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Table Ba579-582 - Labor force participation rate for married women, by age and presence of children: 1948-1999
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Ba579
Ba580
Ba581
Ba582
Overall
Presence and age of children
With no children under 18
With children under 6
With children under 3
Row
Year
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
1
1948
22.0
28.4
10.8
----
2
1949
22.5
28.7
11.0
----
3
1950
23.8
30.3
11.9
----
4
1951
25.2
31.0
14.0
----
5
1952
25.3
30.9
13.9
----
6
1953
26.3
31.2
15.5
----
7
1954
26.6
31.6
14.9
----
8
1955
27.7
32.7
16.2
----
9
1956
29.0
35.3
15.9
----
10
1957
29.6
35.6
17.0
----
11
1958
30.2
35.4
18.2
----
12
1959
30.9
35.2
18.7
----
13
1960
30.5
34.7
18.6
----
14
1961
32.7
37.3
20.0
----
15
1962
32.7
36.1
21.3
----
16
1963
33.7
37.4
22.5
----
17
1964
34.4
37.8
22.7
----
18
1965
34.7
38.3
23.3
----
19
1966
35.4
38.4
24.2
----
20
1967
36.8
38.9
26.5
----
21
1968
38.3
40.1
27.6
----
22
1969
39.6
41.0
28.5
----
23
1970
40.8
42.2
30.3
----
24
1971
40.8
42.1
29.6
----
25
1972
41.5
42.7
30.1
----
26
1973
42.2
42.8
32.7
----
27
1974
43.1
43.0
34.4
----
28
1975
44.4
43.8
36.7
32.7
29
1976
45.1
43.7
37.5
32.7
30
1977
46.6
44.8
39.4
34.7
31
1978
47.5
44.6
41.7
37.9
32
1979
49.3
46.6
43.3
39.6
33
1980
50.1
46.0
45.1
41.3
34
1981
51.0
46.3
47.8
43.7
35
1982
51.2
46.2
48.7
45.3
36
1983
51.8
46.6
49.9
46.0
37
1984
52.8
47.2
51.8
48.2
38
1985
54.2
48.2
53.4
50.5
39
1986
54.6
48.2
53.8
50.9
40
1987
55.8
48.4
56.8
54.2
41
1988
56.6
48.9
57.1
54.5
42
1989
57.6
50.5
57.4
53.9
43
1990
58.2
51.1
58.9
55.5
44
1991
58.5
51.2
59.9
56.8
45
1992
59.3
51.9
59.9
57.5
46
1993
59.4
52.4
59.6
57.3
47
1994
60.6
53.2
61.7
59.7
48
1995
61.1
53.2
63.5
60.9
49
1996
61.1
53.4
62.7
60.5
50
1997
62.1
54.2
63.6
61.3
51
1998
61.8
54.1
63.7
61.4
52
1999
61.6
54.4
61.8
59.2
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