Getting Even Poll: Women Want Equal Pay

Women identify pay discrimination as a major problem in the workplace. The AFL-CIO’s 2004 Ask A Working Women Survey found that 74% of women identified how important equal pay is to them in a job, but 25% of working women reported that they did not receive equal pay.

A January 2000 Peter Hart Research Survey found that 72% percent of women and 59% of men felt that "women are getting paid a more equal wage for their work" had not gone far enough as a reform.

Women believe that achieving equal pay for women should be a top priority for the women’s movement. Ninety-percent of the Center for the Advancement of Women’s January 2003 poll identified equal pay as a top priority.

Women interviewed in the February 2004 Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes Survey rated the issue of equal pay in the workplace as an important to how they vote ; 24% said it was the most important issue and 57% rated it very important. Peter Hart Research found that 79% of women and 70% of men would be more likely to vote for a candidate that "favors strengthening equal pay laws for women".

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