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Unemployment benefits. Beneficiaries. Provinces

Unemployment benefits and coverage rates. Beneficiaries by type of benefit. Provinces 2003
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalunya Espanya % Cat./Spa.
Total 127,867 15,105 6,360 16,185 165,517 1,206,686 13.7
Prestacions contributives
Per desocupació total 93,593 10,130 4,605 11,093 119,422 630,126 19.0
Per desocupació parcial 8 2 0 0 10 317 3.2
Prestacions assistencials
Subsidi 33,838 4,948 1,741 5,044 45,571 355,390 12.8
Treballadors eventuals agraris 0 0 0 0 0 202,033 0.0
Renda activa d'inserció laboral 428 25 14 48 515 16,325 3.2
Taxes de cobertura (1)
Gross (2) 79.6 103.6 87.0 93.0 82.8 60.6 z Category not applicable
Neta (3) 87.0 108.9 97.0 103.3 90.4 71.9 z Category not applicable
Units: Annual averages.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Empleo.
Notes:
(1) These rates can be higher than 100% because some collectives not included for registered unemployment can access benefits.
(2) The gross coverage rate is obtained by dividing the total for beneficiaries of contributory benefits (for total unemployment), plus the beneficiaries of financial welfare benefits, by the total registered unemployment.
(3) La taxa de cobertura neta s'obté de la mateixa manera que la taxa de cobertura bruta, però descomptant els treballadors agrícoles fixos dels beneficiaris i dividint aquesta quantitat per l'atur registrat en la indústria, en la construcció i en els serveis.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: June 23, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Beneficiaries of unemployment benefit
Worker in a legal situation of unemployment that at the end of the statistical period was receiving one of the following benefits: contributory benefits for unemployment, financial welfare benefits or active income for labour insertion.
Contributory benefits for unemployment
Benefits received by people that have been making contributions for a minimum of twelve months of the six years prior to the unemployed situation. The duration of the benefit is a maximum of a third of the period of contributions, the limit being two years.
Financial benefit
Right to monetary aid corresponding to the beneficiary when the conditions required for its acquisition are met.
Active income for labour insertion
Specific financial benefit for unemployed persons with special financial needs and difficulties finding employment that acquire the commitment to undertake activities of benefit to their labour insertion (Royal Decree 1369/2006, of November 24).

Methodological aspects

Unemployment benefits are managed by the SEPE (State Public Employment Service).

The information refers to the benefits that provide protection against unemployment related to the contributory and welfare areas, active inclusion income and the employment activation programme. To access the benefits it is necessary to have paid the prior contributions to the Social Security for this contingency and to meet the requirements required in each case.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.