8/91Year Brazil’s Supreme Court first ruled that it is illegal for a man to kill his adulterous wife to defend his honor: 1991

Human Rights Watch (N.Y.C)

2/86Percentage increase, since 1974, in the number of self-employed men: 12

U.S. Department of Labor

    In the number of self-employed women: 74

U.S. Department of Labor

12/92Percentage change, since 1970, in the number of American women working more than one job: +390

U.S. Department of Labor

    Percentage change in the number of men working more than one job: +19

U.S. Department of Labor

8/94Percentage of U.S. working men who are covered by employer-provided health insurance: 55

Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.)

    Percentage of U.S. working women who are: 37

Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.)

5/04Average percentage of African-American men age 16 to 64 in New York City who were employed each month last year: 52

Community Service Society of New York (N.Y.C.)