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Title: Fast Facts Economic Security for Women and Families in Iowa
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Lawmakers in Iowa must pave the way to economic security for women and families by ensuring that state policies guarantee economic equality and reproductive health care access for all women. Policymakers should prioritize policies that allow families to receive higher, livable wages; promote equal pay for equal work; and help parents maintain good jobs that allow them to work and raise their children. Women need policies that reflect their roles as providers and caregivers. In Iowa, mothers are the sole, primary, or co-breadwinners in 68.1 percent of families, and these numbers are higher for some women of color. 1 The following policy recommendations can help support the economic security of women and families in Iowa. Promote equal pay for equal work Although federal law prohibits unequal pay for equal work, there is more that can be done to ensure that both women and men across Iowa enjoy the fullest protections against discrimination. • Iowa women who are full-time, year-round workers earned about 79 cents for every dollar that Iowa men earned in 2017; 2 if the wage gap continues to close at its current rate, women will not reach parity in the state until 2062. 3 The wage gap is even larger for black women and Latinas in Iowa, who earned 59.4 cents and 57.7 cents, respectively, for every dollar that white men earned in 2016. 4 • Due to the gender wage gap, each woman in Iowa will lose an average of $463,760 over the course of her lifetime. 5
Url: https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/2018/10/19055639/EconSecurity-IA-factsheet1.pdf
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Authors: Phadke, Shilpa; Boesch, Diana; Ellmann, Nora
Publisher: Center for American Progress
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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