Abstract
The building sector is one of the most relevant at world level in view of the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) concerned, as well as the number of new jobs created. Nevertheless, it is a completely male-dominated industry. Different institutions and organisms, such as the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, struggle to reduce gender inequality in different environments, including the working one. Aligned with these goals, this study provides the data exploited from the first survey regarding gender inequality within the professionals of the building engineering field in the Spanish population as a whole. This survey was developed in 2018 by the Spanish General Council of Technical Architecture and it was sent to its members. The sample involved 1353 cases. For this data mining, bivariate analyses were conducted in order to subsequently carry out a factor analysis and the socio–demographic composition of the dimensions found. Results exposed statistically meaningful differences in the eyes of women and men about those factors which facilitate practice and continuity in the profession. The most relevant conclusions drawn from the factor analysis reflect the existence of three factors: (1) work competences, (2) social capital and (3) physical appearance and being a man, dimensions in which women and men’s opinion was unevenly distributed.
Highlights
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations
Of the various studies undertaken in Spain on the horizontal gender-based employment segregation phenomenon, one of the most obvious and repeated conclusions is the strong male predominance in the construction sector [15,22,38,39,40,41,42,43]
Given knowledge of the data revealed in this research and due to the commitment with equality and inclusive economic development, the Spanish General Council of Technical Architecture (CGATE) developed and implemented in 2018 a survey on the status of women in the construction industry
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Of the various studies undertaken in Spain on the horizontal gender-based employment segregation phenomenon, one of the most obvious and repeated conclusions is the strong male predominance in the construction sector [15,22,38,39,40,41,42,43] This phenomenon is in a very similar situation to the rest of countries, it should be emphasized that the generalized incorporation of women into the Spanish labour market has presented unique characteristics, as it has been one of the most recent and accelerated incorporations: starting in the 1980s, coinciding with the end of the Franco dictatorship [11,13,44,45]. Given knowledge of the data revealed in this research and due to the commitment with equality and inclusive economic development, the Spanish General Council of Technical Architecture (CGATE) developed and implemented in 2018 a survey on the status of women in the construction industry It became the most complete survey, with the highest sample, and the most representative undertaken to date in this field.
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