SOC101Y1 Midterm: SOC101Y1 notes on gender inequality, health and aging and term test 3 tutorial
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Sociology class 10- gender inequality 2/10/2012 1:56:00 pm. Main point- women came into the canadian workforce in large numbers. In canada women earn less than men even if they work in the same sectors or even in the same jobs. Women earn in canada 71% of what men earn for full-year, full-time work. Women with university degrees do better, employed full-year , full time earn 74% of what men earn for full year. Canada has the largest wage-gap between women and men full-time workers. A statistics canada study found that the major factor in the wage gap is: the presence of children, rather than age, marriage or education. Even when women s poverty rate is at its lowest, 1 in 7 women lives below the poverty line in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Percent women in labor force by major occupational categories. More and more women have been working in the labour force.
