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IN WEST VIRGINIA AND AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY GENDER STATUS

IN WEST VIRGINIA AND AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY GENDER STATUS

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I N W E S T V I R G I N I A A N D AT W E S T V I R G I N I A U N I V E R S I T Y

GENDER STATUS

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GENDER IN WEST VIRGINIAOV E RV I E W O F E D U C AT I O N , E C O N O M Y A N D H E A LT H I N W V

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WEST VIRGINIA RANKED 51ST OUT OF THE 50 STATES AND THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR ITS PROPORTION OF WOMEN WITH A

FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE.

THE PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO HOLD A BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR HIGHER INCREASED

FROM 11 PERCENT IN 1990 TO 18 PERCENT IN 2010. ( IWPR, 2013)

OVERVIEW: EDUCATION

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OVERVIEW: EDUCATION

In 2010, 56% of women in WV had a high school diploma or less.

Women with some college or an associate’s degree earn $10,500 less than men with only a high school diploma.

Women with a bachelor’s degree or higher earn $2,500 less than men with only some college or an associate’s degree.

(Hess, Hegewisch, & Williams, 2013)

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OVERVIEW: ECONOMIC

Women earn on average $29,000/yr. working full-timeWomen nationally earn on average $36,000/yr.

Men in WV earn on average $42,000.The wage gap in WV is the highest in the country

Women earn 31 cents less for every dollar a man earnsIn 2011, the unemployment rate for women was

6.9% in WV.The national rate was 8.5%.

Unemployment rate for African American women in WV was 22.4%, while it was 6.4% for white women.

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OVERVIEW: ECONOMIC

Women are less likely to be in the labor force than women in any other state.

WV has high disability rates, which significantly contributes to the relatively low number of women and men in the workforce.

15.2% of women and 17% of men are unable to work due to a health problem or disability.

21% of single women with children live at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line receive assistance from TANF and West Virginia Works.

Nationally, 16% of comparable families receive assistance.

Hess, Hegewisch, & Williams, 2013

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OVERVIEW: HEALTH

West Virginia21% of WV women do

not have insurance.

The birthrate for teens (15- 18) is 44.8 per 1000.

12% of the population has diabetes in WV.

National19% of women lack

insurance.

National birthrate is 34.2 per 1000.

Nationally, 9% have diabetes.

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OVERVIEW: HEALTH

12% of the population in WV live in an area that has a shortage of primary care physicians.

From 2001-2010, WV experienced a 214% increase in the number of prescription drug overdoses.

Women had lower mortality rates for lung and bronchial cancer than men in WV, but had considerably higher rates of mortality when compared to women in the rest of the U.S.

WV has the highest obesity rate in the nation.65.8% of women and 72.1% of men.

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O V E R V I E W O F S T U D E N T S , C A M P U S L I F E , A N D FA C U LT Y

GENDER AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

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GENDER &STUDENTS

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WVU STUDENT PROFILE

Fall 2013 main campus enrollment is 29,46622,757 undergraduate5,077 graduate1,632 professional students

Fall 2013 WVU System enrollment is 32,348

Students come from 113 nations, every US state (and D.C.), and all 55 West Virginia counties49% of students are West Virginia residents51% of students are nonresidents (WVU, 2014)

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PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN AVERAGE MALE-FEMALE RATIO OF

ACCORDING TO FORBES (BORZELLECA, 2012),

43.6-56.4

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HAS A MALE- FEMALE RATIO OF

ACCORDING TO US NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2014),

54-46

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ADMISSION STATISTICS

Total Applicants:15,815

Male Applicants:8,315

Female Applicants:7,500

Total Acceptances:13,415

Male Acceptances: 6,985

Female Acceptances: 6,430

Acceptance Rate:85%

(Niche, 2014)

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GENDER & CAMPUS LIFE

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BIG 12 SCHOOLS:WOMEN’S & LGBT CENTERS AND POLICIES

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RAPE ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

20 to 25 percent of college women experience rape or attempted rape

Fewer than 1 in 20 completed and attempted rapes against college women are reported

9.6 percent of women in a survey of black colleges reported being sexually assaulted

Between 80 and 90% of sexual assaults at colleges involve acquaintances, not strangers

Only 10 to 25 percent of male college rapists were expelled

Students who live in sorority houses are more likely to be raped than off-campus students

Nearly 3 in 5 completed campus rapes happen where the victim lives

More than a third of college rapes happen on campus

Nearly three-quarters of college female rape victims were intoxicated

9 in 10 rapes on college campuses are perpetrated by serial rapists

Freshmen and sophomores face the most sexual assault (Gustafson, 2013)

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RAPE

In West Virginia

“...more than one out of every nine adult women, or about 85,000 adult women in West Virginia, has been the victim of forcible rape sometime in her lifetime.” (Ruggiero and

Kilpatrick, 2003)

Sexual Assault Statistics-WVU

(West Virginia University, 2012)

Academic Year Total # of Reported Sexual Assaults

2008-2009 26

2009-2010 27

2010-2011 13

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GENDER &

Faculty

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Average salary for female faculty members compared to male faculty membersIn 1975-76

81 percent In 2009-10

81 percent(Mason, 2011)

Wage Gap

GENDER EQUALITY

IN ACADEMIA?

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BABY GAP

Women with children are 38 percent less likely than men with children to achieve tenure.

Women are twice as likely as men with children to work in part-time or nontenure-track positions.

Among tenured professors, only 44 percent of women are married with children, compared with 77 percent of men.

Women who achieve tenure are more than twice as likely as men to be single 12 years after earning a Ph.D.

Women who are married when they begin their faculty careers are much more likely than men in the same position to divorce or separate from their spouses. (Mason, 2011)

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STATUS OF WOMEN AT WVU- FACULTYTenure Status for

instructors & Researchers at the West Virginia University by Gender

Native AmericanMen 44% Women 56%

AsianMen 65% Women 35%

African American Men 52% Women 48%

HispanicMen 70% Women 30%

(Career Index, n.d.)

Full Time Faculty Minorities at West Virginia

University by Gender

Tenured Men 77% Women 23%

On Tenure Track Men 52% Women

48%

Not On Tenure Track Men 36% Women 64%

http://www.educationnews.org/career-index/west-virginia-university/

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References

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Borzelleca, D. (2012, February 16). The Male-Female Ratio in College. Retrieved April 18, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2012/02/16/the-male-female-ratio-in-college/

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Gustafson, D. (2013, October 29). By the numbers: Sex crimes on campus. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/10/28/by-the-numbers-sexcrimesoncampus.html

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