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Show Women in the Labor Force 189 Table 91.-EARNED MASTER'S DEGREES CONFERRED ON WOMEN, FIELDS OF STUDY, 1956 AND 1964 Percent distribution Number Selected field of study Total Education ______________ ____ --- Art education --- -- - --- _________ BY SELECTED As percent of all master's degrees conferred 1964- 1956 1964- 1956 1964- 1956 32,110 20,027 100.0 100.0 31. 8 33.7 18,841 14, 133 58.7 70.6 46.3 46.9 230 132 .7 .7 53.4 45.5 485 280 1.5 1.4 58.9 54.5 Business and commer- cial education _______ Early childhood education ________________ Elementary .education __ Home economics education ________________ Music education _______ Physical education Secondary education Speech correction _____ __ Other - __ - - - - ________________ Humanities and the arts ____ English and [ournalism; Fine and applied arts ___ Foreign languages, literature _______________ Religion and philosophy ________________ Other ________________ Psychology _______________ Social sciences ________ - - - -- 119 275 .4 1.4 98.3 92.6 5,306 4,244 16.5 21. 2 78.8 76.0 403 364 1.3 1.8 99.8 98.4 415 340 1.3 1.7 34.2 34.2 591 366 1.8 1.8 27.2 27.2 1,,152 1,082 3.6 5.4 39.4 40.6 74 .7 .4 68.3 59.2 9,922 5,727 6,976 2,547 38.8 34.8 38.8 38.9 17.8 12.7 43.4 36.3 2,527 1,556 957 7.9 4.8 52.6 46.1 900 4.8 4.5 42.4 38.1 1,·247 417 3.9 2.1 53.8 46.4 308 223 1.0 1.1 16.5 16.4 89 50 .3 .2 16.8 15.6 688 283 2.1 1.4 33.4 29.1 2, 181 997 6.8 5.0 22.3 21. 8 2,121 965 6.6 4.8 22.4 21. 9 98 56 .3 .3 8.8 9.6 793 306 2.5 1.5 29.3 27.5 223 75 .7 .4 19.2 14.7 352 139 1.1 .7 31. 3 24.8 185 92 .6 .5 47.1 61. 3 180 127 .6 .6 27.9 31. 6 290 170 .9 .8 12.4 15.6 60 32 .2 .2 19.6 19.9 218 --- Social sciences ______ Economics History - - _______ - - __________ Political science, government _____ Social science, general program __ - - Social work, social administration Sociology Other ____ - - - ___ - - ____________ Geography ___________ |
