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Show Women in the Labor Force 75 Table 35.-UNEMPLOYED WOMEN AND MEN LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME OR PART TIME 1 WORK, 1964 (Persons 14 years of age and over) Sex and age Total number women men Percent enTotal number women percent 14 to 19 years Major activity: Attending school; All other 20 to 24 years 25 to 54 years . 55 years and over 1 Looking for 3,201,000 676,000 work part-time work each group and _ _ _ VVomen Looking for full-time Looking for part-time work percent of unemployed in as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 100. 0 100.0 17.4 --------------- 60.4 50.1 14. 9 39.6 49.9 21. 0 1,268,000 337,000 100.0 100.0 21. 0 --------------- 21. 5 40.7 33. 4 3.2 27.0 68.9 18.3 13.6 16.3 19.0 10.4 12.7 50.2 38. 3 16.9 9. 3 10.4 22.9 Annual average, Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment and Earnings, January 1965. job through circumstances beyond her control, such as slack work, no more work available, or the firm had moved or gone out of business. A little more than 1 out of 5 of these girls had left her job voluntarily for household responsibilities, and another 1 out of 7 had left voluntarily to find a better job. It is of some interest to examine the types of jobs young people 16 to 21 years old had prior to being unemployed. It appears that work (table young women and men had been in quite different types of workers white-collar either had been of the 2 out 5 About of girls 36). or service workers in 1963, and only 1 out of 5 had been a blue-collar worker. In contrast, more than 3 out of 4 of the boys had been blue collar workers, only 1 out of 10 had been a service worker, and less her than 1 out of 16 had been a white-collar worker. "Hidden" wnemployment and "wnderemployment".-In addition to reported unemployment, there is also concealed unemployment at all Women who are no ages, but especially among older age gmups. longer seeking work are considered outside the labor force statistically and not counted among the unemployed. Since no account is taken |
