Woman and Work

1.       The employment rate of mothers increases with age of their youngest child?

• True

• False

Lone female parents have a ----- employment rate than both lone male parents and mothers in couples?

Women perform fewer hours of unpaid per week on average than men?

• True

• False

Women are more likely than men to work part-time, and the reason most cited by women for working part-time was ----- ?

Women’s careers are interrupted more frequently than men’s careers, for longer total durations?

• True

• False

Self-employment is more common among women compared to men?

• True

• False

Women outnumber men in the ----- producing sector?

Women are concentrated in industries that parallel their traditional gender roles at more than double the rate of men?

• True

• False

Women earn $1.87 for every dollar earned by men, largely as a result of wage inequality between women and men within occupations?

• True

• False

After dissatisfaction, ----- were the most common explanation given by women for leaving their job?