Women's Labor Force Participation

Women's Labor Force Participation

Women’s participation in the labor force rose from 1985 to 1995, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women added to their numbers in occupations they already dominated such as personnel, training, labor-relation specialists, recreation workers and medicine and health managers.

Women’s share of a number of male dominated occupations nearly doubled to 11% of clergy, 15% of sheriffs, bailiffs and law enforcement officers and 7% of industrial truck and tractor equipment operators. Also U.S. women now hold a majority of professional and managerial positions such as financial managers, accountants, economists, writers and public-relations specialists.

Women still seem to steer clear of certain jobs, however. Only 1% of carpenters are female.

Source: Work and Family Life newsletter, March 1999, p. 1.

Source: Author unknown. (1999, March). Article untitled. Work and Family Life, 1.


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