Working Womens Survey 2006
   
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Survey Results
   
  1. How worried are you about the following?
 
   
    		• Getting or keeping a job that pays well and provides benefits
    		• White-collar and blue-collar jobs going overseas
    		• Health care costs rising/health insurance not covering expenses
    		• Pay not keeping up with the cost of living
    		• Not having retirement benefits when you're ready to retire
    		• Higher education being too costly
       
       
      2. Indicate your top TWO choices for laws that would most improve your life as a working woman.
     
       
    		• Stronger equal pay laws
    		• Laws to improve the quality and affordability of child care and after-school care
    		• Laws to make quality health care more affordable
    		• Laws to make retirement more secure
    		• Laws to expand family and medical leave and to provide for paid leave
    		• Stronger affirmative action laws to provide more opportunities for all women
    		• Stronger laws to challenge discrimination and unfair treatment on the job
       
       
      3. Indicate your top TWO choices for laws that would create more corporate accountability and reduce corporate abuses.
     
       
    		• Limiting CEO compensation, especially when workers in the company are being laid off or losing their benefits
    		• Stronger laws to protect employees' rights to receive pay and retirement benefits they have earned should their company file for bankruptcy
    		• Eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas
    		• Protect employees' freedom to decide whether to have a union without interference from their employer
    		• Require large, profitable corporations to pay a fair share for employee health coverage
    		• Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour
       
       
      4. Does your job offer you any of the following? Check all that apply.
     
       
    		• Control over your hours
    		• Child care
    		• Pension and retirement benefits
    		• Affordable health insurance
    		• Equal pay for equal work
    		• Paid vacation time
    		• Paid sick leave for yourself
    		• Paid leave to care for family members who are sick or for a new or adopted baby
    		• Prescription drug coverage
       
       
      6. Looking ahead, do you feel more hopeful and confident or worried and concerned about the future of young people going into the workforce?
     
       
    		• More hopeful and confident
    		• More worried and concerned
       
       
      9. How many jobs for pay do you hold?
     
       
    		• One
    		• Two
    		• More than two
       
       
      10. When do you usually work?
     
       
    		• Daytime, Monday through Friday
    		• Evenings or nights
    		• Weekends
       
       
      11. Does your spouse or partner work during the hours or shifts you do or work a different schedule?
     
       
    		• Same
    		• Different
       
       
      12. What proportion of your family or household's income do YOU personally earn?
     
       
    		• All or almost all
    		• More than half
    		• About half
    		• Less than half
    		• None or almost none
       
       
      14. Are you registered to vote?
     
       
    		• Yes
    		• No
       
       
      15. Are you planning to vote in the November 2006 elections?
     
       
    		• Yes
    		• No