Table 2: Female Employment by Sector, 1922-1945

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Table 2: Female Employment by Sector, 1922-1945, Selected Years (in percentages).
*FLFPR **FAR
Year Agriculture Industry Services Agriculture Industry Services
1922 19.9 18.9 19.3 28.2 22.4 40.5
1926 19.8 16.3 19.7 29.5 18.3 50.8
1929 17.0 23.2 28.0 15.9 26.0 57.7
1930 18.0 24.0 26.6 16.5 26.4 53.8
1931 19.1 25.0 26.4 18.8 27.0 53.7
1936 19.8 25.4 29.4 17.5 21.8 60.6
1939 19.2 24.2 28.2 17.2 22.1 60.7
1943 22.3 27.7 28.1 12.7 35.5 51.7
1945 23.9 30.3 24.7 12.7 37.4 49.9

*FLFPR: Female Labor Force Participation Rate is the ratio of gainfully employed women to the gainfully employed population (males and females).

**FAR: Female Activity Rate is the ratio of gainfully employed females to female population of working age, fifteen and over.

Courtesy of Shalvi Publishing Ltd.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Table 2: Female Employment by Sector, 1922-1945." (Viewed on April 24, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/table-2-female-employment-by-sector-1922-1945-selected-years-in-percentages>.