The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in womens labor force activities. Womens labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s, particularly among women with children under 18 years of age. A larger share of women work full time and year round than in the past. In addition, women have increasingly attained higher levels of education: Among women aged 25 to 64 who are in the labor force, the proportion with a college degree roughly tripled from 1970 to 2010. Womens earnings as a proportion of mens earnings also have grown over time. In 1979, women working full time earned 62 percent of what men did; in 2010, womens earnings were 81 percent of mens. This report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for women and men from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau…”
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