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While women earned a majority of total graduate school degrees in 2016 (57.5% female compared to 42.5% male), men still earned more graduate degrees among higher-paying disciplines, such as in business (54.9% male compared to 45.1% female), engineering, (75.3% male compared to 24.7% female) and mathematics and computer science (68.5% male ...
Women are more likely than men to live below the poverty line, a phenomenon known as the feminization of poverty. The 2015 poverty rates for men and women in the U.S. were 10% and 15% respectively. Women are less likely to pursue advanced degrees and tend to have low paying jobs.
What’s happening. One of the enduring truths of American politics is that women tend to be more liberal than men. A majority of women have supported the Democratic candidate in every ...
Since women have been marginalized in politics throughout history, the symbolic effect of women entering politics has a significant impact on whether women feel represented and heard in political issues. Studies find that the more women in state legislature, the more likely women are to run for office than in a male dominated government system.
According to a new Gallup analysis, 40% of women ages 18-29 describe themselves as liberal/very liberal, compared with 25% of men in that age range and 27% of women 30 and older. Stances on ...
In the U.S. today, women are statistically more likely to vote than men, [23] a pattern that occurs in certain countries, such as Scandinavian countries, while the opposite occurs in others, such as India. [19] [23] Scandinavian countries are also some of the countries with the greatest female representation in government positions. [19]
A gender gap in voting typically refers to the difference in the percentage of men and women who vote for a particular candidate. [1] It is calculated by subtracting the percentage of women supporting a candidate from the percentage of men supporting a candidate (e.g., if 55 percent of men support a candidate and 44 percent of women support the same candidate, there is an 11-point gender gap).
In rural areas of selected developing countries, women performed an average of 20 per cent more work than men, or an additional 102 minutes per day. In the OECD countries surveyed, on average women performed 5 per cent more work than men or 20 minutes per day when both paid employment and unpaid household tasks are taken into account. [17]