Change in the Percent of Working Women 40–64 with Tenure of 20 Years or More, by Industry, Occupation, Marital Status, and Education
Industry | 1983, 1987 | 2010–2020 | Change |
---|---|---|---|
Manufacturing | 15.8 | 19.8 | 4.0 |
Public sector | 12.1 | 27.5 | 15.4 |
All other industries | 10.4 | 15.9 | 5.5 |
Occupation | |||
Nonroutine cognitive | 14.6 | 19.6 | 5.0 |
Routine cognitive | 10.5 | 16.6 | 6.1 |
Routine manual | 13.3 | 15.6 | 2.3 |
Nonroutine manual | 7.0 | 10.8 | 3.8 |
Education and marital status | |||
Noncollege | 11.3 | 16.0 | 4.7 |
Married | 9.9 | 17.3 | 7.5 |
Unmarried | 14.7 | 13.9 | −0.8 |
College | 11.6 | 17.3 | 5.7 |
Married | 10.1 | 18.0 | 7.9 |
Unmarried | 15.0 | 16.0 | 1.1 |
Source: Authors’ calculations from microdata to the CPS occupational tenure supplements. Self-employed and unpaid family workers are excluded.
Notes: See Table 2.