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I think the title here is polarizing gender politics, but it is backed up with data. More women work from home vs men due to child care.

by mozman 3y ago

CyberDildonics 3y ago
Their own data shows that education level is much more significant than being a woman in predicting if someone works from home.
- blitzar 3y ago
  Its hard to stack a shelf, wait a table, build a house, put out a fire or man the oil rig pipes from home
  - jleyank 3y ago
    Yeah, but it's real easy to write code, be a radiologist, manage money, ... I really doubt that most of the HN readers would be able to deal with that fire or oil rig.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  Are they talking about predictive value in 2022, or about the change between 2018 and 2022? I see the following change in WFH gaps: delta(women/men) delta(degree/no degree) 2018 0% 19% 2022 13% 30% (Note: the level of education lines given are not quartiles. Less than high school is 9%, high school 28%, some college or associate's 25%, and bachelor's or higher 37%. We have to split that "some college or associate's" bucket into both higher and lower halves, so assuming [poorly!] we can do so linearly and that educational attainment is roughly constant over 2018-2022, we get: 52% no degree 47% any degree and WFH women men degree no degree 2018 23 23 34 15 2022 41 28 49 19 (educational attainment from https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/educational-attainment-data.html#:~:text=highest%20level%20of%20education,bachelor's%20degree https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/educatio... )
nonethewiser 3y ago
Its not really due to child care. Its due to being allowed to work from home. Needing to take care of your child doesnt give you the prerogative of working from home. People have needed to take care of children since forever and remote work is pretty new.
- re-thc 3y ago
  > People have needed to take care of children since forever and remote work is pretty new. In the past that meant women had to give up on their career and/or the children was sent to a child care. Remote has opened up other options.

I think the title here is polarizing gender politics, but it is backed up with data. More women work from home vs men due to child care.

by mozman 3y ago

I think the title here is polarizing gender politics, but it is backed up with data. More women work from home vs men due to child care.

CyberDildonics 3y ago

Their own data shows that education level is much more significant than being a woman in predicting if someone works from home.

blitzar 3y ago
Its hard to stack a shelf, wait a table, build a house, put out a fire or man the oil rig pipes from home
- jleyank 3y ago
  Yeah, but it's real easy to write code, be a radiologist, manage money, ... I really doubt that most of the HN readers would be able to deal with that fire or oil rig.
082349872349872 3y ago
Are they talking about predictive value in 2022, or about the change between 2018 and 2022? I see the following change in WFH gaps: delta(women/men) delta(degree/no degree) 2018 0% 19% 2022 13% 30% (Note: the level of education lines given are not quartiles. Less than high school is 9%, high school 28%, some college or associate's 25%, and bachelor's or higher 37%. We have to split that "some college or associate's" bucket into both higher and lower halves, so assuming [poorly!] we can do so linearly and that educational attainment is roughly constant over 2018-2022, we get: 52% no degree 47% any degree and WFH women men degree no degree 2018 23 23 34 15 2022 41 28 49 19 (educational attainment from https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/educational-attainment-data.html#:~:text=highest%20level%20of%20education,bachelor's%20degree https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/educatio... )

nonethewiser 3y ago

Its not really due to child care. Its due to being allowed to work from home. Needing to take care of your child doesnt give you the prerogative of working from home. People have needed to take care of children since forever and remote work is pretty new.

re-thc 3y ago
> People have needed to take care of children since forever and remote work is pretty new. In the past that meant women had to give up on their career and/or the children was sent to a child care. Remote has opened up other options.