Table 5: Age Distribution of Female Labor (in percentages)
| *Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 1930 | 1937 | 1941 | 1943 |
| 15-20 | 27.2 | 14.1 | 7 | 31.2 |
| 21-30 | 48.5 | 61.3 | 54.1 | 35.9 |
| 31+ | 24.3 | 24.6 | 38.9 | 32.9 |
*For 1930 the age is 16-20. For 1943 the age categories are 15-19 and 20-34.
Sources:For 1930: The Censuses of Jewish Agriculture, Industry and Handicrafts and Labor 1930, Hovrot Statistiyyot 19 (1931): 66 (Hebrew).
For 1937: Workers' Census, 1937, Pinkas (7.11.1937), pp. 18-19 (Hebrew).
For 1941: Devar ha-Po'elet, 3.1941, p. 97 (Hebrew). This is age distribution of female labor who are Histadrut members only.
For 1943: Survey of Tradesmen 1943, Government of Palestine. Only skilled wage-earners in industry and manufacture were enumerated.
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