Date: Mon, 04 Mar 96 20:00:43 -0800
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Subject: U.S. DOL - 20 Facts on Women Workers

http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/public/wb_pubs/20f95.htm > [Image]Women's Bureau Fact Sheet
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> 20 FACTS ON WOMEN WORKERS
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> May 1995
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> 1. There were 102 million women age 16 and over in the United States > in 1994. Of that total, a record 60 million were in the civilian > labor force (persons working or looking for work). >
> 2. Women's share of the total labor force continues to rise. Women > accounted for46 percent of total United States labor force > participants in 1994 and are projected to comprise 48 percent in the > year 2005.
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> 3. Nearly six out of every ten women--58.8 percent--age 16 and over > were labor force participants (working or looking for work) in 1994. >
> 4. Women's groups between the ages of 20 and 54 had labor force > participation rates of at least 70 percent. Even half the Nation's > teenage women ages 16-19 were labor force participants--51 percent. >
> 5. Labor force participation by marital status varies for women. > Divorced and separated women have higher participation rates mainly > because they are the primary or the only wage earners in their > families.
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> 6. Unemployment for all women in 1994 was only 6.0 percent. For > white women it was 5.2 percent; 11.0 percent for black women; and > 10.7 percent for Hispanic women.
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> 7. When unemployed women seek jobs they are more inclined to contact > the prospective employer directly (67 percent); and less often to > send out resumes or fill out applications (42 percent); place or > answer ads (22 percent); contact friends or relatives (16 percent); > use public employment agencies (19 percent); and use private > employment agencies (7 percent).
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> 8. Fifty-seven million women were employed in 1994. The largest > proportion still work in technical, sales, and clerical occupations. >
> 9. Women have made substantial progress in obtaining jobs in the > managerial and professional specialties. In 1984 they held one third > (33.6 percent) of managerial and executive and nearly half (48.5 > percent) of the professional occupations. By 1994 they held 48.1 > percent of managerial/executive positions and accounted for over > half (52.8 percent) of workers employed in professional occupations. >
> 10. Of the 57 million employed women in the United States in 1994, > 41 million worked full time (35 or more hours per week); nearly 16 > million worked part time (less than 35 hours per week). Two-thirds > of all part-time workers were women (67 percent). >
> 11. Many women who work part time are multiple job holders. In 1994, > 3.3 million women held more than one job. The highest rate of > multiple jobholding was among women 20 to 24 years old--7.6 percent. >
> 12. More women are working more than one job primarily for economic > reasons--to meet regular household expenses, to pay off debts, and > to save for the future.
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> 13. The ratio of women's 1994 median weekly earnings to men's is > 76.4 percent. Even in traditionally female occupations where women > outnumber, women still earn less than men. >
> 14. With women still concentrated in lower paying occupations and > having overall earnings about three-fourths that of men, it is no > wonder that more adult women than men are below the poverty level. >
> 15. According to summer 1993 statistics from the Bureau of the > Census, mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children > (AFDC) were nearly 3 times as likely as their non-AFDC counterparts > to be under 25 years old (28 percent versus 10 percent). Mothers on > AFDC had an average of 2.6 children; non AFDC mothers averaged 2.1. > About 1.8 million of the Nation's 3.8 million mothers (48 percent) > receiving AFDC had never married.
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> 16. Nearly 4.5 million families with female householders were below > the poverty level in 1993. This figure represents 35.6 percent of > all families with female householders. >
> 17. Of the 68.5 million families in the United States in 1993, 12.4 > million (18 percent) were maintained by women--8 million were white; > 3.8 million were black; and 1.5 million were Hispanic. >
> 18. Families maintained by women, (no husband present) had a median > income of $17,443 in 1993; for families maintained by men, no wife > present, the figure was $26,467; while married-couple families had a > median income of $43,005.
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> 19. Of all labor force participants, women were more likely to have > completed high school than were men. Ninety-one percent of female > labor force participants held a minimum of a high school diploma, > compared to 88 percent of men. A somewhat lower percentage of women > than men were college graduates.
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> 20. Regardless of race, women with college degrees were more apt to > have bachelor's degrees in professional and technical, disciplines > than in other areas of study.
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