Variation in the Economic Characteristics of the Workforce at the Holy Shrine of Hussein

Abstract

The research aims to clarify the economic characteristics of the workforce at the Holy Imam Hussain Shrine within the borders of the Holy Karbala Governorate, which has an area of (5043) km 2 and consists of six districts (Karbala Center, Al-Harr, Al-Husseiniyah, Al-Hindiyya, Al-Jadael Al-Gharbi, Ain Al-Tamr), in addition to knowing the variation occurring. In these characteristics and explaining its reasons, the number of the workforce at the Holy Shrine of Hussein in the year (2021) within the borders of the Holy Karbala Governorate reached (13,031) employees of both genders, and a percentage of (99.9%) of them fall within the working age, which ranges from (18). -63 years old, and the number of males was (11,191), and their percentage was (85.88%), while the number of females was (1,840), and their percentage was (14.12%). As for economic characteristics, there is a clear difference in the nature of economic activity, as the largest percentage is for the category of workers. In the field of public and community services, it amounted to (39.11%), followed by the category of workers in the field of transportation, communications, and warehousing, whose percentage constituted (13.04%), followed in third place by the category of workers in the field of restaurants and hotels, whose percentage constituted (10.85%). This discrepancy continues at the level of occupational composition as well, as it topped the list. In first place is profession No. (5), which includes workers in the field of services, and their percentage constitutes (26.53%). Profession No. (1) comes in second place, and it includes specialists, technicians, and those related to them, and their percentage constitutes (19.94%). As for those who work in the field of their academic specialization, their percentage constitutes (38.19). %), while the percentage of those who do not work in their field of specialization was (28.68%). These characteristics played a major role in the success of institutions and projects affiliated with the Holy Shrine of Hussein, in addition to their role in improving the services provided to visitors.