Women of Aruba

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

2. 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 20-24 in ISCED 6 (HBO, Bachelor degree) • 123 women per 100 men in the ages 25-29 in ISCED 7 (University degree)

3. Women are the majority sex

4. Population by age and place of birth, 1991-2000

5. Local Foreign-born Population by sex ratio and place of birth, 1981-2000

6. Female foreign-born population by place of birth, 2000

7. Growth offoreign female population by place of birth 1991-2000

8. 1972 1981 1991 2000 Population (>13) by marital status at the time of the Census

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

10. Married population living together with their spouse by activity status of both partners 1991-2000 (percentage)

11. Percentage of persons living together on a durable basis who live in a consensual union by age and sex, 1991-2000

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

13. Age and activity status of parents in single parent families

14. Subsistence level • Average household • 2 adults, 2 children – • Afls.2,608 Single parent households 5,523 single mother households 539 single father households 33.1% of all single mother households - 1 adult, 1 child - 40.0% of all single father households - 2 adults - - 24.2% under subsistence level - - 12.6% under subsistence level -

15. Participation rates by sex 1960-2000

16. Participation rates for women by age group, 1972-2000

17. Participation rate female population by country of birth

18. Unemployment rate female population by country of birth

19. Distribution of occupation by sex, 1991-2000

20. Employed female population by ISCO and country of birth Column percentage

21. Employed female population by ISIC and country of birth Column percentage

22. Median income Median income by sex for all persons 15-64 yrs. Median income by sex for all employed persons 15-64 yrs.

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

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

25. Sex ratio of school attending population by ISCED category • ISCED 2 • MAVO, HAVO 1-3, VWO 1-3 78.9 boys per 100 girls • EPB 167.1 boys per 100 girls • ISCED 3 • HAVO 4-5, VWO 4-6 63.4 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

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

27. Women on the move • On average 1,222 women leave Aruba per year (1999-2003) • 50.2% local women • The majority of local women leaving are between 15-24 yrs. (41.7%) • 49.8% foreign-born women • The majority of local women leaving are between 30-39 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(1999-2003) • 25.6% local women • The majority of local women leaving are between 20-29 yrs. (30.3%) • 74.4% foreign-born women • The majority of local women leaving are between 20-39 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

28. 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

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

30. Women of Aruba