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Population in work in the Basque Country by work preferences, according to social-demographic characteristics. Variation coefficients and confidence intervals (%). 2024

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Profesional situation		Size of company		Occupational sector
	Employee	Being autonomous	Working in a small company	Working in a large company	Working in the private sector	Working in the public sector

Basque Country
Estimation	86.0	14.0	42.4	57.6	37.7	62.3
Lower L. 95%	84.8	12.8	40.9	56.0	36.1	60.7
Upper L. 95%	87.2	15.2	44.0	59.1	39.3	63.9
CV(%)	0.7	4.3	1.9	1.4	2.1	1.3
Territory of residence
Araba / Álava
Estimation	88.0	12.0	42.7	57.3	34.6	65.4
Lower L. 95%	85.2	9.2	38.9	53.6	30.8	61.6
Upper L. 95%	90.8	14.8	46.4	61.1	38.4	69.2
CV(%)	1.6	12.0	4.5	3.3	5.6	3.0
Bizkaia
Estimation	86.1	13.9	38.7	61.3	35.5	64.5
Lower L. 95%	84.3	12.1	36.4	59.0	33.2	62.1
Upper L. 95%	87.9	15.7	41.0	63.6	37.9	66.8
CV(%)	1.1	6.6	3.0	1.9	3.3	1.8
Gipuzkoa
Estimation	84.9	15.1	47.9	52.1	42.3	57.7
Lower L. 95%	83.1	13.3	45.4	49.5	39.7	55.1
Upper L. 95%	86.7	16.9	50.5	54.6	44.9	60.3
CV(%)	1.1	6.1	2.7	2.5	3.1	2.3
Age
16 to 24 years
Estimation	89.0	11.0	38.2	61.8	38.9	61.1
Lower L. 95%	84.9	6.9	32.0	55.6	32.5	54.7
Upper L. 95%	93.1	15.1	44.4	68.0	45.3	67.5
CV(%)	2.4	19.1	8.3	5.1	8.4	5.3
25-34 years
Estimation	84.3	15.7	48.1	51.9	42.2	57.8
Lower L. 95%	80.9	12.4	43.9	47.8	38.0	53.6
Upper L. 95%	87.6	19.1	52.2	56.1	46.4	62.0
CV(%)	2.0	10.9	4.4	4.1	5.1	3.7
35-44 years
Estimation	85.1	14.9	41.6	58.4	36.9	63.1
Lower L. 95%	82.6	12.5	38.3	55.2	33.7	60.0
Upper L. 95%	87.5	17.4	44.8	61.7	40.0	66.3
CV(%)	1.5	8.4	4.0	2.8	4.4	2.6
45-54 years
Estimation	86.9	13.1	39.7	60.3	37.4	62.6
Lower L. 95%	85.0	11.3	37.1	57.7	34.8	60.0
Upper L. 95%	88.7	15.0	42.3	62.9	40.0	65.2
CV(%)	1.1	7.1	3.3	2.2	3.6	2.1
55 and over years
Estimation	86.3	13.7	43.6	56.4	35.3	64.7
Lower L. 95%	84.2	11.6	40.7	53.5	32.5	61.8
Upper L. 95%	88.4	15.8	46.5	59.3	38.2	67.5
CV(%)	1.2	7.7	3.4	2.6	4.1	2.2
Sex
Men
Estimation	83.1	16.9	39.6	60.4	45.0	55.0
Lower L. 95%	81.5	15.2	37.5	58.3	42.8	52.9
Upper L. 95%	84.8	18.5	41.7	62.5	47.1	57.2
CV(%)	1.0	5.0	2.7	1.8	2.5	2.0
Women
Estimation	89.1	10.9	45.5	54.5	29.8	70.2
Lower L. 95%	87.7	9.5	43.3	52.4	27.8	68.1
Upper L. 95%	90.5	12.3	47.6	56.7	31.9	72.2
CV(%)	0.8	6.6	2.4	2.0	3.5	1.5
Higher level of completed studies
Primary studies and less
Estimation	81.7	18.3	64.7	35.3	42.5	57.5
Lower L. 95%	62.8	0.0	41.7	12.3	18.1	33.1
Upper L. 95%	100.0	37.2	87.7	58.3	66.9	81.9
CV(%)	11.8	52.8	18.1	33.2	29.3	21.6
