Fewer young men are in college, especially at 4-year schools
College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it’s mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.
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College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it’s mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.
Among married couples in the United States, women’s financial contributions have grown steadily over the last half century. Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework.
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
Americans relocated less during the COVID-19 outbreak, moving from one residence to another in 2020 at the lowest rate in more than 70 years.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
This year will likely be the first year in which women are a majority of the U.S. college-educated labor force.
Millennial workers are just as likely to stick with their employers as their older counterparts in Generation X were when they were young adults.
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