The person designated as the householder is the reference person to whom the relationship of all other household members, if any, is recorded. While women represented a smaller percentage of householders, larger percentages were movers. Among the 41 million male householders with a spouse, 10.5 percent moved. As more women move up the corporate ladder, they are increasingly viewed as the best person for the job and are more likely to be transferred as they advance their careers. Helping enhance women s stature in the workplace and fueling the rise in transfers is the fact that they are outpacing men in earning college degrees.
Statistics show that women have become the dominant holders of degrees.
By the class of 2006-07, the gap will expand to 38 percent. The number of women earning MBAs jumped from only 609 in 1968 to 38,008 in 1997, according to the Department of Education. In the 1990s alone, the number of women earning these advanced degrees climbed 46 percent. By comparison, men earning MBAs during the same period grew just 18 percent. As more women take positions of leadership within companies, they are more likely to be targeted for transfers.