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Women In The Labour Force December 17, 1992


The past decades their has been a dramatic increase of women
participating in the labour force from countries all over the world including
Canada. In 1950, one Canadian worker in five was a woman. By 1980 this
percentage had doubled, and women are expected to make up more than 44 percent
of the labour force by the end of this century.
The increase in female participation started occurring during the 1970's.
This increase also caused the largest baby boom that the Canadian female labour
force had ever witnessed.
In North America it is common for women to have part-time or summer jobs,
and the participation rate of teenage girls is high. It is also mostly high
throughout the world in places as United Kingdom because of the fewer women
going to school. But in places like France, Italy, and Japan the female
participation rate is very low. In most of the countries the labour force is
most participated in the age......

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