Canadian gender realities 2010 : men and women at home, work and play ; national and provincial trends
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- ISBN: 9781894366205
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77 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Publisher: [Summerstown, Ont.] : People Patterns Consulting, c2010.
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Formatted Contents Note: | INTRODUCTION -- THE BIG PICTURE -- POPULATION COUNT: Females in the minority till 45-49 years of age -- LIFE EXPECTANCY: Women outlive men by 4.6 years, down from 7 years -- AVERAGE AGE: 40 for women and 38 for men -- PAID WORKFORCE:Women nearing the 50% share of paid jobs -- AROUNG THE HOUSE – Women do a lot more unpaid work than men -- WORLD RANKINGS: Canadian women rank 12th in World Gender Empowerment -- CONNECTIONS HAPPINESS: Married wives not as satisfied as their husbands -- SENSE OF COMMUNITY: Sense of belonging very similar for men and women -- VOTING: Men and women just as likely to vote -- CHANGE: Women experience and feel more change in their lives -- RELIGION: Belief in god falls sharply among men -- LIVING AT HOME: Men stay with their parents longer than do women -- HEALTH AND FITNESS -- HEALTH RATINGS: Men and women have similar self-ratings on health -- DRINKING: Men more than twice as likely to be “binge drinkers” -- SMOKING: Men still out smoke women -- WEIGHT: Males more likely to be overweight or obese -- FITNESS: Men do more active leisure-time activities -- COMMUTING: More women walk to work or use public transit -- STRESS: Women more stressed with life MENTAL HEALTH: Women have more mood disorders -- HEALTH CARE DOLLARS:More dollars for women, especially during fertile years -- FAMILY LIFE -- LEGAL MARITAL STATUS: More widows than widowers MARRIAGE ODDS – Less than half of singles will legally marry before 50 COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS – Peaks at 25-29 years of age -- AGE AT LEGAL MARRIAGE: Later … especially for same-sex couples -- DIVORCE: Four-in-ten will likely part before 50th anniversary -- BABIES: A first! More babies to those 30-34 than for any other age group -- “UNMARRIED ” MOTHERS: Growing percentage for mothers in their 30s -- CHILD CARE SPACES: Lack of regulated places -- EDUCATION -- STUDENT ASSESSMENT TESTS: Girls stronger reading skills, weaker in math -- LANGUAGES: Females under 35 are more likely to be bilingual -- POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: Younger women hold the advantage -- CURRENT SUBJECTS OF STUDY: Both male and females high on business -- CHANGING SUBJECTS OF STUDY: More women in social sciences -- PAID WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- PAID EMPLOYMENT RATE: Women narrow the gap relative to men -- JOB TENURE: Job duration for women approaching that for men -- JOB PERMANENCE: Men much more likely to have full-time jobs -- SELF-EMPLOYMENT: More men are incorporated and have paid help -- MOONLIGHTING: More women than men now have more than one paid job -- CURRENT STRUCTURE OF OCCUPATIONS: Retail sales number one for both CHANGES IN OCCUPTIONS – Shifts to more non-traditional jobs for both genders -- WORKING MOTHERS: Many more mothers with young children at paid jobs -- WORKING PARENTS: More fathers than mothers at paid work -- PART-TIME WORK: More women than men work part-time to care for family -- RETIREMENT: Women now retire just a bit later than men -- UNEMPLOYMENT: Higher jobless rates for men for two decades -- UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION: An extra week of unemployment for men -- INCOMES -- ANNUAL EARNINGS: Women are slowly catching up -- FAMILY EARNERS: Over one-quarter of wives now out-income husbands HOURLY EARNINGS – Women earn 87% of men at full-time but 109% at part-time -- AVERAGE HOURS OF PAID WORK: More paid hours per week for men -- UNIONIZATION: Sharp drop among men, slow advance among women -- HIGH INCOME EARNERS: Many more men than women -- THE WORKING POOR: More women than men -- WORKPLACE CONDITIONS: Advantage for men for most measures -- POVERTY: Women narrow poverty gap, except among elderly -- INSOLVENCIES: Women almost as likely to go bankrupt as men -- CULTURE AND SPORTS -- RADIO AND TELEVISION VIEWING: Men watch much more sports -- WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: More women socialize than men -- SPORTS: Women just as likely to be coaches -- COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Women volunteer/ donate more but give less hours/money -- CRIME -- VIOLENT CRIMES: Men comprise the vast majority of the accused -- PROPERTY AND OTHER CRIMES: More women worry about being home alone -- ENDNOTES. |
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Cranbrook Campus | HN 104 .S28 2010 (Text) | 31111000137586 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |