United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Marital Status— Employment Status 3 8 3
No. 639. Marital Status o f Women in the Civilian labor Force: 1940 to 1981
[Persons 14 years old and over through 1965; 16 years old and over thereafter. As of March, except as Indicated. Prior to
I9 6 0 , excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Figures for 1940 based on complete census revised for comparability with Intercensal series.
Later data based on Current Population Survey; see text, p. 2. Beginning 1955, figures not strictly comparable with previous
years as a result of Introduction Into estimating procedure of 1950 census data through 1960, and of 1960 census data
beginning 1985. See also H is to ric a l S ta tistics, C o lo n ia l Tim es to 1970, series D 4 9 -6 2 ]
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
(1,000)
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE AS PERCENT OF
FEMALE POPULATION
YEAR
Total
Single
Married,
total
Single
Total
Single
Married,
husband
present
Widowed
or
divorced
Married
Widowed
or
divorced
Married,
total
Married,
husband
present
Widowed
or
divorced
1 9 4 0 ................. 13,640 6,710 5,040 >4,200 2,090 46.5 36.4 16.1 27.4 48.1 16.7 14.7 32.0
1944 >............... 18,449 7,5 4 2 6,433 6,226 2 ,4 7 4 40.9 45.7 1 S 4 j 35.0 58.6 25.6 21.7 35.7
1947 ‘ ............... 16,323 6,181 7,545 6 ,6 7 6 2,567 37.9 46.2 15.9 29.8 51.2 21.4 20.0 34.6
1 9 5 0 ................. 17,795 5,621 9,273 6,550 2,901 31.6 52.1 16.3 31.4 50.5 24.8 23.8 36.0
1955 1............... 20,154 5,0 8 7 11,839 10,423 3,227 25.2 58.7 16.0 33.5 46.4 29.4 27.7 36.0
I9 6 0 .................. 22,516 5,401 13,485 12,253 3 ,6 2 9 24.0 59.9 16.1 34.8 44.1 31.7 30.5 37.1
1 9 6 5 ................. 25,952 5,9 1 2 16,154 14,708 3,866 22.8 62.2 15.0 38.7 40.5 35.7 34.7 35.7
1 9 6 8 ................. 28,778 6,3 5 7 18,234 16,821 4,187 22.1 63.4 14.6 40.7 51.3 39.1 38.3 35.8
1 9 6 9 .................. 29,698 6,501 19,100 17,595 4,297 21.7 63.9 14.4 41.6 51.2 40.4 39.6 35.8
1 9 7 0 ................. 31,233 6,9 6 5 19,799 18,377 4 ,4 6 9 22.3 63.4 14.3 42.6 53.0 41.4 40.8 36.2
1 9 7 1 .................. 31,778 7 ,2 2 0 20,034 18,673 4,5 2 4 22.7 63.0 14.2 42.5 52.8 41.4 40.8 35.7
1 9 7 2 ................. 33,132 7,543 20,845 19,336 4 ,7 4 4 22.8 62.9 14.3 43.7 55.0 42.2 41.5 37.2
1 9 7 3 ................. 34,195 7,8 3 8 21,487 19,951 4 ,8 7 0 22.9 62.8 14.2 44.2 55.9 42.8 42.2 36.7
1 9 7 4 .................. 35,708 8,3 6 2 22,202 20,541 6,144 23.4 62.2 14.4 45.3 57.4 43.8 43.1 37.8
1 9 7 5 .................. 36,981 6 ,5 9 9 23,037 2 1 ,3 6 0 5,345 23.2 62.3 14.6 46.0 57.0 45.1 44.4 37.7
1 9 7 6 .................. 38,399 9,282 23,643 2 1 ,8 1 4 5,474 24.2 61.6 14.3 46.8 59.2 45.8 45.1 37.3
1 9 7 7 .................. 40,053 0,7 0 2 24,429 22,681 5 ,9 2 2 24.2 61.0 14.8 48.0 59.2 47.2 46.6 39;o
1 9 7 8 .................. 41,747 10,487 24,9 7 6 2 3 ,1 3 6 6,2 8 4 25.1 59.8 15.1 49.2 6 0 .7 48.1 47.5 39.9
1 9 7 9 .................. 43,844 11,304 26,073 24,223 6,467 25.8 59.5 14.8 50.8 62.9 49.9 49.3 40.0
1 9 8 0 .................. 44,934 11,242 26,828 24,900 6,864 25.0 59.7 15.3 51.1 61.5 50.7 50.1 41.0
1 9 0 1 .................. 46,415 11,626 27,536 25,460 7,251 25.0 59.3 15.6 52.0 62.3 51.7 51.0 41.9
’ As of April.
Source: 1940-1956, U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P op u latio n R e p o rts, series P-50. Beginning 1960, U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, S p e c ia l L a b o r F o rc e R e p o rts and unpublished data.
N o . 6 4 0 . E m p lo ym e n t S t a t u s o f t h e C iv ilia n L a b o r F o r c e , b y F a m ily R e la t io n s h i p :
1 9 7 6 t o 1 9 8 1
[In thousands o f c iv ilia n s 16 years o ld and ever, except rate. A n n u a l averages o f m o n th ly figures]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
EMPLOYED
1976 1979 1960 1981
UNEMPLOYED
Number
R a te '
1976 1979 1980 1981 1976 1979 1980 1981
T o ta l.......................................................... 88,762 96,824 99,303 100,397 7,408 6,137 7,637 8,273 7.7 5.8 7.1 7.6
Husbandsa.......................................... 39,081 40,489 39,866 39,711 1,711 1,156 1,734 1,801 4.2 2.8 4.2 4.3
With wife:
Employed..................................... 17,949 20,491 20,546 20,628 715 512 766 833 3.8 2.4 3.7 3.8
Unemployed................................ 1,226 1,015 1,110 1,164 166 107 159 177 11.9 9.5 12.5 13.2
Not in labor force......................... 18,620 17,349 16,520 16,015 739 458 666 657 3.8 2.6 3.9 3.9
Wives................................................. 20,353 22,643 23,200 23,588 1,504 1,201 1,374 1,445 6.9 5.0 5.6 5,8
With husband;
Employed..................................... 17,949 20,491 20,546 20,828 1,226 1,015 1,110 1,164 6.4 4.7 5.1 5.3
Unemployed................................. 714 512 786 833 166 107 159 177 1B.9 17.2 16.8 17.5
Not in labor tores......................... 1,689 1,839 1,868 1,927 112 78 104 104 6.2 4.1 5.3 5.1
Woman who maintain families............. 3,328 4,668 4,780 4,998 428 425 482 579 10.1 8.3 9.2 10.4
Relatives In married-couple families.... 11,690 12,954 12,824 12,955 2,024 1,745 2,048 2,224 14.6 11.9 13.8 14.7
Relatives in families maintained
by women........................................ 2,920 3,538 3,605 3,605 760 743 900 1,023 20.7 17.4 20.0 22.1
Persons not living in families9............. 10,680 14,331 15,028 15,540 978 867 1,098 1,201 6.2 6.7 6.6 7.2
’Unemployment as percent of civilian labor force in specified group. includes a small number of single, separated, widowed,
or divorced men who maintain families. individuals living alone or with unrelated persons plus a small number of persons in
secondary families.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Em ployment a n d Earnings, monthly, and unpublished data.