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In 2023, What percent of babies were born to unmarried women? a)10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40%
What is d? (5% in 1960; 22% in 1985)
On average, women are more risk loving than men?
What is False?
On average, after controlling for age and education, married men earn more than single men?
What is True?
In 2024, the median woman working full-time full-year earns how many cents on the dollar when compared to the median male worker when using weekly earnings?
What is 81 cents? (up from 62 cents in 1980)
Men's median income is $71,090, while women's remained stagnant at around $57,520.
gender wage gap for all workers with earnings (including full-time, part-time, full-year, and part-time year workers) is 75 cents
What fraction of female-headed families are officially poor in 2022? [Single Mom with 2 kids with income less than $23,030] a)17% b)24% c)32% d)40%
What is c? (vs. 5.6% for married families)
What nation has the highest teen pregnancy rate? a)US b)UK c)China d)France
What is a?
In 2024 What wass the average age at 1st marriage for women? a)27 b)29 c)31 d)33
What is b? (30 for men; 20 for women in 1960)
As of 2021 what percent of students at degree granting institutions (2 and 4 year colleges) are women? a) 47% b) 51% c) 58% d) 64%
What is c?
In 2024, what percent of married mothers were in the labor force (working or looking for work)? a) 38% b) 45% c) 57% d) 73%
What is d? (only 20% of married women were in the labor force in 1950; 94% of married fathers are in the labor force)
What percent of Americans over 15 are currently divorced/separated? (Hint remarried people are counted as married)? a) 12% b) 20% c) 29% d) 38%
What is a? (48% of the population is currently married –the rest are never married (35%) or widowed (5%))
What percentage of elementary school teachers are female? a)59% b)79% c)89% d)97%
What is c? (97.5% of kindergarten teachers)
How many kids did the average women have in 1960? a)2.6 b)3.6 c)4.6 d) 5.6
What is b? (In 2016 it was 1.82)
In 2024 what share of women married by 45? a)58% b)72% c)83% d)91%
What is c? (In 1990 it was 95% in 2040 projections are only 7%)
The number of divorces in a given year, per 1,000 people.
What is The Divorce Rate
In 2022, what share of opposite-sex marriages had wives who were the sole or primary breadwinners?
a)16% b)24% c)32% d)40%
What is a? (up from 5% in 1972) In 55% of heterosexual American marriages, the husband is the sole or primary breadwinners
Which Nation has the lowest Female/Male Earning Ratio? a)US b)UK c)Japan d)France
What is c?
What fraction of adults age of 18-59 are cohabiting? [Hint about 46% are married in this age group.] a) 4% b)9% c)16% d)20%
What is b ?
The share of cohabiting couples has increased from 3.7 percent in 1996 to 9.1 percent in 2023.