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Interestingly, employed women have a much lower PTR than men in the low-skilled category, with 34% and 39%, respectively. However, there is no gender difference in the PTRs if we look at the group of non-working who would start working full-time (50% PTR for both groups, see Table 22). Table 22. PTR by Gender for the Low-skilled Source: TAXBEN model and SILC data 2016. 6. Regional Aspects The share of the low-skilled in the population is almost twice as high in Ústecký and Karlovarský regions compared with the share in the whole Czech population. Skill distribution in the Czech regions is quite heterogeneous. Although Prague is a clear exception with only 3% of the low-skilled in its population, other regions show high variance: from less than 6% of the low-skilled in Jihomoravský, Vysočina, Středočeský, and Zlínský regions to more than 13% in Ústecký and Karlovarský regions (see Table 23). To some extent, the share and absolute number of low-skilled individuals in Czech regions follows the regional distribution of the total population (the size of the region), with a high share of the low-skilled in the most populated regions, e.g. Moravskoslezský (over 65,000 low-skilled, see Table 23). However, there are many exceptions, e.g. Prague as a highly populated region with only 24,000 low-skilled at one end, and less populated Ústecký and Karlovarský regions with over 69 and 24 thousand low-skilled, respectively, at the other. Average PTR for working Average PTR for non-working (switch to full-time work) Average PTR for non-working (switch to part-time work) Men 0.393 0.503 0.444 Women 0.343 0.5 0.507 26