On International Women's Day, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia prepared a report on the "average" woman in Slovenia. Let's take a look at their findings on what the "average" woman in Slovenia is like in 2020.
On Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia have again prepared a report on the "average" woman in Slovenia on International Women's Day 2020, based on their data.
What is the "average" woman like in 2020?
According to the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, he lives in Slovenia 1,045,000 women, their most common name is Maria (5 percent), their average age is almost 45 years (which is 3 years more than the average age of men). They are averagely tall 165 cm, on average they weigh approx 68 kg. Most women are recreating around 2 hours a week, they eat fruits and vegetables almost every day, 81 of the hundred women do not smoke. Women live on average 7.5 years longer than men (the average age of women who died in 2018 was 81.6 years). Most of them die from it cardiovascular diseases.
They are among those older than 14 years three out of four mothers, and among these there are the most who are mother of two children. Among a hundred women in Slovenia, there are an average of 28 who have completed their studies tertiary education, i.e. at least a post-secondary level of education (out of a hundred men in Slovenia, there are on average 20 of them). Otherwise, it has the most women in Slovenia secondary education (45 percent). According to provisional data, the average monthly gross salary of employed women in Slovenia was for 2018 1,709 euros (which is 127 euros less than the average for men). Lower wages generally mean lower pensions later on, which causes greater risk of poverty for the elderly, especially women.
How do women in Slovenia stand out compared to women in all EU-28 member states?
Women in Slovenia stand out for:
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high level of work activity
In 2017, 87 percent of women aged 15 to 64 who had two children were employed. With this data, Slovenia ranked at second place among EU-28 member states, for Sweden.
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one of the lower pay gaps
In 2018, with 8.7 percent, Slovenia was among countries with a lower payment gap than the EU average (15.7 percent). The largest gender pay gap was in Estonia (22.7 percent), and the smallest in Romania (3.0 percent).
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a high proportion of women aged 30 to 34 with a tertiary education
In 2018, 56 percent of women in this age group in Slovenia had a tertiary education. With this data, Slovenia ranked 8th among the remaining EU members. Lithuania had the largest share of tertiary-educated women (68 percent), while Romania had the smallest (28 percent). It is also an important indicator the difference between the share of women aged 30 to 34 and the share of men of the same age with tertiary education. In Slovenia, this difference was 25 percentage points. That was her the biggest difference between EU-28 members. This difference was the smallest in Germany, namely less than 1 percentage point.
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a high proportion of female managers
According to the data of the internationally comparable survey Active and inactive population in Slovenia in 2018, male and female managers were 38 percent of women. With this data, Slovenia ranked among the remaining EU-28 members 7th place.
Other interesting facts about women in Slovenia
On July 1, 2019, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia counted fewer women than men for the first time in its 160-year history, since they have had reliable data on the population in the current territory of Slovenia. They were 1,043,475, or 2,360 less than men.
The most represented professions among women in Slovenia are educators and assistant educators of preschool children (97.3 percent), experts in midwifery care (96.8 percent), audiologists and speech therapists (96.1 percent), sewing machines etc. (95.8 percent), dressmakers, seamstresses, makers of leather and fur clothing, hatters etc. (94 percent) and classroom teachers (93.9 percent).
There are women in Slovenia generally satisfied with their lives. In 2018, satisfaction with life was assessed (on a scale from 0 to 10) with an average score of 7,3, which is the most since the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia has been measuring this indicator. With a rating 6,3 in 2018, women rated their satisfaction with the financial situation in the household, with 7,5 assessed job satisfaction or job, with an assessment 8,6 and they assessed satisfaction with personal relationships.
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