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U.S., Canada, and Global: Population, Labor Force, and Education

 

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Catalyst’s “Generation X” Study

• Catalyst’s 2001 study, “The Next Generation: Today’s Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders”1 surveyed women and men born between 1964 and 1975 – people who in the year 2012 are ages 37-48. Findings of that study include:
  • 29% reported that interference of their jobs in their personal lives was “severe” or “very severe” and another 43% reported it was “moderate.”2
  • 84% said it was “extremely important” to have a loving family while 21% said the same about earning a great deal of money.3
  • 68% of women cited a commitment to personal and family responsibilities as a barrier to women’s advancement, while only 38.0% of men agreed or strongly agreed with that statement.4

How to cite this product: Catalyst. Catalyst Quick Take: Women in their 20s and 30s. New York: Catalyst, 2012.

• 1. Catalyst, The Next Generation: Today’s Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders (2001).
• 2. Catalyst, The Next Generation: Today’s Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders (2001).
• 3. Catalyst, The Next Generation: Today’s Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders (2001).
• 4. Catalyst, The Next Generation: Today’s Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders (2001).