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Table Group Ba4545-4782 - Hours and Working Conditions
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William A. Sundstrom
Table Ba4589-4591 - Average weekly hours worked in manufacturing, railroads, and bituminous coal mining: 1900-1957
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Ba4589
Ba4590
Ba4591
Manufacturing
Class I steam railroads
Bituminous coal mining
Row
Year
Hours
Hours
Hours
1
1900
55.0
52.3
42.8
2
1901
54.3
52.0
41.0
3
1902
55.4
51.3
41.9
4
1903
54.3
52.3
40.8
5
1904
53.6
52.7
36.2
6
1905
54.5
50.6
38.0
7
1906
55.0
50.4
38.3
8
1907
54.3
53.7
42.0
9
1908
50.3
53.9
34.7
10
1909
53.1
51.5
37.5
11
1910
52.2
52.3
38.9
12
1911
51.7
53.1
37.8
13
1912
52.4
53.1
40.0
14
1913
50.9
54.8
41.6
15
1914
50.1
55.6
34.9
16
1915
50.4
55.1
36.9
17
1916
51.4
56.0
42.4
18
1917
51.0
55.2
43.9
19
1918
49.6
54.3
44.7
20
1919
46.1
46.8
35.2
21
1920
48.1
48.0
39.3
22
1921
45.3
43.8
26.3
23
1922
47.9
46.1
24.9
24
1923
48.9
46.2
31.1
25
1924
46.6
44.9
29.8
26
1925
47.9
45.0
33.9
27
1926
47.8
45.1
37.4
28
1927
47.4
44.7
33.3
29
1928
47.6
44.6
35.3
30
1929
48.0
44.8
38.1
31
1930
43.6
42.9
33.3
32
1931
40.2
40.7
28.1
33
1932
38.0
38.5
27.0
34
1933
37.6
38.4
29.3
35
1934
34.4
39.7
26.8
36
1935
36.4
40.2
26.2
37
1936
38.7
42.1
28.5
38
1937
37.9
42.1
27.7
39
1938
35.0
41.3
23.3
40
1939
37.3
42.1
26.8
41
1940
37.6
42.5
27.8
42
1941
40.0
44.0
30.7
43
1942
42.3
45.2
32.4
44
1943
44.1
47.2
35.8
45
1944
44.2
47.1
40.1
46
1945
42.4
46.4
38.4
47
1946
39.2
43.8
37.5
48
1947
39.2
43.8
35.7
49
1948
38.8
43.7
32.6
50
1949
38.0
41.0
27.9
51
1950
38.7
38.1
30.0
52
1951
38.9
37.9
30.2
53
1952
38.8
37.4
29.2
54
1953
38.6
37.1
29.5
55
1954
37.8
36.4
28.0
56
1955
38.5
37.1
32.4
57
1956
38.2
36.9
32.6
58
1957
37.8
36.5
31.5
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