74.2% of the female employed population in the urban area works in companies with between 1 and 10 workers

In the April-May-June quarter of this year, 74.2% of the female employed population in the country's urban area worked in companies with between 1 and 10 workers, a figure 6.0 percentage points higher than that of men. (68.2%). Meanwhile, in companies with 11 to 50 workers and in those with 51 or more workers, there is a higher proportion of men who women who they work. it is so that, in those with 11 to 50 workers, the percentage of working men reached 10.4%, a figure 4.3 percentage points higher than women (6.1%), and in those with 51 or more workers the proportion of working men and women represented 21.4% and 19.7%, respectively. Thus, it was announced by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) in the technical report Statistics with a Gender Approach prepared with information from the National Household Survey (Enaho).

The majority of women who worked in the urban area do so in the activities of Services (49.1%) and Commerce (30.2%); while the percentage of men who work in these activities is lower than women, so in Services it is 28.6% and in Commerce 16.4%. Meanwhile, in the Transportation and Communications branch, a greater participation of men (16.4%) was observed compared to women (2.4%), being higher by 14.0 percentage points.

Of the male population aged 18 and over that works in the country's urban area, 65.3% have a savings or checking account, while women have 58.3%, which is 7.0 percentage points less. . Compared to the same quarter of 2021, men who work in urban areas and have a savings or checking account increased by 4.4 percentage points, while women decreased by 3.1 percentage points.

In the April-May-June 2022 quarter, the attendance of girls from 3 to 5 years of age to initial education reached 90.3% and that of boys 89.4%, compared to the same period in 2021, a growth of 2 is observed .8 and 3.9 percentage points, respectively. In primary education, the attendance of girls from 6 to 11 years old reached 99.0% and that of boys 98.5%; and in adolescents from 12 to 16 years of age, school attendance of women was 89.4% and that of their male peers 85.2%.

The results of the ENAHO for the second quarter of this year showed that 90.7% of women and 87.9% of men accessed the Internet through a cell phone (with data plan and without data plan). ), Compared to the same quarter of 2021, it can be seen that Internet access by mobile phone for women and men increased by 4.2 and 0.7 percentage points, respectively.

Meanwhile, 17.6% of women and 17.2% of men accessed the Internet through a laptop; 13.2% of women and 16.2% of men for a computer; and 2.5% and 2.4% of women and men, respectively, did so using a Tablet.

In the quarter of analysis, 45.5% of the women interviewed stated that they suffered from some chronic health problem (illness or discomfort), while in the case of men this proportion represented 36.5%, with 9 being 0 percentage points less than women. Compared to the same quarter of 2021, women and men with some chronic health problem increased by 3.9 and 4.0 percentage points, respectively.

According to the type of health insurance, in the April-May-June quarter of this year, 60.8% of women had Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS), a result 5.6 percentage points higher than men ( 55.2%). Meanwhile, those affiliated with EsSalud insurance represented 21.9% of women and 22.5% of men.

Greater amount ofurban households headed by women benefited from social programs
The results of the ENAHO for the second quarter of this year revealed that, in urban areas, food programs benefited 27.8% of households headed by women and 26.3% of households headed by men. Compared to what was recorded in the same quarter of 2021, at the national level, households headed by a woman, with some member benefiting from food programs, increased by 4.5 percentage points, while households headed by a man did not present a significant increase.