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Show Women it' the Labor Force 39 ILABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES OF MOTHERS, BY AGE OF CHILDREN, SELECTED YEARS 1948-64YJ MOTHERS 14 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER PERCENT 10 15 20 25 35 30 35 1964 1962 19601111111111111••••11•••• 30 19581111•••••11.111.11111129 1956 1954 _WITH· CHILDREN 1950 UNDER 18Y r=lWITH L___j CHILDREN 1948 UNDER 6 Y Data are for April 1948,1952, 1954, y Incl udes mothers with children and March of other years. under 6. in which the fathers were at home there were children 3 to 5 years old, 27 percent of the mothers worked; and if there were still younger children, only 21 percent of the mothers worked. In fatherless homes, on the other hand, much higher proportions of mothers worked, reflecting their greater financial need-65 percent of the mothers with school-age children only and 54 percent of the mothers with children 3 to 5 years old were in the labor force. Even if they had children under 3 years of age, 37 percent of these mothers worked. |
