Women, Health, Education and Family
Western Europe and the US
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
UK
Women
per 100
men
Life expectancy
Women/Men
Women’s
Share of
Tertiary
School
Enrollment
Mean
age at
first
marriage
Women/
Men
Female
headed
househol
ds
Contraceptive
use
Fertility
Rate(births
per
woman)
Maternal
death rate per
10000 births
105
105
106
101
101
102
105
83/76
81/76
83/77
81/76
82/77
82/78
81/76
55%
49%
56%
51%
60%
60%
56%
30/32
n.a.
28/32
30/33
31/34
32/35
26/28
24%
30%
n.a.
24%
39%
37%
n.a.
75%
75%
60%
79%
n.a.
n.a.
84%
1.9
1.3
1.3
1.7
1.8
1.6
1.7
17
9
5
16
10
5
11
US
103
80/75
57%
26/29
47%
76%
2.0
14
WE Ave
104
82/77
55%
30/32
31%
75%
1.6
10
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York,
NY, January 2006.
Women, Health, Education and Family
Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the US
Bulgaria
Czech Rep
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Women
per 100
Men
Life
expectancy
Women/Men
Women’s
Share of
Tertiary
School
Enrollment
Mean age at
first marriage
Women/men
Female
headed
households
Contraceptive
use
Fertility
Rate(births
per woman)
Maternal
death rate per
10000 births
106
105
110
106
105
104
106
76/69
79/72
77/68
78/70
75/68
72/59
78/70
53%
53%
57%
58%
54%
57%
53%
21/25
25/28
26/29
25/28
24/27
22/24
25/28
n.a.
29
28
40
27
n.a.
34
42%
72%
77%
49%
64%
73%
74%
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
31
9
11
10
58
65
10
EE Ave
106
76/68
55%
24/27
32
64%
1.3
US
103
80/75
57%
26/29
47
76%
2.0
WE Ave
104
82/77
55%
30/32
31
75%
1.6
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York,
NY, January 2006.
28
14
10
Women and Work
Western Europe and the US
France
%
Women
/Men
econ’ly
active
Women
share of
labor
force
Women’s
share of
PT emp
Maternity
Leave
wks/% of
pay
49/63
46
80
16/100% Social security
Provider of
coverage
Pay gap
in
manuf.
83
(with ceiling)
Germany
49/65
44
84
Italy
37/62
Netherlands 56/73
Norway
69/77
39
44
47
74
75
76
Sweden
48
72
76/80
14/100% Social
security(ceiling)
then employer
1
22 /80% Social security
16/100% Social security
42 at 100% Social security
or
52 at 80%
14/80% Social security
74
n.a.
78
88
91
for 390
days; 90
days flat rate
UK
US
WE Ave
55/71
60/74
64/70
46
45
45
79
68
77
26/90%
Employer (92%
for first 6
weeks then
flat rate
refunded by
public funds)
12/0
21/93
79
802
82
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York, NY, January
2006. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/wwpub.htm
1
2
5 months
US Department of Labor, as cited by http://womensissues.about.com/od/genderdiscrimination/i/isgendergap.htm
Women and Work
Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the US
% Women/Men
econ’ly active
Women’s
share of
labor force
Women’s
share of PT
emp
Maternity Leave wks/% of
pay
Provider of
coverage
Pay gap in
manuf.
44/55
47%
n.a.
193/90%
68
Czech
51/69
Repub
Hungary 47/61
44%
73%
28/69%
Social
security
Social
security
46%
70%
24/100%(prenatal/min. Social
Bulgaria
Poland
security
Social
security
Social
security
Social
Security
Social
security
n.a.
Social
security
Social
security
n/a
71
46%
65%
16/100%
Romania 56/69
46%
n.a.
184/85%
Russia
59/70
49%
n.a.
205/100%
Slovakia 53/68
46%
66%
28/55%
EE Ave
51/65
46%
69%
22/86%
WE Ave
64/70
45%
77%
21/93%
US
60/74
45%
68%
12/0
135 days
126 days
5 140 days
4
74
of 4 weeks, then 70%, then
flat rate)
48/62
3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
82
80
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York,
NY, January 2006.
Women and Politics
Western Europe and the US
% Women in
Parliament
(2003-5)
Has had
woman
head of
gov’t
France
Italy
UK
Germany
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
12.26
17.37
19.78
31.69
37.610
37.911
47.312
N
N
Y
Y
N
N
N
US
WE Ave
16.213
23.7
Poland
Czech
Slovakia
Russia
20.414
15.515
20.016
9.817
6
2002 elections
April 2006 elections
8 May 2005 elections
9 September 2005 elections
10 November 2006 elections
11 September 2005 elections
12 September 2006 elections
13 As of November 2006 Congressional elections, US Senate 16% women (http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm).
7
14
September 2005 elections
June 2006 elections
16 June 2006 elections
15
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
11.218
22.119
10.420
19.021
24.822
18.823
EE Ave
15.3
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York, NY, January
2006. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/wwpub.htm
17
December 2003 elections
November 2004 elections
19 June 2005 elections
20 April 2006 elections
21 October 2006 elections
22 October 2004 elections
23 March 2003 elections
18
Women and Politics
Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the US
% Women in
Parliament
(2004)
Has had
woman
head of
gov’t
Bulgaria
Czech Rep.
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
26
18
14
20
11
10
19
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
EE Ave
US
WE Ave
17
14
27
Source: The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. Published by the United Nations, New York, NY, January
2006. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/wwpub.htm