Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Tweet[IWS] Census: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: MARCH 2006 [revised 22 February 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB06-FF.03-2
February 22, 2006
Women's History Month: March 2006 [revised 22 February 2006]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006232.html
In 1981, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution establishing National Women's History Week. The week was chosen to coincide with International Women's Day, March 8. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month. Every year since, Congress has passed a resolution for Women's History Month, and the U.S. president has issued a proclamation.
149.1 million
The number of females in the United States as of July 1, 2004. That exceeds the number of males (144.5 million). Males outnumbered females in every five-year-age group through the 35- to 39-age group. Starting with the 40- to 44-age group, women outnumbered men. At 85 and over, there were more than twice as many women as men. << http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2004-sa.html>
Motherhood
82.5 million
Estimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States. (From unpublished data.)
1.9
Average number of children that women ages 40 to 44 had given birth to as of 2004, down from 3.1 children in 1976, the year the Census Bureau began collecting such data.
<< http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility.html>
Education
31%
Percent of women ages 25 to 29 years who had attained a bachelor's degree or higher in 2004, which exceeded that of men in this age range (26 percent). Eighty-eight percent of women and 85 percent of men in this same age range had completed high school.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
85.4%
Percent of women age 25 and older who had completed high school as of 2004. High school graduation rates for women continued to exceed those of men (84.8 percent).
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
25.4 million
Number of women age 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or more education in 2004, more than double the number 20 years earlier.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
26%
Percent of women age 25 years and over who had obtained a bachelor's degree as of 2004. This rate was up nearly 7 percentage points from a decade earlier.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
845,000
The projected number of bachelor's degrees that will be awarded to women in the 2005-06 school year; women also are projected to earn 350,000 master's degrees during this period. Women would, therefore, earn 59 percent of the bachelor's and 60 percent of the master's degrees awarded during this school year. << http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005074.pdf> See tables 27 and 28.
Businesses
6.5 million
The number of women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997. (The increase among all businesses was 10 percent.) An estimated 916,768 such firms had paid employees, with receipts of $804 billion.
AND MUCH MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB06-FF.03-2
February 22, 2006
Women's History Month: March 2006 [revised 22 February 2006]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006232.html
In 1981, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution establishing National Women's History Week. The week was chosen to coincide with International Women's Day, March 8. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month. Every year since, Congress has passed a resolution for Women's History Month, and the U.S. president has issued a proclamation.
149.1 million
The number of females in the United States as of July 1, 2004. That exceeds the number of males (144.5 million). Males outnumbered females in every five-year-age group through the 35- to 39-age group. Starting with the 40- to 44-age group, women outnumbered men. At 85 and over, there were more than twice as many women as men. << http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2004-sa.html>
Motherhood
82.5 million
Estimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States. (From unpublished data.)
1.9
Average number of children that women ages 40 to 44 had given birth to as of 2004, down from 3.1 children in 1976, the year the Census Bureau began collecting such data.
<< http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility.html>
Education
31%
Percent of women ages 25 to 29 years who had attained a bachelor's degree or higher in 2004, which exceeded that of men in this age range (26 percent). Eighty-eight percent of women and 85 percent of men in this same age range had completed high school.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
85.4%
Percent of women age 25 and older who had completed high school as of 2004. High school graduation rates for women continued to exceed those of men (84.8 percent).
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
25.4 million
Number of women age 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or more education in 2004, more than double the number 20 years earlier.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
26%
Percent of women age 25 years and over who had obtained a bachelor's degree as of 2004. This rate was up nearly 7 percentage points from a decade earlier.
<< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html >
845,000
The projected number of bachelor's degrees that will be awarded to women in the 2005-06 school year; women also are projected to earn 350,000 master's degrees during this period. Women would, therefore, earn 59 percent of the bachelor's and 60 percent of the master's degrees awarded during this school year. << http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005074.pdf> See tables 27 and 28.
Businesses
6.5 million
The number of women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997. (The increase among all businesses was 10 percent.) An estimated 916,768 such firms had paid employees, with receipts of $804 billion.
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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