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Trends and Implications of Women in Pediatrics
Michael S. Kappy, MD, PhD;
Catherine DeAngelis, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(2):173-176.
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There has been a marked increase in the number of women in the labor force generally since 1950, when only 18% of women with children worked outside the home and only 12% of women in the work force had preschool-age children. By 1988 these figures had increased to 66% and 57%, respectively. The fastest-growing segment has been women with children less than 1 year of age. In 1950 only 22% of families had two wage earners, whereas the figure for 1988 was 62%. The reasons for this change include a decrease in the average effective male wage by approximately 25% over the last 15 years and the growing necessity for women in the work force to preserve the middle-class status to which many families have become accustomed.
The types of jobs for women are largely unchanged, with the No. 1 occupation being secretary, followed by elementary school teacher, bookkeeper, cashier,
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Author Affiliations
From the Children's Health Center, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz (Dr Kappy); and the Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md (Dr DeAngelis).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 31, 1989.
Trends and Implications of Women in Pediatrics was the third annual conference on issues in pediatric education held under the auspices of St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz; it was conducted from October 21 through 23, 1988, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Reprint requests to Children's Health Center, St Joseph's Hospital, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013 (Dr Kappy).
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