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Show Women as Workers 28 FORCE Table 12.-LABOR STATUS OF FEMALE FAMILY HEADS, AGE, BY MARCH 1964 (Women 14 years of age and over) Percent distribution Number Age Total ___________ Population Labor force 4,882,000 2,427,000 Populo- Labor Percent in labor tion force 100.0 100.0 49.7 40.5 .force --- 14 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years __________ __________ 45 to 54 years_ 55 to 64 years - __ - - ___ - - - - - - 65 years and over - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- _______ 257,000 640,000 1,100,000 984,000 818,000 1,083,000 104,000 362,000 702,000 5.3 4.3 13. 1 14.9 56.6 22.5 28.9 63.8 697,000 20.2 28.7 70.8 435,000 16.8 17.9 53.2 127,000 22.2 5.2 11. 7 Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Special Labor Force Report N? 50. Their number had increased by 5.5 million since 1950, when working couples numbered 8 million and represented 22 percent the population. portion Before World 'Var II their number and pro were still 'Smaller-in 1940 working couples numbered 3 million earners in March 1964. of all married couples. and their proportion of all couples was only 11 percent. In 19 million husband-wife families the husbands were the in the labor force, only In 3.5 million such families the wives were not but other family members as well as the husbands The labor force also included almost a million working wives whose husbands were not in the labor force, mainly because they were working. retired or disabled. In half a million families neither the hus bands nor the wives worked, but other family members did, and in 3.5 million families no one worked. were 21. Labor Force Participation of Wives by Income of Husband The percentage of wives in the labor force in March 1964 was highest where the husbands' incomes were between $3,00() and $5,000 (39 per next highest was where the husbands' incomes The 13). cent) (table were between $5,000 and $7,000 (38 percent). Where the husbands' incomes were at the poverty level, the labor force participation rate of wives varied from 31 percent where the husbands' incomes were between $1,000 and $2,000 to 36 percent where they were under $1,000. Where the husbands' incomes were just under the poverty line-$2,000 to $3,000-33 percent of the wives were in the labor force. |
