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Women Pass Men in Advanced Degrees
(AP) - For the first time,
American women have passed
men in gaining advanced college
degrees as well as bachelor's
degrees, part of a trend that is
helping redefine who goes off to
work and who stays home with
the kids.
The latest census figures high
light the latest education mile
stone for women, who began to
exceed men in college enroll
ment in the early 1980s. The
findings come amid record shares
of women in the workplace and
a steady decline in stay-at-home
mothers.
The educational gains for
women are giving them greater
access to a wider range of jobs,
contributing to a shift of tradi
tional gender roles at home and
w ork.
B ased
on
one
dem ographer's estim ate, the
number of stay-at-home dads
who are the primary caregivers
for their children reached nearly
2 million last year, or one in 15
fathers. The official census tally
was 154,000, based on a nar
rower definition that excludes
A woman talks to an employer at a jobs fair. For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining
advanced college degrees as well as bachelor's degrees.
those working part-time or look- M easured by shares, about 10.2 10.9 percent o f men - a gap p ro fe s s io n a l s u b c a te g o rie s
mg for jobs.
percent o f w om en have ad- steadily narrow ing in recent such as business, science and
Among adults 25 and older, vanced degrees com pared to years. W om en still trail men in engineering.
10.6 m illion U.S. women have
m aster's deg rees or higher,
“W e ’ re all about your future !”
com pared to 10.5 m illion men.
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