Gender
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Half of Women in New Hampshire Have Experienced Sexual Harassment at Work Sexual harassment in the workplace is a serious problem affecting workers across the United States and in New Hampshire. Nationwide, approximately four in ten women and more than one in ten men have been victims of workplace sexual harassment in their lifetimes.… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Employment, Gender, New Hampshire, Women |
| Women As Economic Providers Women’s contributions to family income are essential for most families. This is obviously true for the growing number of single-mother families, but increasingly so for married couple families. While dual-earner families are doing relatively well, family income… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Gender |
| Intimate Partner Violence Among LGBTQ+ College Students Drawing from a survey of 391 college students in same-sex relationships, this brief documents the rates and patterns of intimate partner violence, and responses to it among LGBTQ+ youth.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Gender, Health, Young Adults |
| Recessions Accelerate Trend of Wives as Breadwinners This brief, Recessions Accelerate Trend of Wives as Breadwinners, investigates the increased role employed wives played in family economic stability prior to, during, and in the two years after the Great Recession, and makes comparisons to the 1990-1991 and 2001… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Gender, Income |
| Wives as Breadwinners: Wives' Share of Family Earnings Hits Historic High during the Second Year of the Great Recession In the second year of the recession, wives' contributions to family earnings leapt again, jumping two percentage points from 45 percent in 2008 to 47 percent in 2009. This rise marks the largest single-year increase in 15 years. This is not due to an increase in… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Gender, Wages, Women |
| Increased Reliance on Wives as Breadwinners during the First Year of the Recession Among low-income families, the wages of employed wives account for the majority of family earnings, according to this Carsey brief. The analysis finds that in 2008, women contributed 56 percent of total family earnings, up from 51 percent in 2007. Also, husbands… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Gender, Wages, Women |
