1. World problems
  2. Excessive employment of married women

Excessive employment of married women

  • Adverse social consequences of excessive employment of married women

Incidence

A 1975 ILO report on the participation of married women aged 15 and over in the labour force of selected countries showed, for example, that the percentage of married women among active women was 34 for France, 61 for the UK, 57 for the USA, 36 for Argentina, 68 for Hungary, 30 for Chile, 57 for Sweden.

Claim

Married women who work are taking jobs away from men who really need to work.

Counter-claim

Many married women need to earn a substantial portion of their families' income and many more provide the whole support to their families.

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Value

Unsociable
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Unmarried
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender EqualitySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Social activity » Employment
  • Society » Marriage
  • Society » Social
  • Society » Women
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D3557
    DOCID
    11435570
    D7NID
    136320
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020