Publications

reportDec 11, 2013

Who’s the boss? In U.S. business, it’s mostly men
reportDec 11, 2013

How Pew Research measured the gender pay gap
reportDec 11, 2013

Gender Pay Gap Narrows, and Persists

This posting points to a new Pew Research Center report about the gender pay gap, which includes census data about earnings as well as a survey of attitudes.
reportDec 11, 2013

10 Findings about Women in the Workplace

Ten key findings from a new Pew Research Center survey and analysis of Census data that explores the views, values and economic realities of women and men in the workplace.
reportDec 11, 2013

On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now

A new cohort of young women—members of the so-called Millennial generation—has been entering the workforce for the past decade. At the starting line of their careers, they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had been—or than their young male counterparts are now. But when they look ahead, they see roadblocks to their success.
short readsNov 27, 2013

The links between education, marriage and parenting

New data released this week from the U.S. Census Bureau reaffirm the strong linkage between educational attainment and the marital status and living arrangements of parents of minor children
reportNov 27, 2013

Marriage and College

This links to a FactTank posting about recently released Census Bureau data on the living arrangements of parents by educational attainment.
short readsNov 25, 2013

Study: Having daughters makes parents more likely to be Republican

Two sociologists have found that parents who have daughters are more inclined to support the GOP and turn a cold shoulder to Democrats.
reportNov 22, 2013

Census Migration Estimates, Charted

This links to a posting on FactTank that discusses a graphic charting the movements of 7.1 million Americans who changed states between 2011 and 2012. The graphic is based on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
short readsNov 6, 2013

Many states already bar workplace discrimination against gays

Workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity is banned in 22 states (including the District of Columbia).