Table 1 Number and proportion of female workers aged 25–64 by occupation from 1980 to 2015
Occupational category/Year | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Professional | 1,507,610 (9.0) | 1,891,400 (10.5) | 2,250,231 (11.8) | 2,684,971 (13.5) | 3,094,599 (15.1) | 3,459,894 (16.7) | 3,580,129 (18.0) | 3,953,581 (19.9) |
Clerk | 3,369,822 (20.1) | 4,248,922 (23.6) | 5,155,485 (27.0) | 5,748,954 (28.9) | 6,289,031 (30.7) | 6,422,961 (31.0) | 5,849,554 (29.4) | 5,931,116 (29.9) |
Sales | 2,586,857 (15.4) | 2,447,212 (13.6) | 2,534,197 (13.3) | 2,702,863 (13.6) | 2,618,387 (12.8) | 2,561,132 (12.4) | 2,600,469 (13.1) | 2,482,037 (12.5) |
Service | 2,106,305 (12.6) | 2,173,931 (12.1) | 2,263,285 (11.8) | 2,516,848 (12.7) | 2,825,178 (13.8) | 3,207,147 (15.5) | 3,610,654 (18.2) | 3,512,739 (17.7) |
Agriculture | 2,471,427 (14.7) | 2,029,368 (11.3) | 1,478,304 (7.7) | 1,055,672 (5.3) | 755,524 (3.7) | 600,419 (2.9) | 442,060 (2.2) | 367,011 (1.9) |
Manufacturing | 4,456,927 (26.6) | 4,911,261 (27.3) | 5,158,278 (27.0) | 4,862,147 (24.5) | 4,664,292 (22.7) | 4,228,532 (20.4) | 3,563,491 (17.9) | 3,346,382 (16.9) |
Others | 273,332 (1.16) | 280,377 (1.6) | 285,498 (1.4) | 318,119 (1.5) | 272,623 (1.2) | 251,835 (1.1) | 229,540 (1.2) | 253,059 (1.2) |