A level Spanish speaking facts

Current dictators of Hispanic countries

Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua since 2007

Dinghies in 2018 from 2017

335% increase

Hispanic celebrities who have done good for society

Ricky Martin con los derechos LGBT+ y Shakira con la fundación Pies Descalzos

Longest-serving Spanish speaking incumbent dictator

Teodoro Obiang, dictator of Equatorial Guinea since 1979

How were large families encouraged under Franco?

With medals and financial rewards

What % of families are nuclear in Spain?

63% in 2020

What is the average number of children to have in Spain?

1.33 in 2020

How much more household work do women do in Spain?

Triple the work men do

Biggest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?

Nicaragua, 43% in 2021 according to WEF

Smallest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?

Costa Rica, with 11.8% in 2021 according to WEF

What were the jobs available to women under Franco?

Infermera o maestra (nurses or primary school teachers)

How long is paid maternity leave in Spain?

16 weeks

How long is paid paternity leave in Spain?

16 weeks, the same as maternity leave

When was the Pill introduced in Spain?

In the 1960s

How has immigration changed the Spanish family?

Has increased the birth rate, and normalised mixed raced families

Since when can gay parents adopt in Spain?

Since 2005

When was abortion legalised in Spain?

1981 under three conditions (supuestos) then 2010 freely allowed up to 14 weeks and 22 with risk to woman or fetus

How many marriages were celebrated in a church in 2012 in Spain?

A third

What percentage of Spanish children are born of at least one foreigner?

1 in 4

Average age for children to be emancipated from the family home in Spain?

30

Female unemployment rate in Spain?

20% in 2021, versus 16% for men

Lowest Hispanic female labour force participation rate?

Puerto Rico, 32%

Labour force participation rate for women in Peru

74%, higher than in Spain

Percentage of grandparents who regularly take care of their grandchildren

49%

Domestic violence under Franco

Almost always ignored or allowed by police and women were afraid to come forward

When was gay marriage legalised in Spain?

2005

When was homosexuality decriminalised in Spain?

In 1979

What happened to gay people under Franco?

Gays faced persecution, imprisonment, torture even, and promotion of homosexuality was also a crime

Percentages of marriages in Spain that end in divorce?

Around half

When was divorce legalised in Spain?

1981

Percentage of blended families in Spain

Estimated to have increased in recent years

Rate of divorce in Mexico

Around half, like Spain

Best Hispanic country to be a homosexual

Uruguay, Argentina

Worst Hispanic countries to be a homosexual

Guatemala, Paraguay

Percentage of Spanish who identify as Catholic - change

72% in 2020 compared to 82% in 2001

What generation in Spain is most Catholic

65-year-olds and over - 90% are catholics

What generation in Spain is least Catholic

18-24 year olds - 50% compared to 82% in 1992

What parts of Spanish society are least Catholic (not age)?

Big cities (53% vs. 80% in countryside); better education (50% in higher education)

Most Catholic Hispanic country

Mexico, also the most catholic in the world, with about 80% identifying as such

Least Catholic Hispanic country

Uruguay, about 47%

What is the second biggest religion in Spain?

Islam (about 4%)

What percentage of Spanish are atheists?

As of 2021, about 20% are irreligious (irreligiosos)

How has Pope Francis been good for Spanish-speaking Catholicism?

He is Argentine

When was the reconquest?

From the 8th to the 15th centuries

What percentage of Spanish words come from Arabic?

17%

Percentage of Spanish who go to mass every week

15%

Percentage of Spanish young people who think homosexuality is always bad

12%

Percentage of Spanish young people who think abortion is always bad

29%

When were Jews expelled from Spain?

In 1492

When were Ferdinand and Isabella in charge?

1479 until their deaths in 1516 and 1504 respectively

Latin American country with best internet access

Uruguay, about 85% of households

Hispanic country with worst internet access

Honduras, about 50% of households

Percentage of old Spanish people with internet access?

About 60% (average is 80%)

Percentage of young Spanish people with internet access

Close to 100% (national average is 80%)

Average age to get a smartphone in Spain

Estimated to be around 13-14 years

Most common use of the internet for old Spaniards

Informing themselves

Least common use of the internet for old Spaniards?

Buying online

Percentage of Spanish population using the internet daily

82%

Percentage of Spanish old people who use the internet daily

77%

Most popular social network in Spain

Facebook, 78% of internautas have an account

Second most popular social network in Spain

Tuenti, 35% of internautas have an account

Most important communications network in Latin America

Whatsapp

Value of pirated music in Spain in 2014

€6.733 millones

Value of pirated films in Spain in 2014

€6.139 milliones

Prevalence of piracy in Spain

9 out of 10 downloads is illegal - highest prevalence in the developed world

Percentage of Spanish people who have admitted to using a mobile while driving

25%

Risk of car accidents when using a mobile phone

Increases 23 times

Irrational fear of being without your mobile

Nomofóbia

Answering a call on the road

Answering a call causes drivers to lost 80% of their vision of the road

Sending a text on the road

Sending a text causes drivers to lost 89% of their vision on the road

Most popular type of mobile phone in Spain

Android

Hispanic countries with the fewest mobile phone users

Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, and Guatemala

Hispanic countries with the most mobile phone users

Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain

Mobile phones and the environment

The vast majority are not recycled and contain a number of non-renewable materials

How many women were illiterate in the 1910s in Spain?

60%

How many women are literate in modern Spain?

97%

Mexico female employment rate

31%

Percentage of female employees who get the minimum wage in Mexico

62%

What did Franco say about women being removed from the workforce?

They were 'liberadas' (1938)

Gender pay gap in Spain

16% as of 2020, compared to 20% a decade ago

How has the percentage of women in the labour market changed in the last 20 years in Chile?

It has doubled to 40%

Gender pay gap in Spain in the private sector

About 50%

What happens to the pay gap with seniority (antiguedad)?

It increases the longer one has worked at a firm

Percentage of women in Spain who think it's easy to be a woman

52%

Femicide in Spain

In 2021, Spain became the first European country to officially count femicides. An estimated 10 women a month are murdered in Spain by men

Domestic violence in Spain and the pandemic

Reports of domestic violence decreased but experts suggest rates increased

Femicide and Honduras

Honduras has the highest rate of femicide in the world, 4.6 cases per 100,000 women

Number of reports of sexual violence in Spain in the first quarter of 2022

41

Increase in reports of sexual violence in Spain in 2022

Reports increased by 20% from 2021-22

"Sólo sí es sí"

Law passed against rape in March 2020

Why was 1975 a big year for feminism in Spain?

It was the year Franco died and the UN 'International Year of the Woman'

What 3 sorts of feminist groups existed under Franco?

University societies, clandestine left-wing political parties, and illegal neighborhood (vecinal) associations

Women's rights in the Second Republic

Divorce, higher education, and the vote from 1933

Problem with the Spanish Civil Code and women

Article 57 of the civil code (1889-) said that 'women must obey their husbands' until 1981

Why did oppression of women continue after the transition to democracy?

No women were involved in drafting the constitution of 1978

Sección Feminina

Women's branch of the Falange political movement promoting fascist and Christian Nationalist female values

Movimiento Democrático de Mujeres

Clandestine women's organisation which came about in the 60s

La manada case

In 2016, an 18-year-old girl was attacked by a group of five men, one of which was a member of the Guardia Civil and another of the Ejército nacional - the men filmed the attack but were not found guilty of rape leading to mass protests and the Supreme Court overturning (anulando) the verdict in 2019

First woman to serve as the president of a country

Isabel Perón of Argentina

First woman to be deputy prime minister of Spain

María Teresa Fernández de la Vega