0% 75.7% 75.6% 74.7% 73.0%
Total in % 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

2011 women economy employers gender updated

Notes from the Report on Labour Force Singapore 2011:
1) Data for 2005 are not available as the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey was not conducted due to the conduct of the General Household Survey by Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry.
2) To facilitate comparison with data for 2008 onwards, the 2007 data have been adjusted based on Singapore Department of Statistics' revised population estimates (released in February 2008) which exclude Singapore residents who have been away from Singapore for a continuous period of 12 months or longer. Adjusted data for 2007 are denoted by the symbol a.  Details are in the section on Survey Coverage and Methodology.

Source: Table 31, Report on Labour Force Singapore 2011, Ministry of Manpower

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DATE PUBLISHED: Friday, April 30, 2010
LAST REVIEWED: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
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