IWPR has been tracking The Status of Women in the States since 1996. To see changes over time in states' scores, rankings, and grades on the composite indices and indicators measured in the project, click on the links below, or to view the trends across all indicators, download the Trends Spreadsheet in excel format.

Trends Spreadsheet

Political Participation

• Composite Score
• Women in Elected Office
• Women Registered to Vote
• Women Who Voted
• Available Institutional Resources

Employment and Earnings

• Composite Score
• Median Annual Earnings
• Earnings Ratio Between Men and Women
• Women in Labor Force
• Employed Women by Occupation

Social and Economic Autonomy

• Composite Score
• Women with Health Insurance
• Women with 4+ Years of College
• Women-Owned Businesses
• Women Living Above Poverty

Reproductive Rights

• Composite Score
• Parental Consent
• Public Funding for Abortion
• Access to Abortion Providers

• Insurance Mandates for Contraceptive Coverage

• Pro-Choice Government

• Infertility Treatments

• Gay/Lesbian Adoption

• Mandatory Sex Education

• Maternity Stay Laws

Health and Well-Being

• Composite Score

• Heart Disease Mortality

• Lung Cancer Mortality

• Breast Cancer Mortality

• Incidence of Diabetes

• Incidence of Chlamydia

• Incidence of AIDS

• Poor Mental Health

• Suicide Mortality

• Limited Activities due to Health

Appendix I

• Appendix I: Comparison of Old and New Composite Index Rankings and Scores on the Political Participation Composite Index

• Appendix II: Comparison of Old and New Composite Index Rankings and Scores on the Social and Economic Autonomy Composite Index