Percentage Of Wives Who Earn More Than Their Husbands Assignment 1. What are the years examined in this graph? 2. What was the approximate percentage of w

Percentage Of Wives Who Earn More Than Their Husbands Assignment 1. What are the years examined in this graph?

2. What was the approximate percentage of wives who earn more than their husbands in 1998? In 2010?

3. What possible factors could be linked to wage gains made by American women in today’s American society? Could you provide explanations?

4. Is it likely that “wage superiority” made by American wives would destabilize the traditional division of labor and authority inside the American family? Why yes, or why not?

5. In what states in the U.S. are women most likely to earn more than their husbands? Eastern States, or Midwestern States? Why?

6. As you write your two- page minimum essay, you must use concepts, ideas, or theories you learned in this class.

Data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/families/) Line graphs are commonly used to present information over time. As with every table or chart, make
sure to look at the title of the graph, the labels of vertical and horizontal axes, and the information at
the legend. One potential problem with line graphs is that you cannot tell what the exact values are,
unless you have the exact data in front of you- but that is okay because line graphs are commonly used
to show trends over time, not to identify a specific value at one point in time.
Below is a graph that deals with the social phenomenon of wives who earn more than their husbands in
the U.S. After carefully studying this graph, answer the questions that are given below the chart in an
essay format.
Percentage Of Wives Who Earn More Than Their
Husbands
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30
Percent
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20
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Husbands Vs Wives
Comparison
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88 90 92 94 96 98
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10 12
Year (88=1988, etc.)
1. What are the years examined in this graph?
2. What was the approximate percentage of wives who earn more than their husbands in 1998? In
2010?
3. What possible factors could be linked to wage gains made by American women in today’s American
society? Could you provide explanations?
4. Is it likely that “wage superiority” made by American wives would destabilize the traditional division
of labor and authority inside the American family? Why yes, or why not?
5. In what states in the U.S. are women most likely to earn more than their husbands? Eastern States, or
Midwestern States? Why?
6. As you write your two- page minimum essay, you must use concepts, ideas, or theories you learned in
this class.
Data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census
(http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/families/)

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