In fact, the study found more than half of
the women surveyed reported being denied their fair share of origination credit.
22 per cent of
women surveyed reported to have experienced sexual touching, groping, flashing, sexual assault or rape, of which 61 per cent said they did not report the incidents to a teacher or person in authority.
When it was pointed out to me that the U.S. National Violence Against
Women Survey reported that 60 % of cyberstalking victims were women, I realized that we all have a responsibility as friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter to take notice if any of our digital friends are in trouble.
In addition, nearly 60 percent of
women surveyed report that while they had visited other medical providers in the past year, they chose to go to women's health centers for women's primary care — including birth control — for a variety of reasons, including expertise and quality of care.
Not exact matches
In 2015, a
survey of 200 senior - level
women in Silicon Valley found that 66 percent of participants
reported they were excluded from important meetings because of their gender, and 60 percent
reported unwanted sexual advantages in the workplace.
According to the
report, of the 23 countries
surveyed, Iraq and Afghanistan are the only two countries where majorities of Muslims
surveyed said that honor killings of
women are justified as punishment for alleged pre - or extra-marital sex.
And a quarter of Fast 50 companies
reported that 21 - 30 % of all new hires were
women (52 % of Diply's staff are
women), compared to just 13 % of hires
reported in the 2016
survey.
Despite the very real challenges that keep many small - business owners cautious, a recent
survey of the
Women Presidents» Organizations» Zenith members reported that these women - owned businesses with annual revenues of at least $ 50 million are more optimistic than one might ex
Women Presidents» Organizations» Zenith members
reported that these
women - owned businesses with annual revenues of at least $ 50 million are more optimistic than one might ex
women - owned businesses with annual revenues of at least $ 50 million are more optimistic than one might expect.
And a 2010
survey by the Institute for
Women's Policy Research revealed nearly half of US workers
reported they were either «contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged» from discussing pay with coworkers (although, as of 2014, 10 states had passed laws protecting employees» rights to discuss salaries).
Robb and Coleman
reported findings from a 2014
survey that
women founders prefer to rely on personal sources of financing and are three times less likely to approach angel investors or venture capitalists for equity financing.
The Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Kansas City will issue the 2016 Small Business Credit
Survey:
Report on
Women - Owned Firms at 2:00 PM EST (1:00 PM CST) on Thursday, November 30.
Led by Vivek Wadhwa, who holds titles at Stanford and Duke universities, and Lesa Mitchell, a vice president at the Kauffman Foundation, the
report «
Women in Technology: Evolving, Ready to Save the World» draws on responses to an online survey from 500 women in the tech sector (inside and outside the U.S.) and is scheduled to be published this sp
Women in Technology: Evolving, Ready to Save the World» draws on responses to an online
survey from 500
women in the tech sector (inside and outside the U.S.) and is scheduled to be published this sp
women in the tech sector (inside and outside the U.S.) and is scheduled to be published this spring.
Although more
women than men in the 2008 Catalyst
survey report having mentors, the
women's mentors have less organizational clout.
Among the 63 economies
surveyed in both this and the last
report produced in 2015, GEM found that Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) among
women increased by 10 %, and the gender gap (ratio of
women to men participating in entrepreneurship) narrowed by 5 %.
The
women we
surveyed were three times more likely than the men to earn less than $ 25,000 per year: while only three percent of men
reported earnings in this category, nine percent of
women did.
When we
surveyed our customers, 68 % of
women - owned businesses
reported they have business borrowings versus 75 % of male owned businesses.
Recently there were
reported in a Southern California newspaper the results of a national opinion
survey, (6) Of the 3000
women polled, 96 percent still viewed marriage as their first choice for the most satisfying and interesting way of life.
In a follow - up to its 2008
report that found that attending services increases life expectancy, the
Women's Health Initiative observational study based this report on a survey of 92,539 post-menopausal women ove
Women's Health Initiative observational study based this
report on a
survey of 92,539 post-menopausal
women ove
women over 50.
The Guttmacher Institute
reported Tuesday (Jan. 17) the rate fell to 14.6 abortions per 1,000
women 15 to 44 years old in 2014, which is a decline of 14 percent since its most recent
survey in 2011.
Similar evidence that abortion is helpful rather than hurtful is presented by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in a study that reveals that fully three - quarters of 19,000
women surveyed who had had an abortion «
reported that having a baby would have seriously interfered with work, school, or other major responsibilities.»
Closer to home, the UK gender pay gap widened at the end of 2013, and in Dove's latest
survey, 41 % of British
women reported being unhappy with their appearance and body shape.
According to the current study, the per capita availability of sugars and sweeteners fell 16 % between 1980 and 2011, which was a fall that was equivalent to a per capita reduction of added - sugars intake by ~ 230 g / y for 30 y. Between 1995 and 2011, the
reported intake of added sugars (grams per day) in national dietary
surveys declined 18 % in adult men but remained essentially unchanged in adult
women (42 g / d).
