Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Utah Women Stats Research Snapshot

Volume

14

Publisher

Utah Women & Leadership Project

Publication Date

11-7-2016

First Page

1

Last Page

3

Abstract

Although Utahans in general experience lower rates of poverty than the national average (11.3% in Utah vs. 14.7% nationwide), Utah women are more likely than Utah men to live in poverty, especially women who are heads of households and/or single parents. Many factors influence the levels of poverty among Utah women. The gender wage gap in Utah is one of the highest in the nation; women are much more likely to work minimum wage jobs, and women in Utah have lower levels of educational achievement—particularly at the bachelor’s degree level and higher—than women across the nation. Utah women within specific demographics (including certain ethnic and racial groups) are even more likely to experience poverty.

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