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Gainfully Employed Persons and Labor Force Participation Rate (1949-1970)

This chart shows that the ratio of women in the workforce in East Germany had risen steadily since 1949. In 1970, nearly half of all those gainfully employed were women.

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Year

Gainfully Employed Persons

 

Labor Force Participation Rate

Unemployment Rate

 

Total

Growth in Gainfully Employed

Ratio of Women

Total

Participation Rate of Women

Participation Rate of Men

 

 

in 1,000

in %

in %

in %

in %

in %

in %

1949

7,678

.

.

41

.

.

.

1950

7,581

– 1.3

.

41

.

.

5.1

1951

7,739

+ 2.1

.

42

.

.

.

1952

7,814

+ 1.0

42

43

33

55

1.6

1953

7 930

+ 1.5

43

44

34

56

0.2

1954

8,108

+ 2.2

44

45

35

57

0.7

1955

8,187

+ 1.0

44

46

36

58

0.6

1956

8,133

– 0.7

44

46

37

58

0.5

1957

8,183

+ 0.6

44

47

37

59

0.3

1958

8,131

– 0.6

43

47

37

59

0.2

1959

8,121

– 0.1

44

47

38

58

0.1

1960

7,993

– 1.6

45

47

38

57

0.1

1961

7,939

– 0.7

46

46

39

56

.

1962

7,942

0.0

46

46

39

55

.

1963

7,945

0.0

46

46

39

55

.

1964

8,011

+ 0.8

46

47

40

56

.

1965

8,072

+ 0.8

47

47

41

55

.

1966

8,103

+ 0.4

47

47

41

55

.

1967

8,163

+ 0.7

47

48

41

55

.

1968

8,173

+ 0.1

47

48

42

55

.

1969

8,203

+ 0,4

48

48

43

55

.

1970

8,218

+ 0,2

48

48

43

54

.



Source: Ralf Rytlewski and Manfred Opp de Hipt, Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik in Zahlen. 1945/1949-1980 [The German Democratic Republic in Figures. 1945/1949-1980]. Munich: Beck, 1987. (Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch. Bd. 5. ) (Social History Workbook, vol. 5), pp. 65 f.

Translation: Thomas Dunlap

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