For the quarters between February, March and April 2020 to the last available quarter, the country has experienced significant impacts in the main indicators, as a result of a higher participation of people and greater access to the labor market due to the lifting of some sanitary measures arising from the Covid-19 sanitary emergency, informed the National Institute of Statistics and Census.

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The report details that the labor participation rate in this quarter February, March and April 2021 is maintained compared to the same mobile quarter of 2020. The net participation rate was 60.5%, unchanged compared to the mobile quarter of the previous year (60.8%). By sex, labor participation for men was 72% and for women was 48.8%.

"The percentage of employed persons compared to the population of 15 years old and over was 50.0%, unchanged compared to the previous year's mobile quarter (51.2%). The employment rate for men was 62.7% and for women it was 37.2%", highlights the official document.

The national unemployment rate was 17.3%, compared to the same quarter of the previous year, statistically increasing by 1.6 pp. Women present a higher unemployment rate than men; 23.8% and 12.9% respectively, according to the report.

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