Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor

Re:Where you are born is more predictive of your future than... by renjimen on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:20AM (#20994696)

> The difference is that people who aren't looking for work are "not participating" but not "unemployed".

If you're a stay-at-home parent then you would fall under the "not participating" category, no? I think that's part of the problem for women in that they are often pressured to raise a family and forego a career.

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Re:Where you are born is more predictive of your future than... by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:29AM (#20994792)

> If you're a stay-at-home parent then you would fall under the "not participating" category, no?

If you are so by preference, yes. If you are a stay at home parent because you can't, despite actively looking, find work that pays enough to be to be a net gain after daycare, you are unemployed.

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Re:Where you are born is more predictive of your future than... by leereeves on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:26AM (#20994762)

Or they choose to raise a family and stay home while their husband works. They have that option far more often than men do.

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Re:Where you are born is more predictive of your future than... by renjimen on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:06AM (#20995218)

You're right, cultural norms work both ways. Work needs to be done on both sides so that both genders are free to choose what they do with their lives.

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