WOMEN in Bolton get paid significantly less than men, with 40 per cent on less than £100 a week despite the pressure for equal pay, a survey has revealed.
The weekly average wage for women during 2000-01 was £133, compared with £271 for men.
The survey, by the Women and Equality Unit and published by National Statistics, looked at the incomes of women and men in 2000-01. More than half of women had a disposable income of less than £100, compared with less than a quarter of men.
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