About 8 in 10 women in opposite-sex marriages say they took their husband’s last name
Younger women, women with a postgraduate degree and Democratic women are more likely to keep their last name after marriage.
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Younger women, women with a postgraduate degree and Democratic women are more likely to keep their last name after marriage.
Overall, 57 Black women – among a total of 106 women of color – have ever been elected to the national legislature.
Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.
Women now make up 35% of workers in the United States’ 10 highest-paying occupations – up from 13% in 1980.
Two-thirds or more in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say that women should decide for themselves whether to bear children.
Around eight-in-ten adults in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say both men and women should be primarily responsible for earning money.
55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
Nearly two-thirds of the federal judges President Joe Biden has appointed so far are women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
In 2022, single women owned 58% of the nearly 35.2 million homes owned by unmarried Americans, while single men owned 42%.
Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
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