Table 3. Characteristics of women of reproductive age in formal employment in Brazil, Ghana and Mexico.

Variables by country	Total no. of women	Women in formal employment
		Estimated total no.	Estimated no. (%) giving birth in previous year
Brazil
Age, years
16–24	8 704	5 112	322 (6.3)
25–29	7 710	5 148	299 (5.8)
30–34	8 948	5 932	261 (4.4)
35–39	8 929	5 742	132 (2.3)
40–49	15 224	9 731	39 (0.4)
Education level
No education	1 272	533	11 (2.1)
Kindergarten or incomplete primary school	2 853	1 051	39 (3.7)
Complete primary or incomplete middle school	4 247	1 857	87 (4.7)
Complete middle or incomplete high school	7 374	3 723	156 (4.2)
Complete high school	20 336	13 973	377 (2.7)
Higher education or any technical career	13 433	10 528	484 (4.6)
Marital status
Single	17 121	10 797	259 (2.4)
Married or living with partner	28 113	18 004	936 (5.2)
Widowed or divorced or separated	4 281	2 864	95 (3.3)
Locality
Urban	45 697	30 064	1142 (3.8)
Rural	3 818	1 601	56 (3.5)
Ghana
Age, years
16–24	2 481	113	4 (3.5)
25–29	1 631	200	14 (7.0)
30–34	1 683	184	10 (5.3)
35–39	1 524	113	9 (8.0)
40–49	2 533	115	2 (1.5)
Education level
No education	2 963	18	0 (0.0)
Primary or kindergarten school	1 840	21	2 (8.9)
Secondary or middle or incomplete high school	3 478	101	4 (3.5)
Complete high school or higher education incomplete or technical career	1 422	457	34 (7.5)
Higher education complete or more	149	128	4 (2.8)
Marital status
Single	2 429	277	5 (1.8)
Married or living with partner	6 379	388	38 (9.9)
Widowed or divorced or separated	1 044	60	0 (0.0)
Locality
Urban	3 675	511	34 (6.6)
Rural	6 177	214	6 (3.0)
Mexico
Age, years
18–24	59 065	25 570	1 457 (5.7)
25–29	51 177	27 082	1 598 (5.9)
30–34	50 850	25 821	1 394 (5.4)
35–39	51 781	24 709	914 (3.7)
40–49	88 462	40 615	2 030 (0.5)
Education level
Incomplete primary school or less	4 495	381	11 (2.9)
Primary or some secondary school	43 113	9 436	274 (2.9)
Secondary or some high school	97 290	36 635	1 465 (4.0)
High school complete	51 465	26 492	1 086 (4.1)
Technical or incomplete professional training	35 810	19 997	620 (3.1)
University degree	69 162	50 855	2 136 (4.2)
Marital status
Singe	108 169	56 005	840 (1.5)
Married	163 097	73 012	4 308 (5.9)
Divorced	30 069	14 779	443 (3.0)
Locality
Urban	198 357	107 711	4 093 (3.8)
Semi-urban	40 260	16 962	695 (4.1)
Rural	62 718	19 124	860 (4.5)

Notes: We based Brazil estimates on data from the National Household Sample Survey 2015.³³ Ghana estimates were based on Ghana Living Standard Survey 2017.³⁴ Mexico estimates were based on the National Survey of Occupation and Employment 2013–2014³⁶ and National Survey of Demographic Dynamics 2014.³