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"Australian women have poorer health, lower incomes and less engagement in the
labour force than men, a new report has found.
A health and wellbeing scorecard, published on Monday, has found that women’s
economic equity and health have deteriorated in the past decade.
At current rates, “it will take 70 years to reach equality on full-time
employment and more than 200 years to reach equity on income”, the report
concluded. It found that in 2020, there was a 19 percentage point gender gap in
full-time employment, a $23,767 annual income gap and a $44,746 superannuation
gap.
The report’s key findings also include:
* In 2020, women reported poorer health than men in all bar one domain,
including in mental health, physical and social functioning, and bodily pain.
* More women than men experienced elevated psychological distress, with rates
since 2011 rising sharply in women aged 18-24 and 55-64.
* Women’s social functioning, emotional and physical ability to perform their
role declined between 2001 and 2020 – and was linked to financial inequity.
* There are 2.7 million women missing from the labour force, costing the
Australian economy $72bn in lost GDP annually – and also resulting in lower
lifetime superannuation accumulations.
Led by researchers at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation,
the scorecard will annually document progress in health and wellbeing outcomes
in Australia over time."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
