Change in children per woman and female labor force participation, 1960 to 2021
The labor force participation rate corresponds to the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active. Fertility corresponds to the number ofchildren that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with the age-specific fertility rates of thespecific year.
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- Index of US maternal mortality and female labor force participation (FLFP)
- Labor force participation rates for women ages 15-24, 2020 vs. 1980
- Labor force participation, younger vs. older women
- Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value
- Legal age of marriage for girls
- Legislation addressing domestic violence specifically
- Legislation establishes clear criminal penalties for domestic violence
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
- Legislation that specifically addresses sexual harassment
- Male and female surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets
- Male vs. female informal employment as share of total employment
- Married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family’s expenses
- Married women are required by law to obey their husbands
- Married women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
- Married women can legally confer their citizenship to a non-national spouse in the same way as married men
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- Maternal mortality vs. female labor force participation, United States
- Men and married women have equal ownership rights to property
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- Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers
- Paid parental leave
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- Prevalence of female genital mutilation
- Proportion of female employees by economic sector
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- Proportion of women participating in the labor force
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- Share of the population subjected to physical violence, male vs. female
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- Share of women in ministerial positions
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- Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
- Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate
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- Woman is head of government
- Woman is head of state
- Women and men's testimony carries the same evidentiary weight in court
- Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men
- Women can be head of household in the same way as men
- Women can choose where to live in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a judgment of divorce in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a national identity card in the same way as married men
- Women can open a bank account in the same way as men
- Women can sign a contract in the same way as men
- Women can take the same jobs as men
- Women can travel outside the country in the same way as men
- Women can travel outside their home in the same way as men
- Women can work at night in the same way as men
- Women can work in a job deemed dangerous in the same way as men
- Women can work in an industrial job in the same way as men
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