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Gender equality among American and Israeli Jews is compared in terms of educational attainment, partidpation in the paid labor force, and occupational roles. Data from the U.S. National Jewish Population Survey of 1990, Israeli data from the Central Bureau of Statistics and a special survey of Israeli married women are compared.
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Hartman, H., Hartman, M. How equal is equal? A comparison of gender. Cont Jewry 14, 48–72 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985892
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