what do we know about women in sheffield? presentation by helen richardson (sheffield business...
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What do we know about women in Sheffield?
Presentation by Helen Richardson (Sheffield Business School) and Dave
Leather (Sheffield City Council)
• Unemployment in the UK @ 6% (lowest since 2008)
• Female employment rate - record high at 67.2%
• Pay Growth @ 0.9%• But.......
– Inflation 1.2%– Tax return projections
Recognising and Valuing Female Talent in Sheffield 2013
• What is the situation for women in Sheffield (especially economically and in education, training, jobs, pay and prospects)?
• Is Sheffield different from the UK nationally and other similar cities?
• What are women's stories behind the numbers?
• What can we influence and change and how?
"Don't be so negative Helen...."
• Women's employment has risen• There were twice as many male managers
and directors in the region than female in 2012, but improvement by 2013
• Gender pay gap for part-time workers - positive for women
• Good practice and inspiring stories abound
Trends, features and comparisons
• Sheffield’s private sector has a lower density of jobs using high level skills than other cities
• 2:1 ratio of private to public sector employment (higher gender pay gap in private sector)
• Low paid jobs are paid at a lower rate in the private sector• 8% manufacturing (6% UK) - still low %, does this make
Sheffield adopt more traditional working patterns???• Male unemployment had levelled off since the recession
but for women there has been a steady and continuing rise
• Under-employment and zero hours contracts prevail
Sheffield City region/LEP issues
• In SCR are the growth of jobs where women are under-represented? LEP priorities are:– Digital and creative– Manufacturing– Health Care Technologies
• Will women miss out of jobs with better pay and conditions?
SHEFFIELD COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE PROFILES
WOMEN IN SHEFFIELD2014
• More than half of the population are female
• Older age profile than men
• Nearly two thirds of people who can’t speak English are women
Under 16 16 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 59 60 - 74 75 - 84 85+
48,997 46,090 37,111 37,244 48,085 37,879 16,715 7,916
17% 16%13% 13%
17%14%
6%3%
280,03749% 51%
9,232 Sheffield residents cannot speak English, or cannot speak English very well. 60% of these are women
• More than half of carers are female
• Gender split is not even across Sheffield
CARERS
58% 42%57,205 PEOPLE
PROVIDE UNPAID CARE IN
SHEFFIELD
11%
14%
11%
14%
12%
15%11%
15%
8%
12%
10%
13%
8%
12%
9% 12%
9%
12%
8%
12%8% 10%
8% 10%6%
5%
6%
5%
10%
13%
11%
14%
10%13%
11%14%
10%
13%
9%11%
10%
12%
12%
8%
7%10%
10%13%
10%14%
10%13%
11%
13%
11%14%
LARGEST INEQUALITY GAPS
• East Ecclesfield (4.4%)• Beighton (3.8%)• Hillsborough (3.8%)• Burngreave (3.8%)• Stannington (3.6%)
SMALLEST INEQUALITY GAPS
• Central (0.7%)• Broomhill (1.6%)• Beauchief & Greenhill (2.4%)• Gleadless Valley (2.5%)• Richmond (2.7%)
• 9 in 10 lone parents are female
• Gender split is not even across city
LONE PARENTS
11%
89%
11%
89%
9%
91% 9%
91%
13%
87%
8%
92%
11%
89%
8% 92%
9%
91%
13%
87%9% 91%
9%91%
87%
13%86%
14%
15%
85%
13%
87%
12%88%
9%91%
11%
89%
91%9%
8%
92%
81%
19%
15%85%
9%91%
8%92%
9%91%
9%
91%
12%88%
LARGEST INEQUALITY GAPS
• West Ecclesfield (84.7%)
• Southey (84.6%)• Arbourthorne(84.4%)• Birley (84.2%)• Firth Park (83.8%)
SMALLEST INEQUALITY GAPS
• Dore & Totley (73.3%)• Central (71.9%)• Fulwood (70.5%)• Nether Edge (69.3%)• Manor Castle (62.9%)
11%
89%
of lone parent households are headed by a male, 1,769 in total
lone parent households headed by a female, 14,841 in total
• Less economically active• More part-time working• More than twice as many women
work less than 15 hours a week than men
• Lower self-employment• Lower unemployment• Fewer JSA claimants, but higher than
national average
LABOUR MARKET
1999 2004 2009 20140%1%2%3%4%
1%
3%
England
LOW-EST
JOB SEEKERS ALLOWANCEPercentage of female working age population claiming JSA
HIGHEST
OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY
Managers, directors and senior officials
METHOD OF TRAVEL
• Only a third of managers, directors and senior officials are women
• Caring/leisure and admin/secretarial occupations have highest proportion of female employees
• High proportion in health and social work activity and education
• Manufacturing and construction industries dominated by men
TRAVEL TO WORK
DISTANCE OF TRAVEL
Travel less than 5km to work. 50%Work outside of Sheffield17%
• High public transport use• More travel to work on foot• Lower car and cycle use• Less working from home
• Women earn £21,973 per year, on average, compared with £26,279 for men
• The gender wage gap for median gross hourly earnings is 17% - for every £1 a man earns, a woman earns 83p
• Wage gap has narrowed from 21% in 2002• If this pattern continues it will take another 25 years for
women to earn the same as men• But, gap is lower than nationally – 21%
GENDER WAGE GAP
Newcastle
24%£9.32
Liverpool
18%£9.78
Sheffield
17%£9.94
Leeds
16%£10.46
Nottingham
9%£9.26
Bristol
12%£10.96
Birmingham
17%£10.00
Manchester
7%£9.94
• More than a third of councillors are women• Nearly two thirds of school governors are female• Board membership is dominated by men:
DECISION MAKING
BOARDMEMBERSHI
P
62% of board members were men
38% of board members were womenOnly 1 board had more female members
• 22% of FTSE 100 company directors are women, below 2015 target
A study of 12 boards in Sheffield revealed:
EDUCATION
• Nearly two thirds of girls achieved 5 or more GCSEs (A* - C, inc. English & Maths)
• Significant increase in attainment in last 10 years• Slightly fewer girls not in education, employment and
training than boys• A quarter of women have no formal qualifications• 1 in 4 qualified to degree level• More than half of new apprenticeship starts are by
women
52%
63%
BOYS
GIRLS