Women earned 77 cents for every dollar men earned last year Most full-time employed women will be retired by the time wages are equal between women and men Stagnant wages may have to do with poor family and medical leave… Read More ›
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College enrolment down by a half million students in 2012 with older students the most turned off further studies
Half a million fewer students enrolled in colleges in 2012 than 2011 Biggest drop is in mature students ages 25 and older However, there has been an increase in the number of Hispanics enrolling Hispanics account for 17 percent of… Read More ›
Study shows California’s autism increase not due to better counting, diagnosis: seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the… Read More ›
Official U.S. poverty rate remains high, middle class incomes decline
September 12, 2012 By Molly McElroyNews and Information Posted under: News Releases, Social Science Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today show that, after increasing since 2008, the poverty rate for the U.S. remained stable at… Read More ›