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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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