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Trend in gender ratio by age group (2001~2004)
Year 2001 2002 2004
Total 101.4 101.4 101.3
Below 9 years old 112.7 112.0 110.9
10~19 years old 109.1 110.9 112.4
20~29 years old 105.9 106.6 107.1
30~39 years old 104.7 104.5 104.8
40~49 years old 103.4 102.8 102.4
50~59 years old 99.0 100.1 100.6
Over 60 years old 70.3 71.6 72.8

Gender equality hiring quota

Trend in gender ratio by age group (2001~2004)
Exam 1999 2001 2003
Passed Passed:
Women
Quota
applied
(women)
Passed Passed:
Women
Quota
applied
(women)
Passed Passed:
Women
Quota
applied
(women)
Total 2,109 288 40 3,845 1,288 59 2,830 1,138 39
Higher Civil Service Examination 182 31 2 233 59 3 209 70 2
Foreign affairs examination 20 5 - 30 11 - 28 10 2
Higher Engineering civil servant exam 40 1 N/A 41 5 - 61 7 1
Local government exam 27 4 - 27 1 - 18 1 -
Level 7 public position 492 30 18 599 96 22 633 140 19
Level 9 Public position 1,348 216 30 2,195 1,114 34 1,883 908 17

2003 Government position entrance exam and implementation of gender equality hiring quota

Category 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Higher than
level 5
30%
Higher than
levels 6¤ý7
Higher than
levels 8¤ý9
¡Ø However, finance and economy position for Higher Civil Service Examination shall follow a separate schedule: 25% in 2003, 28%in 2004, 30% after 2005.

Gender equality hiring quota

Gender equality hiring quota
Category Passing rate Implementation of gender equality hiring quota
Total Women Women
ratio
Total Men Women
Total 9,372 4,392 46.8% 111 51 60
Federal
positions
2,830 1,136 40.1% 39 9 30
Local
positions
6,542 3,256 49.8% 72 42 30

[Unit : %]

Education Economic participation rate Unemployment rate
Women Men Women Men
Total 48.9 74.6 3.1 3.6
Below elementary school 40.0 58.8 1.0 2.0
Below junior high school 40.8 52.4 2.3 3.2
High school graduate 51.4 77.3 3.8 4.3
College or above 61.6 89.7 4.0 3.3

Source: Korea National Statistical Office, Summary of economically active population (2003)

Age Economic Participation rate Unemployment rate
Women Men Women Men
Total 48.9 74.6 3.1 3.6
15~19 years old 11.3 8.3 10.9 13.3
20~24 years old 61.5 50.9 6.1 8.6
25~29 years old 60.5 82.7
30~34 years old 49.8 94.7 2.6 3.0
35~39 years old 58.2 95.2
40~44 years old 64.0 94.8 1.9 2.2
45~49 years old 61.5 92.8
50~54 years old 55.5 89.6 1.4 2.4
55~59 years old 49.0 80.3
60 years old + 27.8 48.6 0.5 1.2

Source: Korea National Statistical Office, Summary of economically active population (2003)

Trend in gender ratio by age group (2001~2004)
Women 4,362,972
Agriculture/forestry/fisheries 6,715
Mining 1,779
Manufa
cturing
944,235
Electricity/gas/water 6,047
Construction 80,055
Wholesale/retail/restaurant/lodging 1,586,792
Transportation/communications 99,252
Finance/insurance/realty/rental services 675,074
Social/personal services 963,023

Source: Ministry of Labor, yearly¡¸Investigative report on industrial labor status¡¹,
¡¸Industrial labor status¡¹

[Men = 100.0]

Year Wage Work hour Turnover rate
Women Men Women Men Women Men
1995 59.9 100.0 97.2 100.0 139.4 100.0
2000 64.8 100.0 97.5 100.0 139.4 100.0
2002 64.8 100.0 97.2 100.0 135.3 100.0
2003 64.2 100.0 97.0 100.0 138.1 100.0

Source: Ministry of Labor ¡¸Monthly labor statistics report ¡¹ December issue of each year
Note: surveyed on companies with 10 or more employees, wages are based on salary balance.

[Unit : %]

Trend in gender ratio by age group (2001~2004)
Category Total Women Men
Total 65.4
(129,414)
63.7
(62,332)
66.9
(67,082)
Humanities 63.4
(17,672)
61.9(12,118) 67.1(5,554)
Social Studies 62.5
(34,771)
60.7
(15,972)
64.1
(18,779)
Biological Science 63.9
(48,740)
60.8
(15,747)
65.5
(32,993)
Medical/Pharmaceutical 91.6
(9,064)
91.2
(5,311)
92.2
(3,753)
Art/Athletics 69.4
(11,906)
66.0
(7,850)
76.8
(4,056)
Teaching 65.0
(7,261)
64.4
(5,334)
66.6
(1,927)
Education (National college) 97.1
(4,729)
97.6
(3,438)
95.7
(1,291)
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