The gender gap in earnings has decreased substantially since 1980. From 1980 to 1994, the ratio increased from 0.6 to 0.74, although the ratio has stagnated since 1994. Thus, in the fourteen years from 1980 to 1994, 35 percent of the preexisting gender gap in pay was eliminated. Moreover, these annual earnings data overstate the size of the gender gap because women who work full time actually work about 10 percent fewer hours than do men.
continuity of operations. Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia. continuity of operations. The degree or state of being continuous in the conduct of functions, tasks, or duties necessary to accomplish a military action or mission in carrying out the national military strategy.
In math, what is the definition of order of operations? A math equation can look intimidating â until you use the order of operations to work it out bit by bit. If multiplication, division, powers, addition, parentheses, and so on, are all contained in one problem, you work them out in a particular order (thus, the order of operations). To begin, work within parentheses ( ), then brackets [ ], and then braces { } from innermost and work outward.