Occupation of Mothers of Illegitimate Children Born in Berlin (1891)
| Per thousand |
Workers (without additional specifications) | 46.5 |
No information on occupation | 42.0 |
Catering trade | 37.1 |
Personal service | 26.1 |
Clothing, cleaning | 25.8 |
Trade | 10.2 |
Arts and sciences | 9.5 |
Health care services | 6.8 |
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch [Statistical Almanac] 1891, p. 44, quoted in H. Neumann, “Die unehelichen Kinder in Berlin” [“Illegitimate Children in Berlin”], Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik [Almanacs for National Economics and Statistics], 3rd series, vol. 7 (1894), pp. 516-20. Original German data reprinted in Gerhard A. Ritter and Jürgen Kocka, eds., Deutsche Sozialgeschichte 1870-1914. Dokumente und Skizzen [German Social History 1870-1914. Documents and Sketches], 3rd ed. Munich: C.H. Beck, 1982, p. 251.
Translation: Erwin Fink