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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 groups between 20 and 24. The......

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