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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How much of the wage gap is due to the uneven distribution of men and women among various occupations?
A
two-thirds
B
one-fourth
C
one-third
D
two-fourths
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All women were paid, on average, 83% of what men were paid.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the estimates of the World Inequality Report 2022, in India, men earn 82 per cent of the labour income whereas women earn 18 per cent of it.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2020, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings that were 82 percent of those of male full-time wage and salary workers. In 1979, the first year for which comparable earnings data are available, women’s earnings were 62 percent of men’s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overall, women in the United States are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color.

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