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Download full textUS Department of Labor, 2005
A major development in the American workforce has been the increased labor force participation of women. In 1970, only about 43 percent of women age 16 and older were in the labor force; by 1999, that figure had risen to 60 percent. From 1999 to 2004, women's labor force participation rate receded slightly to 59.2 percent, still well above the…
Descriptors: Females, Labor Force Nonparticipants, Employment Patterns, Labor Force
