The lack of social supports, combined with Mexican women’s disproportionate responsibility for unpaid work (Chapter 4), inhibits women’s labour market entry, permanence, earnings, and career progression. The gender gap in NEET rates in Mexico is 26 percentage points, also the second highest figure in the OECD. The vast majority of female NEETs are inactive (32.4% of young women) rather than unemployed (2.6% of young women).