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Working women in Seoul surpass 2 million in 2014

February 2, 2016

SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of female workers at various businesses in Seoul surpassed two million in 2014, thanks to the persistent increase of women’s participation in economic activity, the Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday.

The total number of women employed at businesses in Seoul stood at 2,060,316 at the end of 2014, a 4.12 percent increase from the previous year’s 1,978,718, according to the capital city’s survey of businesses.

The number of men at private businesses during the same period showed a slight increase to 2,679,567 from the previous year’s 2,606,372, a mere 2.81 percent rise.

The ratio of female workers accounts for 43.47 percent of the total 4,739,883 people working at companies or running their own businesses.

By types of employment, some 1.37 million women were employed as average workers, while some 239,000 are owner-operators.

The number of temporary or part-time female workers slightly shrank to 267,000, a decrease of 0.63 percent from the previous year.

But the number of businesses represented by women increased 3.8 percent to 270,000. This means that the portion of female representatives at all private businesses in Seoul rose to 33.25 percent, a 0.09 percentage point up from the previous year.

By business entities, female representatives in the lodging restaurant sector accounted for 56.22 percent of the total, followed by education with 52.44 percent.

But the portion of women at electric, gas, tap water, mineral and transportation businesses was very low, remaining in the 2 to 4 percent range.

According to the Seoul city survey, the total number of private businesses including the self-employed stood at 812,000, a 3.53 percent increase from the previous year.

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