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Table 2 Nurses: rates of employment, quantitative and qualitative underemployment, and unemployment rates, by gender. Mexico 2005–2017

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

Rates × 1 000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

AAR

AAGR

All nurses

N*

242 615

262 686

265 191

267 477

313 070

293 819

265 734

322 045

333 749

338 678

368 520

374 248

461 377

  

 Employment

689

712

721

716

710

681

668

697

705

723

716

707

664

701

-0.26

 Quantitative underemployment

51

37

25

48

51

59

46

40

49

34

42

33

46

43

4.16

 Qualitative underemployment

232

233

225

210

208

209

261

227

226

219

212

222

248

226

0.95

 Underemployment

28

18

29

26

30

51

25

36

20

23

29

38

41

30

10.76

Women

N*

229 379

243 848

244 208

243 485

288 128

264 242

243 441

282 406

296 571

290 456

320 630

320 293

390 397

  

 Employment

684

721

737

716

717

681

664

703

723

729

721

712

674

706

-0.06

 Quantitative underemployment

52

35

27

50

55

64

48

45

46

35

43

34

49

45

4.18

 Qualitative underemployment

235

225

207

211

198

201

261

217

212

211

209

223

246

220

0.93

 Underemployment

29

19

29

23

30

53

26

34

19

25

27

31

31

29

7.95

Men

N*

13 236

18 838

20 983

23 992

24 942

29 577

22 293

39 639

37 178

48 222

47 890

53 955

70 980

  

 Employment

767

603

530

715

632

682

706

648

559

689

683

675

610

654

-0.76

 Quantitative underemployment

42

65

9

23

3

10

21

4

77

29

38

26

29

29

170.96

 Qualitative underemployment

183

332

436

202

327

274

260

300

333

270

237

219

262

280

8.92

 Underemployment

8

0

25

60

39

35

13

47

32

12

42

80

99

38

54.17

  1. AAR average annual rate, AAGR average annual growth rate
  2. *Professionals dedicated to household activities are not included in this table