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Show Women's Income and Ecmlnss 168 percent part time. Although 61 percent reported that they were housewives, information regarding the proportion of married women who were also employed or attending school is not available;" Table 82.-EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN 1963 OF WOMEN WHO EARNED ELOR'S OR MASTER's DEGREE IN 1958 Bachelor's degree Employment status Total 1 __________________ In the labor force _______________ Civilian labor force: Employed ___ Full time ---------- __________ Part time Unemployed Armed Forces In school; _______ . __ ___________ ______________ _____________________ Full time Part time __________________ lIouseves Retired __________________ ____________________ ________________________ Not reported I ___________________ mote. BACH Master's degree Number Percent distribution Number 9,290 100.0 1, 736 100.0 5,321 57.3 1,395 80.4 5,229 4, 335 56.3 46.7 894 79. 7 70.8 9. 6 1,384 1,229 155 68 .7 8.9 8 .5 24 .3 3 629 .2 6.8 140 8.1 Percent diatribution 120 1.3 39 509 101 5,646 5.5 60.8 2. 2 5.8 632 29 36.4 .3 4 .2 57 .6 6 .3 Details do not add to totals because multiple replies were tabulated individually. were in school, some were A Some of the women employed, some were seeking work, and some reported a combination of two or Source: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., Washington, D.C. Most of the women respondents who worked full time in the sum mer of 1963 were employed in professional fields (table 83). About 67 percent either were teachers or were in other school occupations such as guidance counselor and school official or administrator. Thirty-nine percent were elementary school teachers, 23 percent were high school teachers, and 3 percent were college teachers. Other professional women were employed in a variety of occupations such as nurse, social worker, dietitian, performer or writer, natural or social scientist, and engineer. About 8 percent were employed in clerical, sales, semiskilled and technical, or service and unskilled occu pations . Because of the method of coding, multiple answers were tabulated individually. As a result, It a woman. reported that she was married, employed, and attending school, three separate entries were coded. It was not pQslPble, therefore, to provide information regarding the number of women who were housewives only. .. |
