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Published: March 2010

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2010 Women in Business in Australia, Canada, South Africa & the United States 

SOURCES

Population

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Demographic Statistics, 3101.0, June Quarter 2009 (2009).

Statistics Canada, "Population estimates by sex and age group as of July 1, 2009, Canada" The Daily (2009). 

Statistics South Africa, "Mid-Year Population Estimates 2009" (2009).

U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Population Projections - National Population Projections, "Table 2. Projections of the Population by Selected Age Groups and Sex for the United States: 2010 to 2050" (2008).

 

Labor Force

Australian Bureau of Statistics, "Table 03: Labour Force Status by Sex- 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, October 2009" (2009).

Statistics Canada, "Labour force characteristics by age and sex" (2010).

Statistics South Africa, "Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Quarter 3, 2009" (2009).

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, "Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race," Annual Averages (2010)

 

 

Managerial and Professional Specialty Positions

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, 2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership.

Statistics Canada, CANSIM, "Table 282-0009: Labour force survey estimates (LFS), by National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) and sex" (2010).

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, "Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity," Annual Averages (2010).

 

 

Executive Officers/Corporate Officers/Executive Managers

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, 2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership (2008).

Catalyst, 2008 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the FP500 in Canada (2009).

Business Women's Association, South African Women in Corporate Leadership: Census 2008 (2008).

Rachel Soares, Nancy M. Carter, and Jan Combopiano, 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (2009).

 

 

Board Directors

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, 2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership (2008).

Catalyst, 2009 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the FP500 (2010).

Business Women's Association, South African Women in Corporate Leadership: Census 2008 (2008).

Rachel Soares, Nancy M. Carter, and Jan Combopiano, 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (2009).

 

 

CEOs

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, 2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership (2008). (ASX 200)

Catalyst Research (2010). Note: Although there are 21 companies headed by women CEOs, there are only 19 women who head those companies.

Business Women's Association, South African Women in Corporate Leadership: Census 2008 (2008).

Catalyst Research (2009).

 

UPDATED March 3, 2010