A smaller percentage of women are working today compared to
2000. Women were increasing their labor force participation from 1975-2000. The
percentage of women at work peaked at 59.9% in 2000; but since then, it has been steadily
falling. It’s at 56.7%-- a large drop when you factor in tens of millions of
women.
Reasons? There is no clear answer or single answer.
Here are factors:
Retiring female baby boomers combined with women attending
college and delaying entry in the labor force.
Less than half of women feel “engaged” in their jobs.
Here are other findings by Gallup (the survey firm) about
women in the workplace:
“Pay is less of a factor than other workplace attributes are
in women's employment decisions.
The economy is not the biggest reason women leave the
workforce.
Men and women have different definitions of ‘full-time’
employment.
Outdated company cultures and policies affect women personally
and professionally.
Women show greater intensity in certain
relationship-building strengths compared with men.”
For more, see here: http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/201719/dwindling-female-labor-force.aspx?g_source=BUSINESS&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles
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