Over the past two and a half decades in Ohio, more women have entered the labor force, and families have increased their work hours. Yet, job quality has often declined: wages for most workers have been stagnant, health insurance provision by employers has decreased, and Ohio remains nearly 264,000 jobs below its peak employment.
Women’s earnings, the female/male earnings ratio, the occupation and industries in which women work, women’s business ownership, and women’s poverty are all important aspects of women’seconomic status.
Congressional Briefing on Older Women’s Economic Security; and more articles
This report is part of a set of The Status of Women in the States reports released in 2004.
This report is part of a set of The Status of Women in the States reports released in 2004.
This Research-in-Brief is based on selected findings from The Status of Women in Michigan report, part of The Status of Women in the States report series released in2004.
This manual provides instructions for analyzing the status of women at the county level. The manual allows advocates, researchers, and others within each state to assess women’s status at the local level, rank counties, and make cross-county comparisons.
As part of its 2004 series of reports on the Status of Women in the States, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has calculated state by state rankings for women's status on se3rveral economic indicators presented here.
Marked growth in the labor force participation of women in general, and of mothers specifically, has deepened the need for work and care supports for families.
Marked growth in the labor force participation of women in general, and of mothers specifically, has deepened the need for work and care supports for families.
