Gender Gap Infographic Soha Usmani 1 Select One Socioeconomic

This study source was downloaded by 100000865965430 from CourseHero.com on 05-03-2023 15:27:26 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/198108159/Gender-Gap-Infographicpdf/ GenderGapInfographicSohaUsmani1.Selectonesocioeconomicdomain:employment,income,oreducation.ThesocioeconomicdomainIchosetofurtherinvestigateandresearchisthegendergapinemployment.2.Selectrelevantdatathatexplainsthegendersimilaritiesanddif ferencesastheyrelatetothesocioeconomicdomain.-women sparticipationinthelabormarketincreasedby60.4percentagepointsbetween1950and2015,from21.6%to82.0%-women slaborforceparticipationtrendedupwardbetween1950and2015,12men strendeddownwardtosomeextent-In2015,90.9%ofmenparticipatedinthelabormarket,comparedto97.1%in1950-ThegenderparticipationgapinCanadaremainedthelowestamongitspeersin2015(8.9percentagepoints).-Historically ,Ontario,Manitoba,SaskatchewanandAlbertahavebeentheprovinceswithhighemploymentrates.-Theprovinceswiththehighestemploymentratesingeneralalsohadthelar gestgenderemploymentgapsin2015:Alberta(1 1.3percentagepoints),Ontario(8.9percentagepoints),Manitoba(8.8percentagepoints),andSaskatchewan(8.2percentagepoints).-InOntarioandBritishColumbia,theemploymentratesofwomenwerebelowthenationalaverage,whiletheemploymentratesofmenwereequivalenttothenationalaverage.-ThegenderemploymentgapwassmallestinNewBrunswick(1.3percentagepoints),NewfoundlandandLabrador(2.8percentagepoints),NovaScotia(3.1percentagepoints),PrinceEdwardIsland(3.2percentagepoints),andQuebec(3.9percentagepoints)(T able1).Intheseprovinces,theemploymentratesofwomenweremostlyabovethenationalaverage,whiletheemploymentratesofmenwerebelowthenationalaverage.-In1981,womenearnedanaverageof$0.77foreverydollarearnedbymen.78Thegenderwageratiohoveredaroundthemidtohigh-0.70rangeuntil1994,whenitreached0.82.Fromthemid-1990stotheearly2000s,thegenderwageratioremainedinthelow0.80range.In2004,itreached0.85,andhasstayedinthatvicinitytodate.In2015,womenwere$0.10closertoeverydollarearnedbymenthantheircounterpartsin1981.This study source was downloaded by 100000865965430 from CourseHero.com on 05-03-2023 15:27:26 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/198108159/Gender-Gap-Infographicpdf/Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)3.Compiletheinformationsothatitaccuratelydescribespatternsandtrendsrelatedtogenderandemployment,incomeoreducation.-ApatterninthisarticleisthatinthePrairiesinCanada,theemploymentgapislowerthanthoseprovincesthathavebigmetropolitancities-HoweverthegendergapinemploymentinCanadahasbeenthelowestamongstitpeers,makingCanadaconsideratewhenitcomestowages-Moreandmorewomenareinthelaborforce-Moremotherswithyoungchildrenareemployed-Avastmajorityofpart-timeworkersarewomen-There'sonlya7.8percentagepointsgapbetweenmenandwomen-Theemploymentgapbetweenmenandwomenisgreaterincitieswithhighday-carefees-Despitethedecreaseinwagegap,menstillearnmorethanwomen-W omenin1993earned80centsforeverydollarearnedbyaman-In2015,womenearned87centsforeverydollarearnedbymen4.Infographic(attachedseparately)