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why are most women employed in low paied works?
The low wage female work force is disproportionately young, less educated and single. A clear factor in low wage employment is the worker's education level. As their education levels increase women are less likely to be paid low wages. Women with a high school education or less are overrepresented in low wage employment, constituting 21% of low wage female workers , but only 11% of all female workers. Marital states is also correlated with low wage employment. Married women are slightly under represented among ,low wage workers. 


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