Survey points to married women’s low participation in Jordan's labour force
Published 22 Jul,2020 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — About 85.5 per cent of women, who have been married in Jordan, are out of the labour force, while 13.8 per cent have jobs and 0.7 per cent are jobseekers, Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) said on Tuesday.
SIGI, citing the 2017-2018 population and family health survey issued by the Department of Statistics, said that age, marital status, number of children, financial status, the place of living, educational level and nationality have “direct impacts” on women’s economic participation.
In a statement made available to The Jordan Times, the institute said that 99 per cent of women, who have been married and aged 15-19, have never worked, while only 1 per cent of them have jobs now.
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