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Show Women as Worker 16 The corresponding increase in the' woman population between 1940 and 1965 was substantially less. The highest rise was for age group 65 years and over. TABLE 5.-WOMEN IN THE OIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, (Women 1 Number in the labor force Age TotaL 14 to 19 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ 65 years and over 1 _______ AGE, 19401 AND 1965 BY years of age and over) Percent increase in the labor force Percent increase in the population 1940-66 1966 1940 26,108,000 13,840,000 88.6 39.5 2,463,000 3,273,000 4,295,000 5,816,000 5,632,000 3,607,000 1,024,000 1,460,000 2,820,000 3,820,000 2,680,000 1,830,000 920,000 310,000 68.7 36.7 16.1 14.1 1940-66 12.4 4.5 117.0 36.4 207.8 49.7 292.1 70.2 230.3 116.0 Data are for March 1940 and April 1965. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment and Earnings, May 1965· U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Current Population Reports, P-50, No. 22. The significant extent to which women aged 45 and over have moved into the labor force in recent years is indicated by chart D. In 1940 such women were only 22 percent of all women in the labor force, but by 1965 they constituted 39 percent. During the same the period proportion of the under-25 age group dropped from 31 to 22 percent, and that of women in the central years (25 to 44) dropped from 47 to 39 percent. 11. Labor force Particip,ation of White and Nonwhite Women A comparison of labor-force participation rates for white and non white women in 1964 shows that, except more nonwhite among teenagers, relatively than white women were in the labor force The difference is most (chart E). striking in age group 25 to 34 years, where 53 percent of nonwhite women, but only 35 percent of white women, were in the labor force. This compares with an overall average labor-force participation rate of 46 percent for nonwhite and 36 percent for white Among both white and nonwhite women, the highest labor force participation rate was in age group 45 to 54 years-62 percent for women. nonwhite women, and 50 percent for white women. Traditionally a much higher proportion of nonwhite than white in the labor force. The main reason for this difference women are |
