The Change in the Pattern of Women's Labor Force Participation

question 27

Multiple Choice

The change in the pattern of women's labor force participation by age after 1950 indicates

• A)that men are less interested in working.
• B)that women do less housework now.
• C)that women are less likely to leave the labor force after the birth of a baby.
• D)that women are bearing more children now than they did in 1950.
• E)that maternity leave will not be an effective employment policy.

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