Secondary and middle studies
Estimation	81.9	18.1	39.4	60.6	43.3	56.7
Lower L. 95%	77.0	13.2	33.3	54.4	37.1	50.5
Upper L. 95%	86.8	23.0	45.6	66.7	49.5	62.9
CV(%)	3.1	13.9	8.0	5.2	7.3	5.6
Higher studies
Estimation	80.8	19.2	45.5	54.5	44.6	55.4
Lower L. 95%	77.1	15.5	41.3	50.4	40.1	51.0
Upper L. 95%	84.5	22.9	49.6	58.7	49.0	59.9
CV(%)	2.3	9.7	4.7	3.9	5.1	4.1
Profession
Directors and managers
Estimation	89.2	10.8	40.9	59.1	34.8	65.2
Lower L. 95%	74.0	0.0	20.1	38.3	14.8	45.1
Upper L. 95%	100.0	26.0	61.7	79.9	54.9	85.2
CV(%)	8.7	72.5	26.0	18.0	29.4	15.7
Technicals and scientific professionals and intellectuals
Estimation	78.7	21.3	44.3	55.7	42.3	57.7
Lower L. 95%	74.3	16.8	39.3	50.8	37.4	52.9
Upper L. 95%	83.2	25.7	49.2	60.7	47.1	62.6
CV(%)	2.9	10.7	5.7	4.5	5.9	4.3
Support technicians and professionals
Estimation	88.6	11.4	39.0	61.0	35.8	64.2
Lower L. 95%	85.3	8.2	34.4	56.4	31.1	59.5
Upper L. 95%	91.8	14.7	43.6	65.6	40.5	68.9
CV(%)	1.9	14.5	6.0	3.9	6.7	3.7
Employees in administration and accounts
Estimation	90.3	9.7	39.2	60.8	32.7	67.3
Lower L. 95%	74.4	0.0	15.6	37.3	10.5	45.2
Upper L. 95%	100.0	25.6	62.7	84.4	54.8	89.5
CV(%)	9.0	83.8	30.6	19.7	34.6	16.8
Employees in catering, personal, security and sellers
Estimation	100.0	0.0	42.4	57.6	29.0	71.0
Lower L. 95%	100.0	0.0	14.1	29.3	1.7	43.7
Upper L. 95%	100.0	0.0	70.7	85.9	56.3	98.3
CV(%)	0.0		34.1	25.0	48.0	19.6
Skilled workers in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and fishing sectors
Estimation	87.1	12.9	39.6	60.4	39.2	60.8
Lower L. 95%	84.9	10.8	36.3	57.2	36.0	57.6
Upper L. 95%	89.2	15.1	42.8	63.7	42.4	64.0
CV(%)	1.3	8.5	4.2	2.7	4.2	2.7
Craftsmen and skilled workers from the manufacturing and construction industries
Estimation	92.3	7.7	40.4	59.6	25.7	74.3
Lower L. 95%	90.1	5.4	36.2	55.5	21.8	70.4
Upper L. 95%	94.6	9.9	44.5	63.8	29.6	78.2
CV(%)	1.3	15.1	5.3	3.6	7.7	2.7
Operators of installations and machinery, and assembly
Estimation	86.7	13.3	44.7	55.3	36.9	63.1
Lower L. 95%	84.1	10.7	41.1	51.7	33.3	59.6
Upper L. 95%	89.3	15.9	48.3	58.9	40.4	66.7
CV(%)	1.5	10.0	4.1	3.3	4.9	2.9
Elementary occupations
Estimation	88.6	11.4	49.0	51.0	37.0	63.0
Lower L. 95%	84.8	7.7	42.9	44.9	31.2	57.3
Upper L. 95%	92.3	15.2	55.1	57.1	42.7	68.8
CV(%)	2.2	16.8	6.3	6.1	7.9	4.7
Branch of activity
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Estimation	91.0	9.0	25.9	74.1	16.8	83.2
Lower L. 95%	83.1	1.1	13.2	61.4	6.0	72.5
Upper L. 95%	98.9	16.9	38.6	86.8	27.5	94.0
CV(%)	4.4	44.7	25.0	8.7	32.6	6.6
Industry
Estimation	69.8	30.2	51.4	48.6	56.8	43.2
Lower L. 95%	64.3	24.8	45.6	42.8	50.9	37.3
