Key findings on gender pay gap, workplace equality
Source: AP-EXCITE
By The Associated Press
Key findings on the gender pay gap and attitudes toward workplace equality, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center:
_About 75 percent of women ages 18-32 say the U.S. needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, compared with 57 percent of young men.
_Among workers ages 25-34, women's hourly earnings were 93 percent those of men. That ratio is up from 67 percent in 1980 and at the highest in government records dating back to at least 1979. Across all age groups, the median hourly wage for women was 84 percent as much as men, up from 64 percent in 1980.
_About 59 percent of young women say that being a working parent makes it harder to advance in a job or career, compared with just 19 percent of young men.
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