INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY : LIFE EXPECTANCY AND UNEMPLOYMENT BOTH HIGHER AMONG WOMEN.

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To coincide with International Women's Day on 8 March, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EuropeanaCommunities, has published detailed tables providing information on women in the EU, notably on living and working trends, showing differences andasimilarities with data for men. These show that on average, women live to be six years older than men. In the EU,a37% of students in higher education studying science, mathematics and computinga - the brains of the future - are now women.a

In January 2006, women were more likely to be out of work than men in the EU25, with an average unemployment rate of 9.6% compared with 7.6% for men. During the...