Abstract
This landscape analysis is the first to summarize economics, health, and leadership specific to girls and women in Idaho. It explores wealth, debt, wages, education, employment, caregiving, health, poverty and low-income, housing, interpersonal and intimate partner violence, incarceration, and leadership.
The University of Idaho James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research conducted a literature review; collected national, regional, statewide, and local published data; and gathered unpublished Idaho-specific data. Data presented in this report reflect the language of each primary source. Breadth and depth of data on girls and women in Idaho are limited. When information about Idaho or specific subsections of women and girls in Idaho was not available, national data were used to describe the scope of an issue and how it may relate to Idaho.
Data summarized in this report represent a snapshot in time. Many of the outcomes (wealth, debt, wages, caregiving) are presented as single data points that are a culmination of complex processes. Fully describing these processes is beyond the scope of this report.