Increase of social security coverage and occupation among elder women in Argentina

This paper analizes the labor participation of women age 60 and over, residing in urban areas in Argentina, departing from special processings of the Permanent Survey of Households for the third quarter of 2011. Whith this aim, this paper analyzes some concepts about labor participation of elder adults and offers a summary of the social security coverage in Argentina at the end of the first decade of the XXI century. Also it targets at characterizing the labor participation of elder women in urban areas of Argentina. It also aims at analyzing the factors associated to labour participation of Argentine urban aged women from a quantitative perspective.
Finally, through in depth interviews to a sub-group of women over 59 years old and with an occupation, it tackles the advantages and disadvantages of keeping a job, in connection with income, social life, health, family and marital relationships. It also aims at assessing projected age to abandon paid activities as well as projects, fears, and expectations related to this event. In addition, it aims to capture their opinions about the factors that facilitate and hinder labour insertion of people of their age and educational level, about prejudice and labour discrimination.