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Table Ba4592-4596 - Average weekly hours of production workers in manufacturing, by sex and degree of skill: 1914-1948

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  Ba4592 Ba4593 Ba4594 Ba4595 Ba4596
  All Male Female
All Unskilled Skilled and semiskilled
Row Year Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours
1 1914 1 51.5 52.2 52.9 51.7 50.1
2 1920 2 48.2 49.2 49.2 49.4 43.0
3 1921 45.6 46.0 46.5 45.9 43.2
4 1922 3 49.2 50.0 50.5 49.8 45.0
5 1923 49.2 50.0 50.3 49.9 45.0
6 1924 46.9 47.8 48.9 47.5 42.6
7 1925 48.2 49.0 50.3 48.6 44.1
8 1926 48.1 49.1 50.2 48.5 43.5
9 1927 47.7 48.5 49.9 48.1 43.7
10 1928 47.9 48.8 50.4 48.5 43.4
11 1929 48.3 49.1 50.2 48.8 44.2
12 1930 43.9 44.5 45.9 44.0 40.5
13 1931 40.4 40.4 41.8 39.7 39.8
14 1932 34.8 34.4 36.4 35.1 36.3
15 1933 36.4 36.3 37.4 37.1 36.6
16 1934 34.7 34.8 34.4 35.0 34.0
17 1935 37.2 37.5 37.0 37.7 35.2
18 1936 39.5 40.1 40.0 40.1 36.2
19 1937 38.7 39.3 39.6 39.3 36.1
20 1938 34.3 34.6 35.5 34.4 32.6
21 1939 37.6 38.0 38.6 37.9 35.8
22 1940 38.6 39.2 39.3 39.2 35.5
23 1941 41.2 41.8 41.4 42.0 38.0
24 1942 43.0 43.9 43.1 44.3 39.2
25 1943 45.0 46.2 45.4 46.4 41.1
26 1944 45.6 46.9 46.0 47.1 41.3
27 1945 44.2 45.2 44.8 45.2 40.8
28 1946 40.1 40.4 40.4 40.3 39.0
29 1947 40.4 40.9 40.9 40.9 38.7
30 1948 4 40.3 40.7 40.7 40.6 38.4



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