Those occupations where women were more than 27.3% of students are seen in the following table.


CCDO Code No. %
     
23: Social Science and related 246 54.8
27: Teaching and related 178 35.0
31: Medicine and Health 1,553 83.5
33: Art, Literary, Performing Arts and related 602 57.9
     
41: Clerical and related 4,976 70.7
51: Sales 1,208 34.0
61: Service 2,837 57.1
81-82: Processing 2,907 27.5
14,507 67%

Institutional Trainees

Of all women trainees. 48% were in the 25-44 year age group. 22.9% had not been in the labour force prior to training and 67.8% were unemployed. These latter two statistics compare to 9.4% men not previously in the labour force and 76.7% unemployed.

Women in skill training courses (i.e. directly related to future employment) were, perhaps predictably, concentrated in six occupational categories of 23 listed. They were as follows:


CCDO Code No.'s %
     
11: Managerial, Administrative and Related 512 52.5
23: Social Science & Related 438 83.4
31: Medicine & Health 2.436 83.2
33: Art, Literary, Performing Arts & Related 487 61.5
41: Clerical & Related 13, 415 93.6
61: Service 3,970 61.1

Two other occupational categories had more than 1/3 women

27: Teaching & Related 102 38.4
51: Sales 341 43.8

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