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3. Economic activities
3.1 Work and the active population
3.2 Economic
sectors:
The
primary sector
The
secondary sector
The
tertiary or services sector
3.3 Economic sectors in Spain.
3. - ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
3.1. - WORK AND THE ACTIVE POPULATION
To work means to perform an activity that requires
intellectual or physical effort. Workers
usually receive a salary for their work. But there are non-salary jobs like
housewives/husbands or volunteers.
In relation to work, we can classify a population into
two groups:
-
Active population. It is the group of
people between the ages of 16 and 64 who are physically able and old enough to
work. The active population includes the employed, people with a job, and the
unemployed, people don´t have a job.
-
Inactive population. It is the group
of people who are older or who cannot work. They are under 16, over 64 or too
ill to work.
3.2. - ECONOMIC SECTORS
There are three sectors in our economy. All jobs
belong to one of three sectors.
The primary sector includes people that obtain raw materials
from nature for other industries.
o
The main
activities are: animal farming, crop farming, fishing and mining.
The secondary sector includes people that transform raw
materials into elaborated products.
o The main activities are: industry and construction.
The tertiary or services sector includes people that provide
services to others.
o
The main
activities are: shops, transport, tourism, banking, administration, education,
entertainment and health.
3.3. - ECONOMIC SECTORS IN SPAIN.
From Prehistory until the late 19th century, most people
were employed in the primary sector. The secondary
sector and the tertiary sector grew throughout the 20th century as
the primary sector decreased.
Nowadays, the tertiary or services sector employs most
of the active population in Spain.
The distribution of economic sectors in our country
is:
The
primary sector. Only 5% (per
cent or out of every hundred people) of people work in this sector. Mainly in
some communities like Extremadura, Andalucía , Castilla- La Mancha, Castilla-León, Galicia and Murcia.
The secondary sector. About 30% work in
this sector. In
Madrid, País Vasco, Cataluña, Navarra, Aragón y Valencia.
The tertiary sector. About 65% work in
the services sector. In
Canarias, Islas Baleares, Ceuta, Melilla, Madrid and Andalucía.
VOCABULARY
|
TO PERFORM
|
REALIZAR
|
ELABORATED PRODUCTS
|
PRODUCTOS
ELABORADOS
|
|
TO REQUIRE
|
REQUERIR
|
TERTIARY
SERVICES
|
TERCER SECTOR
|
|
EFFORT
|
ESFUERZO
|
SECTOR SERVICES
|
SECTOR
SERVICIOS
|
|
NON SALARY
JOBS
|
TRABAJOS
NO REMUNERADOS
|
TO PROVIDE
|
PROPORCIONAR
|
|
HOUSEWIVES
|
AMAS
DE CASA
|
BANKING
|
BANCA
|
|
BETWEEN
|
ENTRE
|
ENTERTAINMENT
|
OCIO
|
|
ABLE
|
CAPAZ
|
WERE EMPLOYED
|
SE
EMPLEABAN
|
|
ENOUGH
|
SUFICIENTE
|
GREW THROUGHOUT
|
CRECIÓ
A LO LARGO
|
|
THE EMPLOYED
|
LOS
EMPLEADOS
|
TO DECREASE
|
DISMINUIR
|
|
THE UNEMPLOYED
|
LOS
DESEMPLEADOS
|
NOWADAYS
|
EN LA
ACTUALIDAD
|
|
JOB
|
TRABAJO
|
MINING
|
MINERÍA
|
|
OLDER
|
MAYOR
|
|
|
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UNDER
|
POR
DEBAO
|
|
|
|
TOO ILL
|
DEMASIADO
ENFERMO
|
|
|
|
TO BELONG TO
|
PERTENECER
A
|
|
|
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TO INCLUDE
|
INCLUIR
|
|
|
|
TO OBTAIN
|
OBTENER
|
|
|
|
RAW MATERIAL
|
MATERIA
PRIMA
|
|
|
|
MAIN
|
PRINCIPALES
|
|
|
|
ANIMAL FARMING
|
GANADERÍA
|
|
|
|
CROP FARMING
|
AGRICULTURA
|
|
|
|
FISHING
|
PESCA
|
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