ANATOLIKI MAKEDONIA, THRAKI - Employment
A majority still employed in agriculture
The employment in the region in 1998 counted some more than 220 000 people, which is 3.4% less than in 1995.
Although the proportion of the region's population employed in agriculture has fallen compared to 1995, it is the region in the country with the second highest proportion of employed people in this sector in 1998 (39%).
At the same time the share of jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors did not register big changes over the period 1995-1998, their share remaining around 20% and 40%, respectively.
Employment in manufacturing is dependent on two or three branches, particularly foodstuffs and clothing/footwear, these accounting for 44% of manufacturing jobs in the region.
The labour force is still under skilled. Only 8.5% have qualifications from universities or institutes of higher technical education, whilst 33% have completed at least the first level of secondary education.
Unemployment was low in the late 1970s (4%), whereas by the late 1980s it had increased to something approaching the level for the country as a whole (7%). In 2001, the unemployment rate is under the national average at 9%. It is especially high amongst women and the under-25s. The long-term unemployment is lower than the national average and represents 44% of the total unemployment.
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- Part-time / fixed term employment
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- Disposable household income
- Purchasing power
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