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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Strategy
Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
D3557
DOCID
11435570
D7NID
136320
Last update
Oct 4, 2020