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________________________________________________________________________ | With children under 6 | With children 6 to 17 only Year |____________________________|____________________________ |Married1/|Separated|Divorced|Married1/|Separated|Divorced ______________|_________|_________|________|_________|_________|________ Civilian labor force,2/ in millions 1950 ......... 1.4 --- --- | 2.2 --- --- 1960 ......... 2.5 --- --- | 4.1 --- --- 1970 ......... 3.9 0.3 0.3 | 6.3 0.4 0.6 1975 ......... 4.4 0.4 0.5 | 7.0 0.5 1.0 1980 ......... 5.2 0.4 0.5 | 8.4 0.6 1.6 | 1983 ......... 5.9 0.5 0.6 | 8.3 0.6 1.8 1984 ......... 6.2 0.4 0.6 | 8.3 0.7 1.9 1985 ......... 6.4 0.4 0.6 | 8.5 0.7 2.0 1986 ......... 6.6 0.5 0.7 | 8.8 0.6 2.0 1987 ......... 7.0 0.4 0.7 | 9.0 0.7 2.0 1988 ......... 7.0 0.4 0.6 | 9.3 0.7 1.9 1990 ......... 7.2 0.5 0.6 | 9.3 0.7 2.0 1991 ......... 7.4 0.5 0.6 | 9.1 0.7 2.0 Labor force participation rate3/ 1950 ......... 11.9 --- --- | 28.3 --- --- 1960 ......... 18.6 --- --- | 39.0 --- --- 1970 ......... 30.3 45.0 65.4 | 49.2 60.5 82.7 1975 ......... 36.6 49.4 65.8 | 52.3 59.1 80.1 1980 ......... 45.1 52.2 68.3 | 61.7 66.3 82.3 | 1983 ......... 49.9 53.8 68.7 | 63.8 68.7 82.2 1984 ......... 51.8 54.0 67.9 | 65.4 70.2 84.1 1985 ......... 53.4 53.2 67.5 | 67.8 70.9 83.4 1986 ......... 53.8 57.4 73.8 | 68.4 70.6 84.7 1987 ......... 56.8 55.1 70.5 | 70.6 72.6 84.5 1988 ......... 57.1 53.0 70.1 | 72.5 69.3 83.9 1990 ......... 58.9 59.3 69.8 | 73.6 75.0 85.9 1991 ......... 59.9 52.2 68.5 | 73.6 74.7 84.6 Unemployment rate4/ 1960 ......... 7.8 --- --- | 4.9 --- --- 1970 ......... 7.9 12.9 5.0 | 4.8 5.9 6.5 1975 ......... 13.8 22.7 10.9 | 7.1 13.0 9.3 1980 ......... 8.3 12.3 13.6 | 4.4 10.6 6.7 | 1983 ......... 10.9 27.6 16.8 | 6.7 20.0 12.8 1984 ......... 8.9 24.9 14.3 | 5.0 13.1 9.7 1985 ......... 8.0 22.9 12.1 | 5.5 14.6 9.0 1986 ......... 7.6 16.5 12.9 | 4.8 11.7 8.2 1987 ......... 5.9 15.7 13.8 | 4.9 14.8 6.1 1988 ......... 6.1 15.0 9.4 | 3.8 8.7 5.3 1990 ......... 4.8 13.0 9.0 | 3.8 10.4 7.0 1991 ......... 6.7 16.2 9.9 | 4.2 10.7 6.5 ___________________________________________|____________________________---Data not available.
1/Husband present.
2/The civilian labor force includes all employed persons, plus those seeking employment; it excludes persons in the military..
3/The labor force participation rate is the percentage of persons either employed or seeking employment..
4/The unemployment rate is the proportion of those in the labor force who are not working and are seeking employment.
NOTE: Data are for both full-time and part-time workers. Data for 1989 are not available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics data base.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Reports, nos. 13, 183, and 2163; and unpublished data.