Nevertheless, in 2007, only 19.9 percent of CEOs of firms with 10 employees or more were women, with variations between different sectors (13.1 percent in industry, 21.2 percent in commerce and 20.3 percent in services) and firm sizes (18.9 percent for firms with under ten employees, 15.1 percent for firms with between 100 and 249 employees and 8.6 percent for firms with 250 or more employees) (Secrétariat d’Etat Chargé de la Famille et de la Solidarité, 2009) ).