The Occupations of the People of Indiana 



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jigM'ic'iiltin'al pursuits aud sul)S0(|U('ii1 dnln show tluil ilicy \v<'i-c 

 helpers on farms. The numl)ers in IIk; otlici- groups ol* occiip;!- 

 tions are too small for serious eoiisichn'Jitioii. 



Wo7^k of Girls 14 to 15 Years Old 



With a possible 50,115 girls in this group, 5,167, or 10.3 per 

 cent, were at work in 1910. Of this number at work, 1,924, or 

 37.2 per cent, were in domestic and personal pursuits, and 1,404, 

 or 27.1 per cent, in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits. These 

 two groups embrace over 64 per cent of the girls at work. Trade, 

 clerical, and agricultural pursuits each engage the time of about 

 5 per cent or 6 per cent of the total number. If the report of the 

 census is accurate, the number of girls at work between the ages 

 of 14 and 15 is much smaller than usually thought to be the case. 

 It is certain from these figures that girls below the age of 16 in 

 wage-earning do not constitute much of a problem in Indiana. 



Work of Young Women 16 to 20 Years Old 



In this age group almost one-third of all females were at work 

 in 1910, the total number of females in this group being 130,091. 

 and the number at work 35,577. As with the previous age groups, 

 the largest percentage was engaged in domestic and personal 

 service, this group being 34 per cent of the total; manufacturing 

 and mechanical pursuits contain 30.4 per cent ; the clerical pur- 

 suits 12.3 per cent ; trade and professional each about 8 per cent, 

 and the remaining were in pursuits incident to transportation, 

 agriculture, and public service. 



Work of Women 21 to 44 Years Old 



The number and percentage of women at work between these 

 ages is less than in the 16 to 20 year group, there being, in 1910, 

 479,254 in this group and 83,891, or 17.5 per cent, at work. Of 

 this number 32.7 per cent were in domestic and personal service, 

 19.7 per cent in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, 16.7 per 

 cent in professional, 11.5 per cent in clerical, and 8.8 per cent in 

 trade. There was a notable change of relative numbers in this 

 age group in the professional and clerical pursuits, the number 

 being much higher than in previous and later years. 