Upper L. 95%	75.2	35.7	57.2	54.4	62.7	49.1
CV(%)	4.0	9.2	5.8	6.1	5.3	6.9
Construction
Estimation	88.7	11.3	46.3	53.7	30.3	69.7
Lower L. 95%	86.8	9.3	43.2	50.5	27.3	66.8
Upper L. 95%	90.7	13.2	49.5	56.8	33.2	72.7
CV(%)	1.1	8.9	3.5	3.0	4.9	2.1
Services
Estimation	88.4	11.6	38.6	61.4	35.8	64.2
Lower L. 95%	85.6	8.9	34.4	57.2	31.7	60.1
Upper L. 95%	91.1	14.4	42.8	65.6	39.9	68.3
CV(%)	1.6	12.0	5.5	3.5	5.8	3.3
Profesional situation
Employers
Estimation	95.1	4.9	35.1	64.9	32.0	68.0
Lower L. 95%	93.1	2.9	30.7	60.5	27.6	63.7
Upper L. 95%	97.1	6.9	39.5	69.3	36.3	72.4
CV(%)	1.1	20.8	6.4	3.4	6.9	3.3
Self employed, family help and other situation
Estimation	83.4	16.6	46.4	53.6	34.6	65.4
Lower L. 95%	80.4	13.6	42.8	50.0	30.8	61.6
Upper L. 95%	86.4	19.6	50.0	57.2	38.4	69.2
CV(%)	1.8	9.3	4.0	3.4	5.6	3.0
Members of co-operatives
Estimation	61.2	38.8	76.1	23.9	54.9	45.1
Lower L. 95%	46.6	24.1	61.5	9.3	37.7	27.9
Upper L. 95%	75.9	53.4	90.7	38.5	72.1	62.3
CV(%)	12.2	19.3	9.8	31.2	16.0	19.5
Public salaried sector
Estimation	84.0	16.0	38.5	61.5	50.6	49.4
Lower L. 95%	80.6	12.6	34.1	57.2	46.0	44.9
Upper L. 95%	87.4	19.4	42.8	65.9	55.1	54.0
CV(%)	2.1	10.8	5.8	3.6	4.6	4.7
Private salaried sector
Estimation	87.0	13.0	31.8	68.2	44.7	55.3
Lower L. 95%	83.3	9.2	26.8	63.2	39.3	49.9
Upper L. 95%	90.8	16.7	36.8	73.2	50.1	60.7
CV(%)	2.2	14.8	8.0	3.7	6.2	5.0
Type of working week
Full time
Estimation	85.3	14.7	41.5	58.5	36.2	63.8
Lower L. 95%	81.2	10.5	36.2	53.1	30.9	58.5
Upper L. 95%	89.5	18.8	46.9	63.8	41.5	69.1
CV(%)	2.5	14.5	6.6	4.7	7.5	4.3
Part Time
Estimation	64.5	35.5	62.3	37.7	61.2	38.8
Lower L. 95%	49.6	20.6	47.5	22.8	46.5	24.0
Upper L. 95%	79.4	50.4	77.2	52.5	76.0	53.5
CV(%)	11.8	21.4	12.1	20.1	12.3	19.4
Type of working week of spouse/partner
Full time
Estimation	87.8	12.2	33.4	66.6	52.3	47.7
Lower L. 95%	85.6	9.9	30.3	63.4	48.9	44.4
Upper L. 95%	90.1	14.4	36.6	69.7	55.6	51.1
CV(%)	1.3	9.6	4.8	2.4	3.3	3.6
Part Time
Estimation	77.4	22.6	46.5	53.5	49.7	50.3
Lower L. 95%	72.1	17.3	40.1	47.1	43.4	44.1
Upper L. 95%	82.7	27.9	52.9	59.9	55.9	56.6
CV(%)	3.5	11.9	7.0	6.1	6.4	6.4
Person not in work
Estimation	86.4	13.6	44.3	55.7	32.6	67.4
Lower L. 95%	85.1	12.2	42.4	53.9	30.8	65.6
Upper L. 95%	87.8	14.9	46.1	57.6	34.4	69.2
CV(%)	0.8	5.1	2.1	1.7	2.8	1.4

Date June 26, 2025

Source: Eustat. Survey on the reconciliation of work, family and personal life

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Population in work in the Basque Country by work preferences, according to social-demographic characteristics. Variation coefficients and confidence intervals (%). 2024