Oregon Women. A Report on Their Education, Employment and Economic Status.

Institution	Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem.
Titel	Oregon Women. A Report on Their Education, Employment and Economic Status.
Quelle	(1987), (49 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Comparative Analysis; Day Care; Demography; Displaced Homemakers; Early Parenthood; Economic Status; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Family Characteristics; Females; National Norms; Postsecondary Education; Poverty; Salary Wage Differentials; State Norms; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Tagespflege; Demografie; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Armut
Abstract	The greatest percentage of increase for women participating in the labor force in Oregon was among those between the ages of 25 and 44. The percentage of women with some postsecondary education has more than doubled in two generations. Women now represent 47 percent of full-time postsecondary students in Oregon. Fifty-seven percent of the state's female adults are married, 20 percent have never married, 11 percent are widowed, and 12 percent are divorced or separated. Since 1970, the number of births to Oregon teenagers has more than doubled (from 8 percent in 1970 to 19 percent in 1985). Female-headed families represent 11 percent of total households in Oregon, and women represent over 44 percent of the state's labor force. Sixty-seven percent of unmarried mothers of three- to five-year-olds and 81 percent of unmarried mothers of school age children are in the work force. Fifty-four percent of Oregon families are supported by two or more wage earners. Oregon men and women continue to work in traditionally sex-typed occupations, with males being paid more in every occupation (even in those that are predominantly female). Women employed full-time earned an average of $9,955 compared with $17,505 for their male counterparts, and families maintained by women are the most vulnerable to poverty. (This document provides 37 statistical tables and figures.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC