Educated Working Women. Clara E. Collet

Health and working conditions among low-educated women

Comparison Of Dietary Practices And Body Mass Index Among Educated Housewives And Working Women In Karachi.

BACKGROUND Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered as a major determinant of health. The objective of study was to find out differences between dietary practices, as well as BMI in educated housewives and working woman. It is supposed that both study groups may have difference in work pressures with resultant diverse preferences for food. This can affect health status particularly in relation to ob...

Psychosocial and environmental correlates of active and passive transport behaviors in college educated and non-college educated working young adults

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine potential differences in walking, cycling, public transport and passive transport (car/moped/motorcycle) to work and to other destinations between college and non-college educated working young adults. Secondly, we aimed to investigate which psychosocial and environmental factors are associated with the four transport modes and whether these associations d...

Why Do Educated, Successful Women Leave The Workforce?

In the last 30 years women have made considerable strides into the workplace. But when it comes to staying in the workforce beyond the 10-year point, the numbers tell a different story. Specifically a woman at the 10-year point is five times more likely to leave the workforce than her male counterpart. This has left organizations grappling for strategies to retain them. This study first looks a...

The Reverse Wage Gap among Educated White and Black Women*

We find that black female nurses earn 9 percent more at the mean and median than white female nurses, even when controlling for selection into nursing employment, using the 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN). Typically, recent research examining the female black/white wage gap among the general population finds that the gap widens when controlling for selection. Our findin...