Similar goals in Europe and U.S.

Nearly 60% of working women in Europe provide about half or more of their family's income, according to a study by the Whirlpool Foundation and the London-based Market Opinion Research International. Even if money were not a concern, 48% still would work.

"Women on both sides of the Atlantic provide important and necessary financial and personal support to their families," notes Nancy Snyder, a member of the Whirlpool Foundation's board of trustees. 55Working outside the home and having a successful family life is not an 'either/or' proposition. Stereotypes such as women who work do so only to have extra cash, or women who have families must give up their careers, are not valid for today's women in Europe and North America."

The study, "Women: Setting New Priorities," is based on extensive research of nearly 7,000 women and men in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. It presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis on both a national and pan-European basis.

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