Section 8 Community Perceptions

8.1 Introduction

This last and final section assesses the perceptions and attitudes of being a working woman in Winston-Salem. The following graphs illustrate information about different groups based on the size of their employer, wage income, race / ethnicity, and race / ethnicity and wage income together. We only show the results we are sure are real, not just by chance. However, some of the visual differences between the groups may be due to chance. Also, just because we don’t see a difference between two groups, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a real difference. It just means we don’t have enough information to be sure.

8.2 Key Findings

• The perception that Winston-Salem is a safe city for women had a statistically significant relationship across all disaggregations except age / generation.

8.3 Winston-Salem Perceptions

Among the disaggregations, analysts found the following statistically significant relationship between women’s perceptions and attitudes of being a working woman in Winston-Salem:

• size of employer
  • Winston-Salem has sufficient career advancement opportunities in field
  • Winston-Salem is a safe city for women
• race / ethnicity and wage income together
  • Winston-Salem has sufficient options for quality, affordable child care
  • Winston-Salem is a safe city for women
  • Winston-Salem is an affordable city to live and work in
  • recommend Winston-Salem to a professional women considering relocating here for a job
• wage income
  • Winston-Salem has sufficient career advancement opportunities in field
  • Winston-Salem is a safe city for women
  • Winston-Salem is an affordable city to live and work in
  • recommend Winston-Salem to a professional women considering relocating here for a job
• age / generation
  • Winston-Salem has sufficient options for quality, affordable child care
• race / ethnicity
  • Winston-Salem has sufficient options for quality, affordable child care
  • Winston-Salem is a safe city for women
  • Winston-Salem is an affordable city to live and work in
  • recommend Winston-Salem to a professional women considering relocating here for a job

There were not any factors between women’s perceptions and attitudes of being a working woman in Winston-Salem that consistently had a significant relationship across the disaggregations. However, the perception that Winston-Salem is a safe city for women did have a statistically significant relationship across all disaggregations except age / generation.