[Vision2020] Best and Worst Cities for Women

[Janesta]

Black women are paid the lowest. A big fat 67¢ on the dollar.

On Sep 5, 2017 9:47 AM, "Kenneth Marcy" <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> Best and Worst Cities for Women
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> By Samuel Stebbins <http://247wallst.com/author/samuel-stebbins/>, Michael
> B. Sauter <http://247wallst.com/author/michael-sauter/> and Evan Comen
> <http://247wallst.com/author/evan-comen/> September 1, 2017 6:00 am EDT
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> *https://tinyurl.com/ycg9gq8o <https://tinyurl.com/ycg9gq8o>*
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> Gender inequality remains a matter of fact in the United States. Women
> earn roughly 80 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts.
> Many must overcome various stigma related to parenting responsibilities,
> gender roles, and their participation in the job market. On the other hand,
> women are more likely to live longer, and they are more likely to have a
> college degree.
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> These challenges and benefits play out differently across the country, and
> being a female in one major metropolitan area can be meaningfully different
> than in another, with different prospects and outlook. A job market with a
> severe gender wage gap can make life hard for women and girls, as can a
> city with widespread poverty, poor health, and subpar public education.
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> 24/7 Wall St. reviewed multiple measures of quality of life, both those
> that apply to women specifically, and those that apply to populations in
> general, to identify the best and worst cities for women. These included
> each city’s gender pay gap, as well as college attainment, life expectancy,
> and insurance rates for women, and the share of 3- and 4-year olds enrolled
> in Pre-K.
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> Source: Thinkstock
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> *5. Idaho Falls, ID*
> *> Female earnings as pct. of male:* 52.6%
> *> Female bachelor’s degree attainment:* 25.9%
> *> Pre-school enrollment:* 28.1%
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> In addition to being instrumental in childhood development, pre-K programs
> give parents — usually the mother — the opportunity to leave their children
> somewhere safe during the day so they can hold a job. Idaho is one of only
> a handful states that do not offer state-funded preschool, and partially as
> a result, only 28.1% of 3 and 4-year-olds in the state are enrolled in
> preschool, one of the smallest shares of any U.S. metro area.
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> Few parts of the country have as wide a gender pay gap as Idaho Falls
> does. Women earn only 53 cents for every dollar men earn across all
> occupations. In managerial positions, the pay gap is even wider. Women earn
> about a quarter of what men do in managerial positions.
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> *https://tinyurl.com/ycg9gq8o <https://tinyurl.com/ycg9gq8o> *
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> *Ken*
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