Statistics: Women and Work

A. Women as percentage of total employment in sector

1982 1989
clerical - secretaries, tellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 80
service . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 57
sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 46
nursing/health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 85
teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 66
managerial - business owners/supervisors, bank
managers, college administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 38
social science professionals - social workers
psychologists, probation officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 57
natural science professionals engineering/math -
aquaculture, forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 19
fishers /loggers /miners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 21
machining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16
assembling / repairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 22
construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9
crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 44

Source: Canadian Social Trends, Autumn 1990, page 23.


B. Women's earnings as a percentage of men's earnings

Where men make: Women make:
natural science . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.85
artistic/recreational . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.81
teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.78
clerical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.74
agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.70
sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.70
social sciences/religion . . . . . . $1.00 $.69
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.69
managerial/administrative . . . . $1.00 $.63
service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.62
product assembly/repair . . . . . $1.00 $.59
medicine and health . . . . . . . . $1.00 $.49

Source: Canadian Social Trends, Spring 1993, page 5; includes earnings of full-time, full-year workers.





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