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Table 5: Age Distribution of Female Labor (in percentages)

Table 5: Age Distribution of Female Labor (in percentages).
*Year
Age 1930 1937 1941 1943
15-20 27.2 14.1 7 31.2
21-30 48.5 61.3 54.1 35.9
31+ 24.3 24.6 38.9 32.9

*For 1930 the age is 16-20. For 1943 the age categories are 15-19 and 20-34.

Sources:
For 1930: The Censuses of Jewish Agriculture, Industry and Handicrafts and Labor 1930, Hovrot Statistiyyot 19 (1931): 66 (Hebrew).
For 1937: Workers' Census, 1937, Pinkas (7.11.1937), pp. 18-19 (Hebrew).
For 1941: Devar ha-Po'elet, 3.1941, p. 97 (Hebrew). This is age distribution of female labor who are Histadrut members only.
For 1943: Survey of Tradesmen 1943, Government of Palestine. Only skilled wage-earners in industry and manufacture were enumerated.

Courtesy of Shalvi Publishing Ltd.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Table 5: Age Distribution of Female Labor (in percentages)." (Viewed on March 29, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/table-5-age-distribution-of-female-labor-in-percentages>.