La tasa de actividad femenina en el siglo XVIII en dos municipios andalucesLaujar de Andarax (Almería) y Ubeda (Jaén)

  1. Luis Garrido-González 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Jaén
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    Universidad de Jaén

    Jaén, España

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Journal:
Investigaciones de Historia Económica = Economic History Research

ISSN: 1698-6989

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 12

Issue: 3

Pages: 144-153

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.IHE.2015.08.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This article analyses the female labour participation rates of Laujar de Andarax (Almería) and Úbeda (Jaén), both in Andalusia, in the mid-eighteenth century, representative locations of manufacturing activity linked to wool textile in the South of Spain. A database was composed including 12,195 inhabitants using the records of the Ensenada Cadastre of 1751-1752. The impact of the demand factors was established: A local economy with a relatively stronger presence of the secondary and tertiary sector, especially the textile sector; and the supply factors: life cycles, marital status, number of children, occupation and age of husbands. This study concludes that the female activity rates were 54.2% in Laujar, and 27.4% in Úbeda, and the 2 most important occupations were in the textile industry and domestic service. The local perspective shows that demand factors had a strong influence.

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Este trabajo se ha realizado dentro del Proyecto de Investigación HAR2009-11709 (subprograma HIST).

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