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Labor Force Activity of Women in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America

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  • Brown, David L.
  • O'Leary, Jeanne M.

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This study describes trends and changes in women's employment and labor force participation in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Metro women are more likely to be in the labor force than are nonmetro women, but the difference in women's labor force participation rates narrowed between 1960 and 1970. Women have become a particularly important labor resource in nonmetro counties, where they accounted for 89 percent of job growth between 1960 and 1970. While not constrained to traditional rural pursuits, nonmetro women are more likely to hold relatively low wage clerical, operative, and service jobs than their metro counterparts.

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Handle: RePEc:ags:ersrdr:333641
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.333641
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