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The Cabinet received a report of the Minister of Culture on the data included in the Satellite Account of Culture in Spain, an annual statistical analysis prepared by the Ministry of Culture.

The preliminary results of the new report indicates that, on average in the period 2000-2007, the cultural sector’s contribution to Spanish GDP stood at 3.1%, rising to 4% if we consider the set of economic activities linked intellectual property. These figures rise to 3.3% and 4.2% respectively in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA).

The GDP growth of cultural activities is characterized by continued growth in the period 2000-2007. Estimated GDP in 2000, 19.833 million euros, amounting to reach 31.146 million in 2007, the latest period available, representing an average annual growth of 6.7%.

For cultural sectors, highlights the Books and Newspapers, with a contribution to the GDP of the economy, again on average for the period under review, 1.3%, representing 40.9% in all cultural activities.

Followed in order of importance, in relative weight of the total cultural, Radio and Television sectors (18.2 per 100), Film and Video (10.6%) and Arts (10.2%). The remaining sectors have a stake of less than 10 per 100: Performing Arts (4.7%), Heritage (2.6%) Recorded Music (2%) and Archives and Libraries (1.7%).

If we classify the activities in phases highlights the significant weight of the Creation and Production sector, which accounts for 55.5% of GDP in cultural activities, followed by the manufacturing sector, 17.2%, and those engaged in distribution and Dissemination, 13.4% and greater distance, Educational Activities related to culture, 5.3%.

Higher than the EU average

The results show the significant weight both in the activities related to intellectual property, and cultural activities within the Spanish economy. It is worth noting that both have a higher weight in the overall economy, generating on average in the period, the Energy sector (2.7%), or the sector Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ( 3.7%).

It is also higher than the estimated average contribution within the European Union, reaching 2.6% of GDP compared to 3.1% of the Spanish case, data can be explained by the richness of Spanish culture, a the largest in the world, supported by a language spoken five hundred million people.

The Satellite Account of Culture in Spain provides information on the one hand, in the cultural field and, secondly, in the activities related to intellectual property. The sectors considered within the cultural field are: Heritage, Archives and Libraries, Books and Media, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Audiovisual.

In each of these areas are discussed by distinguishing different phases of activities, depending on the different stages of the production chain: creation, production, manufacture, dissemination, distribution, promotion and regulation activities, educational activities and auxiliary.

The Satellite Account is included within the National Statistics Plan 2009-2012, in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics, responsible for Spain’s National Accounts.

Of these workers, 5.9% of doctors were self-employed as a main job to December 31, 2009, while 90.2% worked as employees.

INE data also indicate that 58.6% of the doctors performing research in 2009 and 63.6% had a job considered “highly related to their doctoral studies.”

As regards the minimum level of education required for the position occupied by doctors in 42.8% of the cases was a doctorate and a bachelor’s degree 40.3%.

Doctors of Engineering and Technology least have a job soon

For doctors who worked in a job related to his PhD once it was over and before January 2010, the average time to find such employment was six months.

Doctorates in Engineering and Technology were less than (five months) and the humanities the most (nine months).

Doctors of the total employed workers, eight of 10 available permanent contract and the remaining two temporary contracts. For its part, 94.9% were employed full time and part-time 5.1%.

One in three has a doctorate in the field of Natural Sciences

Natural science is the field of study that has a degree greater number of individuals between 1990 and 2009, with 33.3% of the total. It is followed by Medical Sciences and Social Sciences, with percentages of 20.9% and 20.1% respectively. By contrast, the Agricultural Sciences doctors are the least concentrated, with 3.0% of the total.

34.1% of the doctors has been mainly financed their doctoral studies through scholarships. Four in 10 worked to finance his doctorate.

Also, 55.5% of individuals who have obtained their PhD in a Spanish university between 1990 and 2009 are male and 45.5% women. The number of doctors are men than women for all age categories, except children under 35.

34.1% of doctors have paid their estudiospor through scholarships

Spanish Public Administration has paid 34.1% of scholarships for doctors. On the other hand, 22.9% have worked as a professor or research assistant, while 17.1% had to perform another job to finance their studies.

The average duration from start PhD courses until you get a doctorate degree is 5.9 years. Of all doctorates between 1990 and 2009, children under 35 were the least time invested, with a mean of 4.6 years. By contrast, people in the age bracket of 65-69 years needed an average of 11.2 years.

The mean age at doctorate of people who have earned a doctoral degree between 1990 and 2009 stood at 34 years (35 for males and 33 for women).

Most valued characteristics of the labor situation

Job security and location are the characteristics most valued by doctors in relation to their employment status. 67.1% and 64.5% of them respectively, these two factors have been identified as “very satisfactory.”

For its part, 11.9% have shown “not satisfied” with the economic benefits and 9.8% with opportunities for promotion.

21.2% of doctors has gone to live outside of Spain between 2000 and 2009. Of these, 58.6% said that the main reason to have gone abroad due to academic factors, such as increased possibility of publications, development or continuity of the dissertation.

In turn, 12.5% of the doctors who were in Spain at December 31, 2009 was scheduled to go out of our country. The main reason mentioned for that decision was for academic factors (for 71.0% of them).

For its part, the main reasons that led doctors to return to Spain during the period 2000-2009 were personal or family factors (37.7%) and other factors related to employment or economic (29.2%) .