Table 4.

Number and Percentage of Employment by Gender and Kinds of Work, 1960-1990 (Nearest Thousand)

		Census Year
			1960*			1970*			1980			1990
Kind of Work	M			W	M		W	M		W	M		W
R	27,986			6,986	26,853		7,488	32,871		9,378	32,176		10,535
	65%			33%	60%		28%	56%		22%	52%		20%
I	1,723			259	3,203		486	3,185		984	4,745		1,993
	4%			1%	7%		2%	6%		2%	8%		4%
A	474			279	671		299	827		577	780		772
	1%			1%	1%		1%	1%		1%	1%		1%
S	1,861			3,772	2,622		5,772	3,348		7,468	3,816		11,167
	4%			18%	6%		21%	6%		17%	6%		21%
E	8,476			2,616	9,131		3,023	15,170		10,480	16,585		13,083
	20%			13%	20%		11%	26%		25%	27%		24%
C	2,550			7,066	2,563		10,093	3,022		14,518	3,771		16,316
	6%			34%	6%		37%	5%		33%	6%		30%
Total	43,070			20,978	45,043		27,161	58,424		43,675	61,873		53,866

Note: *Used by permission of Academic Press Inc., Journal of Vocational Behavior, 10, p. 131. Copyright 1977 Academic Press Inc.