Figure 20-4 Figure 2. Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio and Median Earnings of Full-

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Figure 20-4 Figure 2. Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio and Median Earnings of Full-Time, Year Round Workers 15 Years and Older by Sex: 1960 to 2008 Female tomale tamings ofmen 35.745 1970 1975 980 1985 1900, 1995 2000 Refer to Figure 20-4. The ratio of female-to-male earnings has increased steadily from about 1980 to 2008 because the earnings of men O a. increased steadily but by approximately half of the increase in the earnings of women. b. decreased while the earnings of women increased. c. stayed relatively constant while the earnings of women increased. d. decreased by substantially more than the decrease in the earnings of women.

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Option C.

Explanation: The graph shows that the earnings of men stayed constant in the same level in the whereas the earnings women increased steadily. This can be seen by the trend of both the curves in the given period.

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