It shows data on age, race, education, earnings, poverty, marital status, living arrangements, occupation and child-support awards, as well as comparable national data for men and historical data.
Women continue to be over-represented in administrative support and service occupations.
Between 1970 and 1998, the number of women living alone doubled from 7.3 million to 15.3 million. The percentage of women who lived alone rose for every age group, except those ages 65 to 74. Women outnumbered men 139 million to 133 million in 1999. As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.