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Show CONTENTS· POfle Preface.L, . , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ iii Foreword_________________________________________________________ v Acknowledgrnents vi ----__________ PART I-WOMEN IN THE LABOR FORCE Section Highlights; _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CHAPTER 1-WOMEN Why Women Work__ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ WORKERS AS Toward Economic Equality and Opportunity 1 _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 _ __ _ 5 _ N um bers and Trends 2 Twenty-six Million Women Workers____________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 Nonwhite Women in the Labor Force___________________________ 4 Employment and Unemployment,_______________________________ 5 6 Most Women Are Homemakers_________________________________ Geographical Distribution of Women Workers___ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 Annual Growth in Labor Force of Women and Men, 1947-64______ 8 Rise in Median Age of Women Workers_________________________ Labor Force Participation of Women_________________________________ Variations in Labor Force Participation by Age Group, 1940-65____ 9 Rise in Labor Force Participation of Mature Women______________ 10 11 12 Labor Force Participation of White and Nonwhite Women_________ Labor Force Participation of Women 18 to.64 Years Old___________ Marital Status of Women Workers______ 13 14 15 _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ Nearly 3 Out of [) Women Workers Are Married__________________ Labor Force Participation of Women by Marital Status___________ Labor Force Participation of Women by Age and Marital Status., _ :.._____________________ Family Status of Women Workers 16 Types of Families in the Population____________________________ Unrelated Individuals in the Populatdon., 17 18 Labor Force Participation of Women in Different Types of Families; , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Employment Status of H usband-Wife and Female-Head Families___ 19 Husband-Wife Families 20 Female-Head Families; , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Working Wives____________________________________________________ Labor Force Participation of Wives by Income of Husband________ 21 Contribution of Wives to Family Income________________________ 22 Job-Related Expenses of Working Wives________________________ 23 24 Occupations of Husbands and Wives____________________________ 6 6 7 7 8 9 11 12 13 13 15 16 17 19 19 21 23 24 24 25 25 25 25 26 26 28 30 32 33 vii |
