The Cheaper Sex - July 1998: sponsored by TESCO

July 1998 Report by Mary Ann Sieghart and Georgina Henry  Introduction: Women in Journalism commissioned MORI On-Line to conduct an in-depth telephone survey of the background, views and employment of 537 men and women on national newspapers and magazines. The results suggest the following:

• Women journalists on national newspapers and magazines are better educated than men

• Women tend to be in less senior jobs than men of the same age

• Women tend to earn less than men of the same age

• Having children affects women's careers more than men's

• Women are somewhat more likely than men to delay having children or to have fewer childern beacuse of their job

• Parents of both sexes are happier working for magazines than for newspapers

• Mothers on newspapers are somewhat more likely than fathers to have been given more responsibility without a correspondingly higher salalry

• Women journalists are more likely to think their employers discriminate against them than do their male colleagues

• Most women journalists say that they could do their job just as well if they workerd more flexible hours, but only a quarter are allowed to do so.

 But..

• Male journalists tend to work longer hours than female journalists

• On average, younger women on newspapers earn more than men of the same age, but older men earn more than older women

 Find the Full Study: The Cheaper Sex - 1998 

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