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Indiana University Studies 

 TABLE 15— Continued. 



Women 45 Years and 

 Over. 



Number. 



Per Cent. 



Total in group 



Total at work 



Domestic and personal service. 

 Manufacturing and mechanical 



Agricultural 



Professional 



Trade 



Clerical 



Transportation 



Public service 



Unknown 



290, 217 

 30,258 

 13,894 

 5,750 

 5,079 

 1,817 

 1,328 



1,771 



486 

 87 

 46 



100.0 

 10.4 

 45.9 

 18.9 

 16.8 

 6.0 

 4.4 

 1.6 



.2 

 .1 

 5.9 



It will be noted that in each of the age groups the domestic 

 and personal service occupations contain the largest number of 

 workers, and the manufacturing and mechanical pursuits the next 

 largest number of workers. Concerning women in industry, while 

 it is impossible to determine from the figures at hand how long 

 individual women remain in industry, the fact is established, how- 

 ever, that from 16 to 44 almost a constant percentage of women 

 wage-earners are here employed. Of those at work in age groups 

 14 to 15, 27.1 per cent are in industry; 16 to 20, 20.4 per cent; 

 21 to 44, 19.7 per cent, and 45 and over, 18.9 per cent. These 

 facts are contrary to the usual statement, that while girls may 

 work for a time in industrial pursuits, they drop out before reach- 

 ing the age of 20 years. All girls entering industry at 16 may 

 drop out at 20, but the facts show that about the same number 

 and percentage between the ages of 21 to 44 years are in industry 

 as between the ages of 16 to 20. These may be entirely different 

 individuals from those 16 to 20 years, but the chances are that 

 they are not. The chances are that this 21 to 44 group is composed 

 of a large number who entered industry from 16 to 20 plus other 

 women who have entered in later life. 



In 1910, of the 100,734 girls between the ages of 10 to 13 years, 

 only 838 were listed as at work and 57.3 per cent of these were 

 engaged in domestic and personal service pursuits. About one- 

 fourth of the total number at work in this age group were in 



Work of Girls 10 to 13 Years Old 



