Table 2 Percentage distribution of socio-economic variables of women empowerment in Ethiopia in 2005 and 2011
From: Correlates of gender characteristics, health and empowerment of women in Ethiopia
Characteristics | DHS 2005 | DHS 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | |
Employment Status | ||||
   Unemployed | 64.10 | 12.40 | 64.00 | 22.00 |
   Employed | 35.90 | 87.60 | 36.00 | 78.00 |
Type of earning for work | ||||
   Unpaid | 52.50 | 51.40 | 22.60 | 17.60 |
   Cash only or partly in kind | 39.70 | 28.50 | 71.10 | 74.90 |
   Any kind only | 7.80 | 20.10 | 6.40 | 7.40 |
Type of Occupation | ||||
   Prof/Tech/Manag. | 3.80 | 2.60 | 4.30 | 6.56 |
   Clerical, Sales and services | 32.90 | 7.00 | 42.00 | 15.60 |
   Agriculture | 52.20 | 84.6 | 37.50 | 66.10 |
   Skilled Manual | 6.10 | 3.30 | 14.50 | 9.62 |
   Unskilled manual | 5.00 | 2.50 | 1.76 | 2.08 |