Carolyn McConnell of Rock the Cradle — The Politics of Motherhood agrees and points out the results of a 2005
survey where one quarter of the
women polled «
reported feeling pressured by a medical professional to have a C - section.»
Not too long ago, Cosmo
reported the results of a few
surveys that found most young married and single young
women would become domestic goddesses if they could afford to.
(1) Listening to Mothers II:
Report of the Second National U.S.
Survey of
Women's Childbearing Experiences.
The more
surveys in which
women said they were bed - sharing, the longer those
women tended to breastfeed, the researchers
reported Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
Listening to Mothers:
Report of the First National U.S.
Survey of
Women's ChildbearingExperiences.
In two days, espnW and the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Project will co-host an espnW:
Women + Sports Summit at which they will
report the results of a
survey in which a nationally representative sample of moms were asked what they wanted and needed for their kids from youth sports.
The New York Times recently cited a 2008
report which showed that birth rates for
women over 40 years of age rose 4 percent over the previous year and a 2009
survey indicated that 14 percent of people in their prime childbearing years decided to delay becoming pregnant due to the economic recession.
Listening to mothers II:
Report of the second national U.S.
survey of
women's childbearing experiences.
Listening to mothers:
report of the first national US
survey of
women's childbearing experiences [monograph].
E. Declercq et al., Listening to Mothers:
Report of the First U.S. National
Survey of
Women's Childbearing Experiences (New York: Maternity Center Association, October 2002): pg 1
One study found that babies born after epidurals were less likely to be fully breastfed on hospital discharge; this was an especial risk for epidural mothers whose babies did not feed in the first hour after birth.112 A Finnish
survey records that 67 percent of
women who had labored with an epidural
reported partial or full formula - feeding in the first 12 weeks compared to 29 percent of nonepidural mothers; epidural mothers were also more likely to
report having «not enough milk.»
In the latest
survey of American
women, 17 %
reported giving birth without using pain medication.
In
surveys, up to four - fifths of pregnant
women report that they have more trouble remembering phone numbers or stringing a complex sentence together than before they got pregnant.
According to a recent
survey, 50 % of pregnant
women report trying at least one natural method to bring on labor.
Listening to Mothers II:
Report of the Second National U.S.
Survey of
Women's Childbearing Experiences
«A recent national
survey of
women's experience of maternity care in the UK
reported that
women from black and minority ethnic groups were more likely to recognise their pregnancy later, access care later, and consequently book later for antenatal care than were white
women.»
ANMS, Austin New Mothers Study; GWG, gestational weight gain; IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; NMIHS, National Maternal and Infant Health
Survey; NR, not
reported; PIN, Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study; PNSS, Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System; pp, postpartum; PPWR, postpartum weight retention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SES, socioeconomic status; WIC,
Women, Infants and Children Food and Nutrition Services.
The
Women's Environmental Network, a London - based environmental group, points out that the current British
report surveyed 2,000 parents who use disposables, but included only 117 parents who use cloth diapers in their research.
In her words, «It is surprising that 45 out of every 100 adult
women living in Lagos State have undergone FGM at one time or another as
reported in the National Demographic Health
Survey 2013.
The Siena College
survey finds that 36 percent of
women report being the victims of workplace sexual harassment.
Jarlenski and her colleagues analyzed National
Survey of Drug Use and Health data from 2005 to 2014, finding that approximately one in every 50
women age 18 to 44
reported using an opioid pain reliever that was not prescribed or used only for the experience or feeling it caused, or heroin, in the prior 30 days.
In a 2000
survey of postdoctoral fellows in the biological and physical sciences at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, 45 % of married
women with children
reported that they hadn't presented research at national conferences the previous year, compared to 24 % of all other postdocs.
McNeil and Sher
reported that anecdotal evidence, including the
survey results, indicated that dual - career employment difficulties lead in many cases to
women leaving physics because they can not find employment in the field that suits their professional and personal needs.
It seems to be the case that
women spend more time on their teaching than men do, so department chairs in big
surveys report that when they have extra teaching that needs to be done, they often ask
women to do it because they are willing.
A recent study published in the same journal, co-authored by Professor Tim Newton, showed that more
women than men
reported dental phobia in the 2009 Adult Dental Health
Survey.
In our national
survey of 18 to 25 - year - olds, 87 % percent of
women reported having experienced some form of sexual harassment during their lifetime, yet 76 % of respondents to this
survey had never had a conversation with their parents about how to avoid sexually harassing others.
Among general findings, as is the case every year since the
survey began,
women reported significantly higher stress levels than men (5.1 vs 4.4 on a 10 - point scale, where 1 is «little or no stress» and 10 is «a great deal of stress»).
Women scientists with Ph.D. s are much less likely than men to travel in pursuit of career - enhancing postdoc appointments, according to a
survey from Israel's Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, as
reported in The Jerusalem Post.