Australian women will need ‘more than 200 years’ to reach income equity with men

More women than men experienced elevated psychological distress, with rates since 2011 rising sharply in women aged 18-24 and 55-64. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Australian women have poorer health, lower incomes and less engagement in the labour force than men, a new report has found.

A health and wellbeing scorecard, published on Monday, has found that women’s economic equity and health have deteriorated in the past decade.