We the People: Women and Men in the United States
I totally love that soooo much data floats around freely these days, thanks to the Web. Even when it doesn’t related to me personally, I like thinking that it’s perfect and crucial for somebody’s interests. Today’s example is a special report on Women from the US Census Bureau (via).
Some Factoids
- Men outnumber women through age 34; Women outnumber men after age 34, increasing with age.
- In 1970, 36 percent of women 20 to 24 and 12 percent of women 25 to 29 had not married. By 2000, the proportions rose to 69 percent and 38 percent, respectively.
- Married-couple households dropped from 69 percent of all households in 1970 to 53 percent in 2000.
- A greater percentage of women graduate high school. I greater percentage of men graduate college.
- A greater percentage of men than women are in the workforce.
- 47% of the workforce was female in 2000, up from 37% in 1970.
- The % of women in the workforce did not increase for Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance industries.
- Women continue to earn less than men. [Surprisingly to me,] Black, Hispanic and Other women earn 85% of mens pay, while White women earn only 70%.
- Poverty: 13.5% of the female population; 11.2% of the male population.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.