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More women in informal sector in Q1: GSO

The third COVID-19 resurgence has weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020 and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment, according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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Hanoi (VNA) – The third COVID-19 resurgence hasweakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment,according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A survey by the GSO reveals that though there was a fall inemployment in the first quarter of 2021, the number of working females roseagainst the same period last year.

The increase, however, was largely due to a higher number ofwomen working in the informal sector, the GSO said, adding that the growth of femalesin informal sector was higher than that of males.

It is probably because women are more easy-going and do nothave many choices of work compared to men, said Pham Hoai Nam, director of theGSO’s Population and Labour Statistics Department.

They had to take less stablejobs as long as they provide income for them, he added.

In the first three months of this year, the number ofinformal workers totalled 20.7 million, down 251,700 from the previous quarterand up 525,400 year-on-year.

Workers in informal economy accounted for 57.1 percent ofthe total workforce, an increase of 1.1 percentage point quarter-on-quarter and1.8 percentage point year-on-year. The rate rose in rural areas (2.1percentage point quarter-on-quarter and 2.6 percentage point year-on-year), andamong women (1.8 percentage point quarter-on-quarter and 2.5 percentage pointyear-on-year)./.
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