A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations: Young Women Now Top Young Men in Valuing a High-Paying Career
In a reversal of traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career or profession, according to survey findings from the Pew Research Center. Two-thirds (66%) of young women ages 18 to 34 rate career high on their list of life priorities, compared with 59% of young men. In 1997, 56% of young women and 58% of young men felt the same way.
Pew Research Center Report, April 2012
by Eileen Patten and Kim Parker
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