Women of Aruba Presentatie aan de vrouwenvleugel van de politieke partij ‘RED’ 16 februari 2005

QUICK FACTS Women outnumber men: 9.2 men per 10 women 9.8 local men per 10 local women 8.2 foreign men per 10 foreign women Women outlive men Life expectancy women 76 years, Life expectancy men 70 years Young women outnumber men in higher educational levels 214 women per 100 men in the ages in ISCED 6 (HBO, Bachelor degree) 123 women per 100 men in the ages in ISCED 7 (University degree)

Women are the majority sex

Population by age and place of birth,

Population by sex ratio and place of birth, LocalForeign-born

Female foreign-born population by place of birth, 2000

Growth of foreign female population by place of birth

Population (>13) by marital status at the time of the Census

Never married female population by age group and place of birth 2000

Married population living together with their spouse by activity status of both partners (percentage)

Percentage of persons living together on a durable basis who live in a consensual union by age and sex,

Single parents by sex, age group and nationality of parents, 1991 and 2000

Age and activity status of parents in single parent families

Subsistence level Average household -2 adults, 2 children – -Afls.2,608 Single parent households % under subsistence level % under subsistence level % of all single mother households - 1 adult, 1 child % of all single father households - 2 adults - 5,523 single mother households 539 single father households

Participation rates by sex

Participation rates for women by age group,

Participation rate female population by country of birth

Unemployment rate female population by country of birth

Distribution of occupation by sex,

Employed female population by ISCO and country of birth Column percentage

Employed female population by ISIC and country of birth Column percentage

Median income Median income by sex for all persons yrs. Median income by sex for all employed persons yrs.

Average personal income employed female population by ISCO and country of birth

Number of females per 100 males with a particular educational attainment by age

Sex ratio of school attending population by ISCED category ISCED 2 MAVO, HAVO 1-3, VWO boys per 100 girls EPB boys per 100 girls ISCED 3 HAVO 4-5, VWO boys per 100 girls ISCED 5 EPI 90.8 boys per 100 girls ISCED 6 IPA, University of Aruba (candidate law) 28.7 boys per 100 girls ISCED 7 University of Aruba (doctoral law) 36.0 boys per 100 girls

Percentage of population in poorer * health by age and sex * Poorer health: ‘moderate’, ‘sometimes good, sometimes bad’ and ‘bad’

Women on the move On average 1,222 women leave Aruba per year ( ) 50.2% local women The majority of local women leaving are between yrs. (41.7%) 49.8% foreign-born women The majority of local women leaving are between yrs. (46.9%) 72.8% of all women leaving Aruba, report going to the Netherlands On average 1,801 women arrive on Aruba per year ( ) 25.6% local women The majority of local women leaving are between yrs. (30.3%) 74.4% foreign-born women The majority of local women leaving are between yrs. (59.3%) 28.2% of all women coming to Aruba, are born Colombia, 26.0% are born in Aruba or Netherlands Antilles and 12.2% are born in the Netherlands

Reasons female migrants * indicate they want to settle on Aruba by country of birth *Recent migrants according to definition used in the Aruba Migration and Integration Study 2003

Married population where at least one partner is foreign born by country of birth partners

Women of Aruba