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The above article is taken from the press release of the Ministry of Public Security - 3/5/2010

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The general employment rate - of the ultra-orthodox sector as a whole (women and men) is 43.2%. The participation rate in the workforce was 48.5% compared to the participation rate among the secular population which was 79%. This is according to the analysis of the employment characteristics of the ultra-Orthodox population in 2009-2010, published yesterday by the Research and Economics Administration of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The research shows that the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox men - despite positive trends in recent years, the employment rates of this public remain very low. On a multi-year average, the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox men was only 37%[1] and is significantly lower than the employment rate of secular-traditional men, which is approximately 80%. The rate of unemployed ultra-orthodox men[2] was 10% (compared to 7% among secular-traditional men). The employment rate of ultra-Orthodox women - also the employment rate of ultra-orthodox women which was 49% is significantly lower than the employment rate of secular women (70%). The unemployment rate among this public was 13% compared to 9% among the secular-traditional public.

Below are selected data from the report

Employment by branches and working hours

• Work in the public sector - a high percentage of those employed in the ultra-Orthodox public work in public services, and especially in the field of teaching and education within the ultra-Orthodox sector internally, the phenomenon is particularly prevalent among women (72% of those employed in these sectors and 56% are employed in the education sector only) of whom about 70% work in jobs Partiality. 45% of ultra-Orthodox men are employed in these industries (compared to 43.5% of women and only 20% of ultra-Orthodox men)
• Work in industry - only 13.7% of ultra-Orthodox men are employed in industry compared to 22.3% of secular men. 4.8% of ultra-Orthodox women are employed in these industries compared to 11% of secular-traditional women
• Work opinions - Also, only 31% of ultra-Orthodox women work full-time (35 hours per week or more) compared to 71% of ultra-Orthodox men who work full-time

Work for a secular employer

• Only about 26.5% of ultra-Orthodox employees in the business sector are employed by a secular employer. It was also found that only 8% of businesses in the business sector in Israel employ ultra-Orthodox workers.

Wages, income and poverty

• As a result of the factors mentioned above, large disparities in wage levels and income levels between ultra-Orthodox and non-Orthodox have arisen in Israel: (a) The average level of income for an ultra-Orthodox household is about 6,100 NIS per month and is half the average monthly income for a non-Orthodox household of about 12,000 NIS (b) The average monthly salary of an ultra-orthodox woman was only about 3,700 NIS compared to the average monthly salary of a secular woman, which was 5,700 NIS (54% wage gap). The average monthly salary of an ultra-orthodox man was about NIS 6,100, while the average monthly salary of a secular man was NIS 8,950 (46% wage gap).
• About 56% of the ultra-orthodox are defined as poor[3]. Also, despite the fact that the proportion of the ultra-Orthodox population varies between 8-9% of the total population in Israel, the ultra-Orthodox make up about 19% of all the poor in Israel.

The attitudes of the ultra-Orthodox public and the attitudes of non-Orthodox employers

The attitudes of the ultra-Orthodox public in relation to the labor market

• Surveys show that 65% of ultra-Orthodox job seekers (70% of women and 60% of men)[4] state that they are not interested in working in mixed businesses where there is no separation between the sexes or where most of the employees are not ultra-Orthodox

Employers' positions regarding the employment of ultra-Orthodox workers

• 95% of employers in the business sector estimate that since there is no separation between women and men in workplaces, it will be difficult to integrate ultra-Orthodox workers. On the other hand, about 90% of employers estimate that most of the ultra-Orthodox have appropriate skills for various positions in the business

demography

• The size of the population - The size of the ultra-Orthodox population reaches about 650 thousand people, which make up between 8%-9% of the total population in Israel. The ultra-Orthodox population of working age (20-64) is counted
• About 235 thousand people (of which about 120 thousand are men). This population grows at an average annual rate of 7%, this is due to the high natural reproduction of this diverse population.
• The ultra-Orthodox population according to currents - estimates are that the ultra-Orthodox population in Israel is divided according to currents as follows: 33% of the ultra-Orthodox belong to the Lithuanian stream, 29% of the ultra-Orthodox belong to the Hasidic stream, 21% belong to the Spanish stream, 10% are unidentified ultra-Orthodox and 7% are ultra-nationalists
• The population in the "Torah Art" order - today there are about 55 ultra-orthodox men in this order, and in 2008 they made up about 11% of the enlistment year for the Tehel, while in 1994 they made up only about 6% of the enlistment year. –
• The ultra-Orthodox students in the elementary education system - the students of the ultra-orthodox education systems (in its various shades and at different ages) made up in 2009 about 15.5% of all students in the elementary education system in Israel and their proportion increased more than 2 times in the last decade in elementary education.
• Trends in demographic growth - if the trend of demographic growth that characterized the last decade continues, the ultra-Orthodox population of the main working ages (25-64) in 2030 will make up about 17% of this age group. Today this population constitutes only about 6% of the working age group.

Education and computer use

• Years of study and high school diploma - ultra-Orthodox men study for many years (14.8 years on average), most of them in different Torah settings. However, only 9.5% of them have a matriculation certificate or an academic degree.
• Knowledge of English - about 40% of ultra-Orthodox men do not know English at all and 41% of them know English at an intermediate level or below (compared to 17% of secular men who do not know English at all)
• 42% of ultra-Orthodox women have a high school diploma, mainly in the field of teaching and education. Only 11.5% of ultra-orthodox women have an academic degree. 21% of them do not know English at all (about 49% of them know English at an intermediate level or below and a third know English at a good level)
• Computers and Internet - 40% of ultra-Orthodox households have a computer at home, but only about a quarter of them (24.6%) of the households that have a computer are connected to the Internet.

[1] Average for the years 2002-2007 for ages 20-64
[2] Those who were looking for work from the workforce
[3] Source: Research Administration at the National Insurance Institute
[4] Mapping ultra-orthodox employers and their attitudes (2009) Research and Economics Administration, Ministry of the Ministry of Education