• National statistics on the twenty most common occupations for women and men show a huge gender disparity in the type of professions where women dominate: caring and service jobs are held predominantly by women.
• The value that women provide in informal care to spouses, parents, parents-in-law, friends, and neighbors is estimated at $148 billion to $188 billion annually.
• Women—even those who have full-time jobs—still provide the majority of childcare and housework care for their families.
• Women are twice as likely to experience anxiety as men.
• 1 in 4 women will require treatment for depression in their lifetime (versus 1 in 10 for men).
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