Sociodemographic determinants of women’s participation in the labor market of Honduras, 2011 and 2015

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the sociodemographic variables that determine women’s labor participation for the years 2011 and 2015. Probit-type models were estimated to identify the variables with greater or less impact on the probability that women participate in the labor market in Honduras.
Concluding that the educational level positively influences the insertion of women into the labor market, obtaining decent jobs and income, therefore, it was found that women with a secondary or higher level of education were working in higher-ranking occupations, while women at the primary level of eductarion are inserted in low-category occupations, and it was women with higher education who obtained the highest income.
Unmarried women are who, in a higher percentage, are inserted in the labor market (46%), compared with the married or in a consensual union (45% between the two). The rural residence area negatively influences; the highest percentages of women working were identified in the urban area; while the number of children provided negative evidence for a woman to obtain a job.