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Show Women as Workers 58 Table 27.-WORK EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN 1964, BY MARITAL STATUS (Women 14 years of age and over) Marital status Married Work experience ·___ Number Percent with work experience 2______ Total Single (husband present) 33, 146,000 7,966,000 19,276,000 5,908,000 47.5 55.5 45. 5 45. 1 Other 1 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION TotaL - - .: - - - - - Worked at full-time [obs:" 50 to 52 weeks __ - - - - 27 to 49 weeks 1 to 26 weeks - - _ - - Worked at part-time jobs 4_ 1 2 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 37.5 33.8 35.6' 48. 5 15.0 10.8 16.6 15.6 15.5 17.0 15.8 12. 5 32.1· 38.4 32.1 23.4 Widowed, divorced, or separated, or husband absent for other reasons. Refers to civilian noninstitutional population . • Worked 35 hours or more a week. 'Worked less than 35 hours a week. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: or married women Special Labor Force Report No. 62. living with their husbands. As a result, in 1964, 49 percent of che women with other marital status were full-time year round workers compared with 36 percent of the single women and 34 percent of the married women (husband present). Conversely, wid owed, divorced, 'Or separated women are less likely to work on part time jobs. Thus 'Only 23 percent of these women were working less than 35 hours a week in 1964 compared with 38 percent of the single women and 32 percent 'Of the married women (husband present). Work eorperience by ocC'Upation.-Ce:vtain 'Occupations require continuity of performance and seldom are connected with seasonal activities. Women employed in these occupations are therefore usu ally full-time year-round workers. For example, in 1964 'a majority of women emloyedandin thre major occupational groups-nonfarm proprietors (66 percent), clerical workers (51 managers, officials, percent), craftsmen and foremen (50 percent) -were on the job 50 to 52 weeks for 35 hours a week 'Or more (table 28). Other jobs provide employment opportunities for part-time work at peak periods during the day or certain days during the week. This is |
