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Inequalities in the Exercise and Continuity in Building Engineering in Spain. Factor Analysis Including Gender Perspective

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  • Irantzu Recalde-Esnoz

    (Departamento de Tecnología de la Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Alcalá, Aulario María de Guzmán, 28804 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

  • Daniel Ferrández

    (Departamento de Tecnología de la Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Carlos Morón

    (Departamento de Tecnología de la Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Guadalupe Dorado

    (Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada a la Ciencia y a la Tecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

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.

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  • Irantzu Recalde-Esnoz & Daniel Ferrández & Carlos Morón & Guadalupe Dorado, 2021. "Inequalities in the Exercise and Continuity in Building Engineering in Spain. Factor Analysis Including Gender Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-18, May.
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