Public News Service, MSN – Women’s labor force participation rate in West Virginia has fallen over the past two decades but more are performing unpaid work, mostly as caregivers, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.
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Working women continue to earn less than men, at just under $20 an hour, compared to just over $23 an hour for men.
Sean O’Leary, senior policy analyst for the center, said just under half of West Virginia women are neither working nor looking for work. Most are performing the unpaid work that is the backbone of families and communities.
