Census Bureau figures show that the proportion of married women who are employed increased from 23.8 percent in 1950 to 56.4 percent in 2014 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015). The most dramatic increase occurred among:

A. divorced women.
B. women who had children under 6 years of age.
C. older women whose children had left home.
D. single women.


Answer: B

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