TENNESSEE’S REPORT CARD

› Political participation: D

Includes voter registration and turnout, representation in elected office and women’s institutional resources.

› Employment and earnings: D+

Among full-time, year-round workers, includes median annual earnings, gender earning ratio, women’s labor force participation and percentage of women in managerial/professional jobs.

› Work and family: D

Includes paid leave; dependent and elder care; child care, and labor force gender gap for parents of children under age 6.

› Poverty and opportunity: D

Includes health insurance coverage, college education, business ownership and the poverty rate.

› Reproductive rights: D

Includes mandatory consent/notification for minors’ abortions; waiting periods and restrictions on public funding for abortions; percent of women living in counties with at least one abortion provider; pro-choice governors or legislatures; Medicaid expansion or state Medicaid family planning eligibility expansions; infertility treatment coverage; same-sex marriage or second-parent adoption for same-sex couples; mandatory sex education.

› Health and well-being: D

Includes mortality rates from heart disease, breast cancer and lung cancer; incidence of diabetes, chlamydia and AIDS; average days per month of poor mental health; average days of health-limited activities; suicide mortality rates.