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this is only the repartition amongst people active in associations between those that are members, active, or have responsibility. It says nothing about women being more present in associations than men; it only shows that among those present, a smaller portion of women than of men are in positions of responsibility. If there are lots more women than men in associations, that would mean that there are more momen in positions of responsibility than me, because the relative proportions are not so different.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 18th, 2006 at 11:26:35 AM EST
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Hey good point! I plugged this in quick (it was next to the other tables i was more interested in) & didn't interpret it correctly. The actual volunteering rate by gender data must be available somewhere but I don't have time to look it up right now.
by Alexandra in WMass (alexandra_wmass[a|t]yahoo[d|o|t]fr) on Wed Jan 18th, 2006 at 11:36:35 AM EST
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Another place where 100% bars with three segments would be less misleading...

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 18th, 2006 at 11:38:02 AM EST
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