To complete this assignment use the information found at the Women’s Bureau (Links to an external site.) of the Department of Labor. For questions 1-6 utilize information found in the Facts over Time part of the website. For questions 7-11 use the information found in the Mothers and Families section of the website. For questions 12-15 obtain information provided in the Occupations part of the website. And, for questions 16-20 use the information available in the Earnings portion of the site. (Hint: for many of the questions it may be necessary to use the “text version” of the graphs provided to answer the following questions). Late postings receive half credit.
1. What percent of the “civilian labor force by sex” in 1948 were women? 2. What percent of the “civilian labor force by sex” in 2016 were women? 3. In which year between 1948 and 2016 was the “labor force participation rate” by “all women” the highest? 4. As of 2016 who among the following groups had the highest “labor force participation rate” from: a) White women, b) Black women, c) Asian women, or d) Hispanic women? 5. As of 2016 who among the following groups had the lowest “labor force participation rate” from: a) White women, b) Black women, c) Asian women, or d) Hispanic women? 6. Since 1999 which of the following age groups of women have seen their “percent” of “labor force participation” increase from: a)16 to 24 years, b) 35 to 44 years, or c) 64 and older? 7. The “percent of wives who earn more than their husbands” “in which both had earnings” for 1987 was? 8. The “percent of wives who earn more than their husbands” “in which both had earnings” for 2012 was? 9. According to the data provided as children (birth through age 17) age do their mothers participate more or less in the labor force? 10. In 1973 what was the “contribution of wives’ earnings to family income (median percent)”? 11. In 2012 what was the “contribution of wives’ earnings to family income (median percent)”? 12. What percent of “dietitians and nutritionists” are women? 13. What is the “women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s” for “dietitians and nutritionists”? 14. What percent of “automotive service technicians and mechanics” are women? 15. What is the “women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s” for “automotive service technicians and mechanics”? 16. In 2014 what were the “median weekly earnings” of women who were “high school graduates, no college”? 17. In 2014 what were the “median weekly earnings” of women who had a “bachelor’s degree only”? 18. According to the table “Median Annual Earnings by Sex, 1960-2014 (2014 dollars)” men earned how much in 1973? 19. According to the table “Median Annual Earnings by Sex, 1960-2014 (2014 dollars)” women earned how much in 1973? 20. According to that same table mentioned I questions 18 and 19 whose “median annual earnings” had increased from 1973 to 2014, men or women?