On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – for Now Despite Gains, Many See Roadblocks Ahead
December 11, 2013 On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now Despite Gains, Many See Roadblocks Ahead FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT Pew Research Center 1615 L St., N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 Media Inquiries: 202.419.4372 www.pewresearch.org About the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan source of data analysis. It does not take advocacy positions. Its Social & Demographic Trends project studies behaviors and attitudes of Americans in key realms of their lives, including family, community, finance, work and identity. All of the Social & Demographic Trends project reports are available at www.pewsocialtrends.org. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. The staff of the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project is: Paul Taylor, Exec. Vice President, Pew Research Center Rich Morin, Senior Editor Kim Parker, Director of Social Trends Research Wendy Wang, Research Associate Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate Anna Brown, Research Assistant Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher Eileen Patten, Research Analyst D’Vera Cohn, Senior Writer Mary Seaborn, Administrative Manager www.pewresearch.org Table of Contents PAGE 1 Overview Chapter 1: Trends from Government Data 15 Chapter 2: Equal Treatment for Men and Women 26 Chapter 3: What Men, Women Value in a Job 38 Chapter 4: Men and Women at Work 47 Chapter 5: Balancing Work and Family 56 Appendix 1: Survey Methodology 63 Appendix 2: Topline Questionnaire 65 www.pewresearch.org 1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER OVERVIEW A new cohort of young women—members of the so-called Millennial generation—has Millennial Women’s Views on been entering the workforce for the past Gender and Work decade.
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