TABLE 5.10 Working Conditions and Benefits for Wage Laborers in El Salvador, 2005 (percentage with benefit) Sex
Remittances
Firm Size
Conditions or benefit
Male
Female
No
Yes
Micro
Small
Medium
Large
Signed contract
32.1
52.5
38.3
40.6
38.7
24.4
31.6
69.4
38.7
Registered for social security
43.7
68.5
51.2
54.7
10.1
46.0
50.2
85.1
51.8
Received payment for end of year holiday
39.5
64.9
47.4
49.6
13.7
42.7
49.0
74.8
47.8
Received payment for vacations
11.1
18.3
13.4
13.5
2.6
16.1
15.5
20.6
13.4
Received payment for food or refreshments
8.4
14.7
10.6
9.7
17.0
8.0
7.2
6.5
10.4
Received payment for uniform
8.8
11.2
9.4
10.5
0.9
6.0
9.4
17.2
9.6
Received payment for bonus or commissions
5.7
10.3
6.6
10.0
1.4
7.1
5.9
11.7
7.2
Received payment for extra hours
3.3
6.2
4.2
4.5
0.5
1.7
4.2
7.8
4.3
Received payment for transportation
1.8
1.6
1.7
2.1
0.5
2.3
1.4
2.6
1.8
Received payment for housing
1.3
0.5
1.1
0.7
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.7
1.0
Received payments in kind
0.9
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.6
0.7
1.4
1.0
0.9
Received payment for private health insurance
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
SOURCE: Authors’ estimates based on Multipurpose Household Survey data.
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