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Show Women as Workers 14 Table 3.-WOMEN POPULATION THE IN 1940 AND AND AGE, LABOR FORGE,! BY 19652 (Women 14 years of age and over) Percent distribution Number 1965 Age 1965 Percent increase 1940-65 1940 POPULATION Total 69,963,000 _ 14 to 17 years _ 18 to 24 years _ 25 to 34 years - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 to 44 years _ 45 to 54 years - - - 55 to 64 years - -- 65 years and over _ LABOR Total _ 14 to 17 years - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - 18 to 24 years _ 25 to 34 years - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years_ _ - - - 55 to 64 years_ 65 years and over - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ 6,887,000 9,770,000 11,240,000 12,436,000 11,187,000 8,705,000 9,742,000 100. 0 100. 0 39. 5 9. 8 9. 5 44.0 14. 0 16.7 16. 6 16.1 21. 5 4. 5 17.8 18. 2 36.4 16.0 14.9 49. 7 12. 4 10.2 70. 2 13. 9 9.0 116.0 100.0 100.0 88. 6 FORCE 26,108,000 1,078,000 4,658,000 4,295,000 5,816,000 5,632,000 3,607,000 1,024,000 4.1 2.8 176.4 17.8 28.1 19. 7 16.5 27.6 12. 4 22. 3 19. 4 117.0 21. 6 13.2 207. 8 13. 8 6. 6 292.1 3.9 2. 2 230. 3 Civilian noninstitutional population and civilian labor force. March 1940 and April 1965. 2 Data are for and Earnings, May 1965. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment 22 and 32. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Current Population Reports, P-50, Nos. Between 1960 and 1965 the number of girls 14 to 19 years old in increased by about 2 million as a result of the W.orld the population War II "baby crop." However, in spite of the larger number.of young their lab.or-force women and girls in the population today, participa 1940 between and 1965. Two factors are little change tion rate shows the tendency for girls to extend their train primarily responsible: first, before taking a job; second, the early age at which ing and schooling thus being kept out of the labor f.orce children, by they. marry an a: family responsibil.ities. for girls aged 14 to 17 years in The labor-force participation rate . creased from 8 percent. in 1940 to 17 percent in 1950 and remained |
