Comment:

Table 2 indicates that the majority of women hold jobs in the clerical, and service occupational groups; that women are poorly represented in processing, construction and other labouring occupational groups; and that among the professional occupations, women are over-represented in the health science and teaching.

The unemployment rates for women are generally higher than those for men except in the areas of the construction trades and other primary occupations for which no value can be calculated for women. It seems reasonable to assume that, for those women employed in these occupations, the unemployment rate is likely to be as high for them as it is for men.

Note the extent to which unemployment rates for women exceed those for men in the sales and services, the social and health sciences, and the processing and operative occupations.

The data do not discriminate within any occupational group between various areas or levels of skill required by employees. For example, Sales includes both low-skill positions such as department store clerk and high-skill positions as computer salesperson

Service occupations refer to such positions as washroom attendants, housekeepers, waitresses, hairdressers, cooks, cleaners, etc. These occupations can be found in all industrial sectors and should not be confused with service-producing industries.