Women in America: newest government data

Tara Johnson, Erica Johnson, Tobie Brown, and Ashley Johnson

U.S. Economist Steven Rondone has forwarded the latest government statistics related to women in the workforce. The information comes from a larger report, Women in America, released by the White House Council on Women, the first in-depth study done in 50 years.

The report, found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg/data-on-women, focuses on families, education, income, employment, health, crime, and violence.

By 2018, the number of women age 65 to 74 in the civilian labor force is projected to increase more than the number of women in any other age group.

Women are disproportionately more likely than men to be affected by certain critical health problems, including mobility impairments, chronic health conditions such as asthma, arthritis, or depression. Women are less likely to be physically active and are more likely to be obese.  Females age 12 and older are more likely than males to report experiencing depression.

In 2010, over 66 percent of women in the labor force had either attended some college or graduated with a degree. More women were employed in the education and health services industry than in any other industry; in the 1960s, manufacturing employed the most women.

Women working as personal financial advisors earn 58 percent of what men earn—lower than the overall ratio of women’s to men’s earnings (81 percent).When they were 23 years old, about 23 percent of young women held a bachelor's degree (or higher), compared with about 14 percent of young men. Single women spend about 25 percent of their annual expenditures on shelter.

The BLS Spotlight on Statistics combines related data from various Bureau programs into a succinct and visually appealing presentation for the media and the public.

If you have any questions or need additional information on this subject, please contact the Atlanta Economic Analysis and Information Office at 404-893-4220 or BLSinfoAtlanta@bls.gov.

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