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Part 1: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain


Figure 1: Labor Force Participation Rates, 1984-2009

Figure 2: Non-Farm Payroll Employment, 1984-2009

Figure 3: Share of Payroll Employment by Gender, 1984-2009

Figure 4: Women at Work, 1984 and 2009

Figure 5: Women's Share of Total Employment, by Industry, 1984 and 2009

Figure 6: Educational Attainment, 1984-2009WATE2010:1

Figure 7: Union Affiliation, 1983-2008

Figure 8: The Earnings Gap, 1984-2009

Figure 9: Wives' Earnings as a Share of Total Family Income, 1983-2008

Figure 10: Average Annual Income Growth for Married Families, 1983-2008

Figure 11: Families with Dependent Children Age 18 or Less, 1983-2008

Figure 12: Female Heads of Household as Share of All Families with Children, 1983-2008

Figure 13: Mothers' Labor Force Participation Rates, 1984-2008

Figure 14: Employed Mothers with Children Under 18 Years Old, 2009

Figure 15: Child Care Costs as a Share of Family Income, 2009

(To view and/or download all figures from Part 1, click here.)

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