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More College-educated Women Than Men in Us Workforce

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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According to the Pew Research Center, women make up more than half of all college-educated individuals employed in the US today. In comparison to 30.5 million men, that amounts to around 31.3 million women. This is nothing new for 2022. Since the end of 2019, there have been more women than men in the US employees who are over 25 and have at least a bachelor's degree.

Should this, therefore, surprise us? Yes and no - in the US, women hold more bachelor's degrees than men. However, American women also tend to raise their children at home more frequently. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics provided the information used by Pew. Around 4 million more men than women held jobs requiring a bachelor's degree or above in 1992. Ten years later, the difference was around 3 million. According to Pew data, fewer moms are raising their children at home during the past 50 years, which frequently results in women returning to or entering the workforce. According to a Politico report from the middle of 2021, 1.8 million women in the US have left their jobs during the pandemic, frequently as a result of the difficulty in locating child care.

Pew adds that many of the women who quit their jobs during the pandemic lacked bachelor's degrees. In reality, while the percentage of males seeking employment has increased, the percentage of women working or looking for work has declined among those with degrees. Additionally, the National Center for Education Statistics in the United States reports that every year since 1982, more women than men have received bachelor's degrees.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Bachelor’s degree /ˈbæʧələz dɪˈɡriː/ noun תואר ראשון

    a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study

    Over one in three American adults now have at least a bachelor's degree.

  • Workforce /ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs/ noun כוח עבודה

    all of the people who work or are available for work in a country, area, business, etc.

    The workforce is small but highly dedicated.

  • Child care /ʧaɪld keə/ noun טיפול בילדים

    the care of children especially as a service while parents are working

    Private child care is still too expensive for the average earner.

  • Pandemic /pænˈdɛmɪk/ noun מגפה

    a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time

    In some parts of the world, COVID is still a pandemic.

  • Declined /dɪˈklaɪnd/ verb נדחה

    become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease

    His supporters fell away as his popularity declined.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Why do you think women in the US earn bachelor's degrees at a higher rate than men?
  2. Are there more males or women working in your field?
  3. How well did your education equip you for your current position?
  4. What credentials do people in your position normally acquire?
  5. How can women in the workplace make their mark?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. How many US women quit their jobs as a result of the pandemic?

  2. How long has there been a greater proportion of women than men graduating with a bachelor's degree?

  3. According to Pew, what was lacking in women who quit their jobs during the pandemic?

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