Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Comparative Advantage, Advantageous, Atlantic Slave Trade
3 Feb 2013
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There has recently been an inflation in the educational requirements for jobs even low paying jobs now require many formal years of education. The gap between the rich and poor in terms of wealth assets such as real estate, stocks and savings account. This gap is partially related to married couples as they have more assets. The debt load of canadians has also increased significantly with the ratio of debt to disposable income has reached 127%. The dual income family creates second working shift for the mothers. Woman also often receive lower wages and suffer from the glass ceiling in their work environment preventing them from rising to the top. 1970 a wave of woman s movement lead to the liberalization of attitudes concerning woman s role in society. Woman now penetrated male dominated occupational fields such a law, medicine and physical sciences. Quebec and maritime provinces and the highest level of maternal.
