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Myth or Fact: The Status of Girls and Women
How much do you know about the status of women and girls? Test your knowledge! Just take a few minutes to complete the following 10 questions.
In 2006, fewer than half of one-parent households were headed by women.
In 2007, women held less than 20% of the seats in the 535 member 106th Congress.
In 2004, more than half of women registered to vote actually voted in the national elections.
In 2006, fewer than half of all women between the ages of 25 and 54 were in the labor force.
In 2006, women represented approximately 30% of lawyers and doctors and approximately 15% of engineers and Fortune 500 corporate officers.
In 2006, among year-round fulltime workers, women's weekly earnings were 81% of men's.
In 2005, women and children (under 18) represented nearly three-quarters of the total number of people living in poverty.
In 2005, about one in every 20 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in the United States became pregnant.
In 2005, fewer than half of high school girls participated in at least one school-sponsored sport.
In 1960, 38% of girls who graduated from high school enrolled in college the following fall. In 2005, nearly double that percentage of girls who graduated from high school enrolled in college the following fall.
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