Irish Times
Men in Ireland leave school earlier and are less qualified than women yet they earn more and are better-represented at all levels of government, the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show.
The CSO’s Women and Men in Ireland 2009 report, published today, showed a substantial disparity between the sexes across a range of areas.
The study indicated men are nearly twice as likely to leave school early as women.
The early school leavers rate among women aged 18-24 in 2007 was 8.7 per cent, substantially lower than the male rate of 14.2 per cent.
The figures indicated women are more likely to have a third-level qualification, with 51 per cent of women aged 25-34 having a third-level qualification compared with 38.7 per cent of men.
Despite their better qualifications, women’s income remains only around two-thirds that of men’s.
