Which of the following is most consistent with the introduction to the discussion of women’s employment in your text?Group of answer choicesMore than half of women in the United States over the age of 16 are currently employed.Women are especially likely to receive negative evaluations when they are in traditionally feminine occupations, such as elementary school teaching.Employment rates are higher for women in Northern Africa and Central America than for women in the United States. Because mothers in the United States feel guilty about child care, their rate of employment has actually dropped during the past decade.

which of the following is the most accurate statement about employment in traditionally female occupations?Group of answer choicesThe research demonstrates that a single woman in the United States can live fairly comfortably on a salary of about $7 an hour, as long as she works 40 hours a week.The majority of women in Western Europe are agricultural workers, whereas in most African countries, the majority are service workers.Immigrant women who are hired to do domestic work are generally hired at a low salary, and they are expected to work long hours.In Asian and Latin American countries, many women work in sweatshops, but there are no sweatshops in the United States or Canada because they are illegal.

Which of the following statements about employed women is most accurate?Group of answer choicesThe amount of education a woman has had is one of the best predictors of whether she works outside the home.Unlike professions such as law or engineering, the profession of medicine has always welcomed women.Presently, fewer than 20% of first-year medical students are female.Medicine is the only “high-prestige” profession in which the percentage of women has increased significantly in recent years.

In which of the following jobs do we find about 97 percent of the workers are women?A.college presidentB.preschool teacherC.corporate managerD.dentist

Which of these is true about women in the workforce in the early 1960s?A.Women had fewer job opportunities than men did.B.Most working women were college graduates.C.Women worked mostly in medicine or law.D.Women quit working when they got married.

Which of the following statements about U.S. women with young children is correct?A.The share of women in the paid workforce has been increasing, but only a small share of women with young children is working for income.B.The share of women in the paid workforce has been decreasing, and almost no women with young children are working for income.C.The share of women in the paid workforce has been increasing, and women with young children are especially likely to be working for income.D.Whether women have children or not has no effect on their likelihood of working for income.