Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico

Table 1 Physicians: rates of employment, quantitative and qualitative underemployment, and unemployment, by gender. Mexico 2005–2017

Rates × 1 000*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	AAR	AAGR
All physicians
N*	202 421	222 017	202 619	239 011	242 738	261 089	238 299	251 861	243 903	220 122	229 035	215 676	263 538
Employment	797	770	835	809	796	773	787	776	793	809	733	806	806	792	0.22
Quantitative underemployment	55	76	62	55	66	78	72	70	70	61	67	48	51	64	0.98
Qualitative underemployment	131	133	97	127	124	117	125	120	130	112	176	138	127	128	1.81
Unemployment	17	21	5	9	14	32	16	34	7	17	24	8	16	17	34.49
Women
N*	64 624	73 314	79 531	79 875	87 532	98 042	93 623	96 338	100 171	81 358	88 736	94 496	121 128
Employment	785	699	861	788	771	719	743	728	821	762	704	789	797	767	0.61
Quantitative underemployment	76	89	40	57	53	95	87	58	52	64	61	47	49	64	2.09
Qualitative underemployment	120	162	94	139	161	113	137	157	119	150	207	154	148	143	6.13
Unemployment	18	49	6	16	16	73	34	57	8	23	29	9	6	26	54.55
Men
N*	137 797	148 703	123 088	159 136	155 206	163 047	144 676	155 523	143 732	138 764	140 299	121 180	142 410
Employment	802	806	819	819	810	805	815	806	774	836	751	818	813	806	0.22
Quantitative underemployment	45	69	77	54	74	68	62	78	83	59	71	49	54	65	4.80
Qualitative underemployment	136	119	99	121	104	119	118	97	137	90	157	126	109	118	1.82
Unemployment	16	7	4	6	12	8	5	19	6	14	22	7	24	12	45.37

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