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Show 17 Women in the Labor Force PERCENT 100 UNDER 25 YEARS 80 25·44 YEARS 60 40 45 YEARS AND OVER 20 is that economic responsibility for maintaining the family often falls heavily on nonwhite than on white women. In recent years, however, mature white women have entered the labor force in such large numbers that the difference has been reduced slightly. A comparison of proportions of women in the labor force by age and by color for 1954 and 1964 shows the changes that took place in the female labor force during that decade (table 6) more . 12. Labor Force Participation of Women 18 to 64 Years Old Labor- force participation rates usually are computed for ages ,14 years and over, the standard working ages used by the Bureau of the Census. A more appropriate rate Tor women, however, is one cal culated for ages 18 to 64 years, the age group at which employment is most likely. Girls under 18 years of age, for example, preferably should be in school or in training, and women over 65 should be free to retire from the labor force and not under economic compulsion to work. Data are not available for computing labor-force participation rates for all women 18 to 64 years of age prior to 1947 or for nonwhite |
