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Show 105 Women in the Labor Force Table 49.-MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS OF EMPLOYED WOMEN 45 YEARS AGE AND OVER, 1964 Percent distribution OF As percent of total employed Major occupational group Number Total 9,709,000 100.0 40.1 1,274,000 13. 1 41. 0 7.3 63.8 _______________________ Professional, technical, kindred workers _________________________ Managers, officials, proprietors (except farm) Clerical, kindred workers ___________________________ ____________ Sales workers ______ - - - - - - _ - ________ Craftsmen, foremen, kindred workers Opera ti ves, kindred workers _____ Service workers (except private- household) _______________________ Private-household workers Farmers, farm managers Farm laborers, foremen 2,326,000 838,000 23.9 31. 2 8.6 47.9 1.2 46.8 1,499,000 36,000 15.4 41. 1 .4 39.6 1,574,000 987,000 102,000 274,000 16.2 42.2 10.1 43.7 1.0 77.3 2.8 39.8 117,000 __ _________ Laborers (except farm and mine) 708,000 ___________ ____________ ______________ women Source: u.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Special Labor Force Report No. 52. officials, and proprietors. In these two major occupational groups, in however, the total number of women employed is small. Women this age group were nearly half of the craftsmen and foremen (47 more percent) and of the sales workers (48 percent). Older and these experienced women workers normally hold many of the jobs in occupational groups. On the other hand, women 45 years and older were a relatively small proportion of clerical workers (31 percent). Industry Groups of Women 53. Distribution of Women by Industry and over Nearly 98 percent of all employed women 14 years of age two were working in nonagricultural industries in 1965, and almost services and of thirds of these were engaged in the distribution goods 6 (table 50). Among the 10.3 million women providing services, as such related and services, million were employed in professional welfare schools, hospitals, other medical and health facilities, and women million About 3.7 or religious agencies. provided personal services either in private households or in establishments such as |
