2. Fifty-percent of all families headed by women of color are living in poverty.
True
False
3.
Occupation, not education, is the most important variable affecting earnings.
True
False
4.
True
False
The most important factor in reducing the likelihood that displaced
homemakers and single mothers will live in poverty is increased education.
5.
True
False
Teen mothers are more likely to finish high school and postpone subsequent
pregnancies when they are enrolled in school during pregnancy and after
childbirth.
6.
True
False
Men are entering the workforce at twice the rate of women and are leaving
the workforce at a slower rate than women.
True
False
7.
On the average, women can expect to be in the workforce longer than men.
True
False
8.
Women with high school degrees earn the same as men with high school
degrees.
True
False
9.
Females continue to be clustered into traditionally female occupations.
True
False
10.
The ratio of girls to boys in computer courses is equal.
True
False
11. Women who take more than two college-level math courses often achieve
pay equity with men.
True
False
12.
Women now account for 52% of the labor force.
True
False
13. On average, women make 78.5 cents for every $1.00 that men make.
True
False
14. At the current rate of change, the wage gap will not be eliminated until the
year 2039.
True
False
15. Over the course of her career, the average woman loses approximately
$50,000 to the wage gap.