Women In The Labour Force

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activity, the reason why is it affects their
marriage and the care of their only child.
An observation of labour force participation rates in Canada show that
female rates rose a lot between 1971 and 1981, while the male rate rose
unnoticeably. The increase in the female participation rate was found in
all age groups except in older women. For women aged 15 to 19 the rate was
as almost as high as the men. But the largest increase was in the age
group of 25-44 years old, where the rate rose almost 50 percent. This
meant that the participation rates of the females had become more alike
with the men.
Family status also influenced the female participation rate but later
on during 1981 it had a more less affect than in 1971. According to
statistics just over one quarter of married women with young children were
working, but this later changed and grew by 76 percent over the a 10 year
period of time. The rate also showed an increase of 47 percent for widowed,
divorced, ...

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